AAM volunteers Terry and Brad Aldrich stand outside the organization’s facility at 65 North Washington Avenue in Oxford. The building is dedicated to Krista Bartle who grew up in Oxford, loved animals, and died suddenly in 2011. It houses the hav-aheart-traps, cat carriers, and pet food AAM uses for its operations. (Submitted photo), Pies by Terri Thanksgiving Pie Sale will support local 501c3 non profit organization All Animals Matter. Choose between a six or nine inch pie of apple, cherry, blueberry, mixed berry, strawberry rhubarb, or raspberry flavors. To order contact Terri Woodford at 607-371-1065, or [email protected], or message Pies by Terri on Facebook. Order deadline is 11/13 and pickup is on 11/25. (Submitted photo)

OXFORD – Pies by Terri is operated by former Oxford Academy teacher Terri Woodford and over the years she has raised funds for various community initiatives by selling pies for Thanksgiving.

This year, her Thanksgiving pie sale will benefit All Animals Matter (AAM), a not-for-profit organization dedicated to helping animals that is based in Oxford.

Diane Troxell, founder of AAM, said, “This community support will help us raise funds to primarily assist in the cost of spaying and neutering cats and dogs, primarily in Chenango and Delaware Counties.”

Woodford explained that over the years she has donated her Thanksgiving pie sale proceeds to various local causes, beginning with selling 50 pies for her daughter's school sports team. She has helped a family who lost their home in a fire, contributed to the Oxford Pool Repair Fund, supported scholarship funds and more.

“I've always chosen a local cause,” Woodford said, explaining how she admires the work that AAM does for the community. She said, “I know Diane works very hard. It's an organization I think is great, they do so much to help people with pets.”

AAM provides low-cost spay and neuter programs to residents, as well as operating a trap, neuter, release (TNR) program for feral cats to help curb overpopulation in a humane way. The organization also operates a pet food bank where pet owners can pick up dog and cat food free of charge.

Troxell said that so far this year the organization has helped 1,100 cats and 250 dogs get spayed or neutered.

“Our pet food bank is being used every week by people who cannot afford to purchase food for their pets. I quite often deliver to pet owners,” Troxell said, thanking Tractor Supply stores in Norwich and Greene for donating pet food for both dogs and cats throughout the year.

“Another expense we help with is euthanasia for pet owners and emergency care. So donations from the public any time of year is needed to support these things,” said Troxell.

At the time of the interview, Troxell had just helped transport 48 cats from 16 towns in Chenango County and three towns in Delaware County for spaying and neutering through AAM’s bimonthly Animal Care Sanctuary Cat Clinic.

“Whatever this pie sale event makes for us, is just wonderful and appreciated,” Troxell said.

For the Thanksgiving pie sale, there are different flavor options, including apple, cherry, blueberry, blackberry, mixed berry, strawberry rhubarb and raspberry. Customers have a choice between a six-inch pie for $9 and a nine-inch pie for $18. The order deadline is November 13.

To order, contact Terri Woodford by phone at 607-371-1065, email [email protected] or send a Facebook message to Pies by Terri. Only cash or checks are accepted, and pickup is on Wednesday, November 25, at two locations: 73 Greene St., Oxford, or the Delaware Valley Humane Society in Sidney.

Troxell will be delivering the pies to DVHS, an organization that regularly collaborates with AAM on its initiatives, also making the sale accessible to supporters in that area.

For those who wish to support All Animals Matter, Inc., without buying a pie, donations can be sent to P.O. Box 369, Oxford, NY 13830. Troxell says they also accept Venmo.

Find out more information about AAM on its website, allanimalsmatterinc.com, and find Pies by Terri on Facebook.