$95k From the City, $1.2 Million to Run: Why Manchester’s Animal Shelter Needs a Gala | Ep. 75

On Friday, October 23, 2026, Manchester Country Club turns into the Emerald City. The Wizard of Pawz Gala -- There's No Place Like a Furrever Home -- is the annual fundraising gala for Friends of the Manchester Animal Shelter, and in this episode Carol Erickson heads to 490 Dunbarton Road in Manchester, New Hampshire to find out what it pays for. She sits down with Judie Brown, Vice President of the Board of Directors, Executive Director Michael Constance, and Director of Operations Hannah Hurley.

Here is why the night matters. The shelter gets roughly $95,000 a year...