2019 Annual Report

Sweet Support
Fundraising With a Twist
For Mark and Nancy Foley it began in
2016, with a bright yellow ice cream
truck and a clever name, Happy Cow
Cones. Having been long time and
very generous benefactors of the Foley
Cancer Center at Rutland Regional
Medical Center, they decided to come
up with a creative and fun way to raise
additional funds.
So for the past three summers Mark and
Nancy have crisscrossed the state of
Vermont, parts of New Hampshire and
New York peddling their delicious twist
soft serve ice cream and other ice cold
treats with all proceeds of their sales
100% benefiting the Foley Cancer Center.
Affectionately named “Mr. Moo”, Mark
frequently wears a cow hat, much to the
amusement of his younger customers.
To date more than $92,000 has been
donated to the Foley Cancer Center from
Happy Cow Cones sales.
As Mark aptly put it, “To be honest, I
don’t think we ever realized what would
be involved with this. We get so excited
when we make a deposit and get closer
to our goal. The time we spent on this
is much more than we ever anticipated,
but it feels so good. This has been an
extremely rewarding experience.”
“The money raised from these
last three years of the Happy
Cow Cones activities amazed
us all. We thank Mark and
Nancy so much for their
hard work and dedication
to the Rutland community,
and especially to the Foley
Cancer Center.”
– Allan Eisemann, MD
Generosity Made in Vermont
The Rutland County Maple Producers’
Sugar House at the Vermont State
Fairgrounds is a beloved landmark. For
over 50 years it has been a very popular
destination during fair week featuring
lots of maple syrup, maple candy, maple
creemees and sundaes. In addition, the
sugar house has also been a source of
continuing education about the maple
sugar industry.
The Rutland County Maple Producers
who oversee the sugar house are
a tireless and dedicated group of
individuals who support a number of
organizations in our community, one
being the Foley Cancer Center at Rutland
Regional. Since 2015, they have donated
more than $16,000 of proceeds from
maple product sales to the Foley Cancer
Center in support of cancer treatment
and care. In the fall of 2018, the Rutland
County Maple Producers unveiled their
new maple syrup jug and announced a
portion of those sales will also support
the Foley Cancer Center.
They are a shining example of the
generous and giving spirit of our region.
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