Receptionists
Beth Selanis, Head Receptionist
Beth joined the team in November of 1988 when it was known as the Gardner Animal Hospital. The hospital consisted of one doctor, two technicians, and two receptionists. It has grown quite a bit into what now is known as the Gardner Animal Care Center.
She started out as a receptionist and worked her way up to head receptionist once they hired more individuals to work with them. She is responsible for ordering office supplies, overseeing accounts receivable, and sending reminders to owner's to remind them of their pets upcoming visit. She supervises all receptionists and medical records personnel.
In 1992, with the help of another receptionist and technician, the three of them established the Gardner Animal Care Center stray adoption program. This program has found homes for hundreds of kittens and adult cats and is still going strong today.
Beth married the love of her life in 1996 and has two children, Delaney and Kristopher. The other "children" include a boxer named Thunder, a Rottweiller named Maulie, an Irish Pug named Seamus O'Flaherty, multiple cats, a bunny and a goldfish pond. Her hobbies include antiquing, gardening, trying to play the piano, and spending time with her family. She one day hopes to see Ireland and Germany and retire early so she can enjoy it while she is young.
April Llewelyn
When April was about eight years old, she decided to become a dog groomer. This decision was largely influenced by wanting to work with animals. She has always had a strong love for animals. After graduating from a Culinary Arts program, she went on to Becker College taking the animal care program/grooming program. She also took canine massage class at the Spencer School of Massage. April has worked for a kennel, grooming facility and other veterinary offices before finding her niche as a receptionist for the Gardner Animal Care Center.
She was born in Gardner, Massachusetts. Her family moved frequently starting when April was four. April has lived in numerous parts of Massachusetts: Winchendon, Royalston, Athol, Orange, Colrain, Greenfield, Ashfield, Amherst, Hubbardston and Gardner. She has had the chance to enjoy the many cultures of Massachusetts.
April was married in April, 2006 to her husband, Bruce. In 2007, they welcomed their daughter, Morgan, to the family Their house is protected by two cats Snowy, Mickey and by two dogs Dixie and Cocoa. When not working, you can find her roller skating, ice skating, bowling, watching movies, enjoying dinner and spending time with her family.
Cathy Thebeau
Cathy has been involved with animals ever since she can remember having owned everything from guinea pigs to a horse. She currently owns two dogs, Trevor and Gracie, whom you may see at our facility from time to time. She has also been involved in dog sports and has achieved several titles with her dog, Trevor, in earthdog, flyball and agility.
In 1994, she started her career at an animal shelter, and after a short time moved to a large boarding facility where she learned grooming. In 1999, she worked for an independent grooming salon before becoming a groomer in May of 2000. Because of her love of customer service she has since become one of our receptionists.
At home, she enjoys spending time with her husband, Marc, and two daughters, Jenna and Leah. Her interests include boating, gardening, and participating in agility with her mother.
Jennifer LaFleur
From as far back as Jennifer can remember,she had a great love for animals. Her first pet was a hamster named Fluff-a-Nutter. Since him, thing have gotten a little crazy. She loves to foster and care for animals of all kinds.
Jennifer was born in Germany and moved to the United States when she was three. She spent my childhood growing up in Fitchburg and Lunenburg. She went to Monty Tech where she took 4 years of Culinary Arts. Jennifer had a pet mouse that lived in her locker. The teachers never knew. She would even take him to classes with her in her pocket book. After she got out of high school, she started working at Twin City Animal Hospital and has been working at animal hospitals ever since.
Jennifer lives in Winchendon with her husband, Randy, their daughter, Rachael, and son, Zachary. Their home is owned by 13 dogs, 3 cats, 15 birds, 5 horses, and a guinea pig. It's a lot of work but she would not change a thing. Life is Good!
Lindsay Fenlason
Lindsay has been working at the Gardner Animal Care Center since November 2005. She has loved animals since she was very young and always had them in her house growing up. At home, she cares for a cat, Linus and a black lab, Brady. When not at work, she enjoys horseback riding, and going to the beach. She plans to further my education in veterinary science.
Sheena Cote
Sheena has been a receptionist at the Gardner Animal Care Center since November 2002. She loves working with the animals and their owners. The best part of working at the Gardner Animal Care Center is the staff. They are a special bunch of people to her.
She is originally from Templeton and graduated from Narragansett High School. She now lives in the middle of the woods in Winchendon. In August, 2005, Sheena married her high school sweetheart, Chris with whom she's with been since 1996.
She has three pets: Vinnie Paul, a Bullmastiff mix named after the drummer in her favorite band, Pantera, and her calico cat named Oasis.
She enjoys hanging around with her family and friends. Sheena's favorite past time is driving her 2002 Mustang GT. A huge Mustang fan, she likes putting work into it to make it faster.
Lorrie Boudreau
Lorrie Boudreau has been an employee at the Gardner Animal Care Center since October of 2005. She is a graduate from the 2003 medical assisting program at Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical School. It was during this affiliation that Lorrie was able to experience her first, hands-on-training in the veterinary field.
Her discovery of the animal field started at the age of twelve. Lorrie became interested in studying African animals. She started to obtain as many books, magazines, movies, and paraphernalia that involved African animals as possible. To this day Lorrie is still amazed at the beauty of nature's animals and has a dream to some day visit Africa.
She is married to her husband, Dean. They have been together since 2004. Lorrie currently does not have any pets. Lorrie had a dog for thirteen years by the name of Sniffer. He was part German Shepard, Golden Retriever, and Labrador. He unfortunately had to be put to rest in 2005.
In 2008, Dean and Lorrie will be welcoming their first child into the family.
Her hobbies include camping, canoeing, cheerleading, four-wheeling, and recently snowboarding.
