Spay Day a Huge Success!!!

On Sunday, Feb. 21st, we had our official Spay Day event. Community members brought their female and/or male cats to be spayed/neutered for only $15. Every person that helped that day was a volunteer, and we were able to spay 23 female cats and neuter 32 male cats!!!

It was incredible!

Thank you to all of our wonderful volunteers that helped with the event:

Dr. David Robinson

Dr. Cynthia Johnson

Dr. Gloria Matsushita

Shelly Cornutt

Cat Kuhlmann

Kristina Guldbrand

Sarah Swanty

Susan Faulkner

Nicole Kenote

Jessica Cromwell

Katy Quinn

Carey Mastriona

Jane Seik

Katy LaFary

Jean Haukaas

Mary Wolf

Tonja Musa

Also a big thanks to Carol & Len Mahoney for arranging for food

to feed all our hungry volunteers!

VOLUNTEERS ROCK!!

We just had such an exciting moment at the shelter that I have to share. The Scratching Post shown in the picture was donated to our organization (in rough shape) a little over a month ago. Our fabulous volunteer, Donna Weyer, took it home and her and her husband fixed it up and re-carpeted it. Then they returned it to the shelter to be used as a drawing prize. Drawing tickets were available for a suggested donation of $2. We received $164 worth of donations

for drawing tickets.

Another of our fabulous volunteers, Jane Seik, bought a bunch of tickets in hopes she might win because it is the perfect size for her condo. Well, the drawing was tonight and she did win!!!!!!!!! We were all so happy about it!

Thank you Donna & Gene! Congratulations Jane & Larry!

I'm Not Trash - I'm a Very Important Person!!!

This little sweetheart was found in a bag in a dumpster today in Evans. Hard to believe that in this day and age people still do sick things like that, right?

If you are as horrified as I hope you are, then you are wondering what you can do to stop these things from happening. Well, we have a few things coming up that will help homeless kitties so they don't end up in a dumpster like this precious baby:

1. Chat Amour III - This is our large, annual fundraiser that raises thousands of dollars for our organization. There is a live & silent auction, sit-down dinner, entertainment, and much more. Tickets are $50 and are available for purchase from our website or at the shelter. The event is coming up on Feb. 13th, and the deadline to get tickets is Feb. 5th.

2. Spay Day Events! - My previous blog is about these events, but I have an update.

The low-cost Spay Day through our organization is actually open to both female & male kitties. As of right now all of the female spots are taken up, but there is still room for some more males. If you know of anyone that has a cat that needs to be neutered, let them know about this!!! It is only $15. (We plan to spay/neuter 60+ kitties that day. Isn't that incredible?!?!?!?!)

Here is the update on the Library Talk:

"Dogs, Cats and Other Critters: Every Pet a Wanted Pet"

Tuesday, February 23, 7:00 p.m. Main Library

In celebration of National Spay Day, join the folks from Larimer HumaneSociety, Fort Collins Cat Rescue and Animal House as they discuss howtheir organizations help homeless pets and how YOU can help make every peta wanted pet. "Ambassador animals" from each organization will be present to meet with adults and kids. Come early as seating is limited.

Last but not least, don't forget about our Giving Tree! All donations are tax-deductible and go towards the cost of spaying/neutering feral kitties.

There are many ways that YOU can make a difference for homeless animals! After all, they aren't trash - they are very important people! And as for the kitten found in the dumpster, she already went on her way to one of our wonderful foster homes. She will be available for adoption in about 1 week, and we are sure she will find a great home!

The Giving Tree

Next time you come into the shelter you may be surprised to see a large tree in the corner of the reception area. What is it you wonder? Let me explain:

The Giving Tree is part of our celebration and fundraising effort for Spay Day - which is coming up quickly in February. We are doing several things to celebrate Spay Day including a surgery day that will be just for female cats on February 21st, and the surgery will only cost $15. Also a talk at the library with Larimer Humane & Animal House where we will discuss why spaying animals is so important and what our organizations are doing to help make every pet a wanted pet. This talk will be open to the public, and more information will be available soon.

The Giving Tree is a fundraiser for feral kitties. You can purchase an ornament for The Giving Tree and write whatever you like on it. The money will go towards spay/neuter surgeries for feral cats - which contribute hugely to the pet overpopulation problem. We also have a Giving Tree in the clinic, and the hope is to have both trees covered in ornaments by the end of February!!!!

We hope you will consider making a donation for this fundraiser. Whether it is $1 or $100.

Missy found a home!!

Those of you that frequent the shelter and know all of the kitties in the adoption room probably just did a double take. Read it again if you have to because it is true......Missy was adopted! Let's all do the happy dance and cross our fingers that it works out for our loved and often misunderstood kitty friend.

Thank you to Otto for giving Missy a chance! This fiesty little girl has been waiting for a home since August.

Just goes to show that there is a purr-fect home for every kitty if you are just patient enough to wait for it. :)

$2,000 grant from Animal Assistance Foundation!!!

We just received a $2,000 grant from Animal Assistance Foundation to use for the purchase of surgery packs . The packs will specifically be used for feral cats that are altered through our trap-neuter-return program.

Thank you Animal Assistance Foundation for this fantastic opportunity and for helping us to help the homeless cats in our community!
To learn more about Animal Assistance Foundation, please click on the following link:

http://www.aaf-fd.org/

Hooray for new cages courtesy of Fort Collins Animal Hospital!!

Yesterday the office manager at VCA Fort Collins Animal Hospital called us because they were getting rid of a bank of cages and they wondered if we would want it. Of course we jumped all over it, and today our fabulous volunteer, Randy Spence, went and picked the cages up and delivered them to the shelter.

They are used, but they are soooooo much better than the dog crates that we have been using in isolation for the last 3.5 years.

Thank you VCA Fort Collins Animal Hospital for the great donation!

You guys are wonderful for thinking of us!!