Never think that
helping one
animal will not
make a
difference. For
if you save one
it will not
change the world
BUT the world
will change for
that one animal.
In 2009, four
hundred cats and
kittens were
placed in homes
with families
where they were
indoor kitties,
and were allowed
outdoors only
under the
careful
supervision of
their adoptive
families.
Our assisted
spay/neuter
grant was
renewed, and we
helped 444
low-income
owners spay and
neuter their
cats. We
continued our
feral
spay/neuter
program with
another much
appreciated
grant.
We paid for 189
feral cats to be
altered.
Our cats and
kittens
available for
adoption
received two
immunizations,
internal and
external
parasite
control, testing
for leukemia,
testing for
fungus and were
spayed or
neutered.
We were blessed
with 43
wonderful
volunteers that
helped us with
cleaning,
socializing
maintenance,
fund raising,
bookkeeping and
the yard outside
our facility.
Our shelter
volunteers were
assisted by high
school students
who volunteered
to get credit
for some of
their classes.
Some of our
volunteers
actually were
here twenty
hours per week
cleaning and
doing our never
ending laundry.
Community
Service youth
fulfilled their
sentences here
and were helped
with knowledge
and care for
their own pets.
We had our most
challenging year
ever, with the
population in
our shelter and
our other
buildings at 120
for over seven
months and an
average of 40
others that were
in foster
homes. Our
foster home
parents had
access to
litter, food and
medical care.
Without the
wonderful
individual
donations and
the one time
estate gift, we
certainly could
not have been
able to help the
enormous amount
of abandoned
felines that we
did. It is our
hope that we
have a much
quieter year in
2010. The work
load of caring
for 120 cats and
kittens and the
cost of cat food
alone was
overwhelming.
Our community is
no closer to
having either a
county or city
shelter, so that
we still have
the only shelter
located in our
county. It
still is our
dream to have
another rescue
group available
to take care of
a portion of the
abandoned
felines left at
our shelter. In
the meantime
while we wait
for that to
happen, our
heartfelt
gratitude to all
of you that have
helped our
shelter
succeed.
