Special Events
November Calendar Raffle
Help us raise money to take care of the animals at the rescue. Use the Venmo QR code on the Calendar to buy your tickets now- comment raffle with your name and phone number and we will fill out your tickets and add them to the raffle bin. 1 ticket for $5 and 3 for $10. Every day in November we will draw one winner. We will call you if you win. If you buy more than one ticket you have more chances to win! We have some great prizes!
Past Event Picture Gallery
Cotuit 4th of July Parade 2025
Ponies and Peeps Easter 2025
St. Patrick's Day Parade 2025
Eileen and our, Pegasus Unicorn, Precious
Patti and Kate leading the way with Precious and Poppy.
Precious and Poppy
Patti helping Precious pose for the crowd during the St. Patrick's Day parade.
Liz Jordan doing costume adjustments for Precious.
Mills River Rescue and Sanctuary banner held by Volunteeers Deb and Liz at the front of our ponies .
Each year Patti Maroney and her amazing team of crafters create beautiful made to order wreaths for the holidays.
Chicken
Cat
Starfish Round Wreath
Traditional Small Wreath
Unicorn Wreath
Horsehead Wreath
Traditional Round Wreath
Christmas tree kits decorated at home.
Mills River Rescue hosted a celebration for veterans. It was such an honor to see them smile while visiting the rescue and the animals. Lollipop learning to trust.
Louie visiting with the veterans. He loves a good scratch.
Yummy goodies for the veterans
Thank you to all the veterans for your service!
Christmas in Candyland...... We had a Candyland map for the kids to collect stickers so they could earn prizes.
Jolie dressed in her Christmas in Candyland elf costume with Stacey.
Tracy and Janice with candy canes Marilyn and Grace.
Hot chocolate bar for the families.
Tracy and Gretchen with Precious and Sweetness at the Candyland Gingerbread House.
St Patrick's Day Parade 2024... MRR participated in a St. Patrick's Day parade to bring awareness to the importance of rescue.
Sarine riding in the MRR golf cart for the parade. Even the Easter Bunny is a little Irish.
Volunteers with Precious and Poppy celebration St. Patrick's Day.
Precious the beautiful Irish Unicorn
Kate and Precious the Unicorn celebrating Independence Day at the Cotuit parade 2024.
Stacey getting an Independence Day kiss from Precious the Unicorn
Precious and her mom, Patti.
MRR golf cart decorated to the max with 4th of July decorations. Volunteer, Erin, driving along the parade route with Julia.
Volunteers, Eileen and Kim, carry the MRR banner to lead the way in the 4th of July parade.
Cotuit Witch Walk 2024.... The Cotuit Witch Walk raised money to help support our rescue. So much fun and enjoyment for all.
Good witches Patti and Sarine posing with the cutest witch, Precious.
Kate with Witch, Poppy.
Naughty witch, Linda posing with Witch Poppy.
Witch Eileen with Witch Precious
Witches Sarine, Linda, and Meg standing with Louie.
Witch Liz admiring handsome Warlock Louie during the Cotuit Witch Walk.
Good Witch Tammy
Witch Poppy
Witch Precious ready to cast a spell.
Senior Citizen's Tea Parties 2024...... MRR hosted Tea Parties for senior ladies and gentlemen.
Fancy tea to go with a yummy parfait dessert.
Beautifully decorated tables with lots of delicous tea to choose from.
Amazing teapot cookies!
Everyone enjoyed the goodies and of course they got to love on the ponies.
More yummy goodies for the guests.
Guests enjoying tea and yummy goodies and of course great conversation.
Patti offering Little Louie some tea! He loved it!
Precious enjoying a good scratch from a sweet lady.
Tinkerbell giving kisses to all the seniors at the Tea Party.
Volunteers Richard and Tammy serving delicious desserts.
Volunteers Becky and Kaitlyn serving goodies to the guests.
Prizes for winning the games.
Louie getting a good scratch from a tea party guest.
Celebrity Look Alike Contest at Tea Party 2024... All the ponies and donkeys dressed up as famous celebrities.
Lollipop is Wonder Woman with Eileen.
Jolie is Taylor Swift with Alexis.
Poppy is Tina Turner with Deb.
Romeo is Elvis Presley with his mom Patti.
Elvis doing his famous mounting block trick.
Beau is Frank Sinatra.
Louie is Michael Jackson with Linda. Elvis did a photo bomb!
Sweetness is Dolly Pardon.
Carnival 2024... All ages enjoyed a Carnival Day filled with games, ponies and donkeys dressed for fun, yummy carnival food, face painting, and a magician.
Duck game
Ring Toss game
Becky and Kaitlyn serving soup and popcorn to the guests.
Fortune tellers Jolie and Stacey
Carnival guest reading Jolie's crystal ball.
Carnival clown with Grace.
Precious and Poppy at the Big Top.
Lion Louie tamer, Jen and the ring of fire.
Nursing Home Visits 2024.. MRR traveled to local nursing homes. Many happy tears were shed while everyone snuggled with the minis.
Little Louie giving a snuggle to a sweet resident.
Louie and Patti with a resident that used to own horses. Brought back lots of great memories for him.
Poppy and Louie posing with the volunteer crew....Linda, Kate, Eileen, Patti and Deb.
Precious, Kate and a sweet resident
Louie and Michelle making this resident smile.
Christmas Stroll 2023..... Each year MRR hosts a Christmas Stroll with appearances by Santa, Mrs. Claus, and of course the Grinch.
Santa and Mrs. Claus
Jolie is a beautiful angel.
Sweet child visiting with Jolie the angel.
Delicious reindeer cookies.
Santa, Mrs. Claus, Elf Kaitlyn, and Reindeer Louie
Christmas photo booth- Patti, Sarine and Mitch
Elf Patti with Mitch and Barbie.
Angel Jolie getting a kiss from Sarine.
Santa, Mrs. Clause with Santa's Helpers, Mitch and Barbie.
Easter 2022...The Easter Bunny hanging with an Easter Unicorn.
The Easter Bunny giving a carrot snack to Fluff the bunny.
Easter pictures with the bunnies were taken for the guests.
Precious the Unicorn, waiting with Sweetness for the guests to arrive.
Silly volunteers in their Easter costumes.
Easter sunflower, Grace, snuggling with long time friend Cat Wilson.
Handsome Bunny Buddy sporting his top hat for the guests.
Bunny Beau
Pony Oscars 2023. MRR held their very first Pony Oscars. Many great movies competed for an Oscar. The ponies and donkeys were dressed in movie costumes.
Popcorn snacks
Oscar awards
Grace the Minion
Cat Wilson, as Joy, from the movie "Inside Out" laughing with Grace.
Minion friend, Marilyn
Little Louie as Simba from the Lion King. Volunteer, Kyle is his father Mufasa.
Captain hook from Peter Pan, played by volunteer Jeff, joking around with Jack Sparrow from Pirates of the Caribbean, played by Shane.
Beau as Buzz Lightyear and Buddy as Woody from Toy Story.
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