We did a bottle drive yesterday and earned nearly $400 to help the animals. While I am content with any amount, it would be nice if we had a bigger team of volunteers to help with the fundraising.
I must thank the volunteers who did show up:
Darlene Richard: a fabulous woman who is my lifesaver! Without Darlene's help I don't know what I would do! She volunteers almost every day in the kitty workshop, and I can always count on her to help with fundraisers. Darlene and her husband Michel have adopted Hazey and Eeyore from Healing Animal SCARS, and they paid to TNR some cats in their back yard.
Darlene volunteered to stand all day at a table to display our cause and collect donations.
Shane Bennett: Another wonderful regular volunteer who is reliable and helps with everything under the sun. Shane and his lovely wife Amanda have adopted Marble from our rescue. They live just down the street from me, so I can call on them for anything, and they even take home laundry to clean for the kitties!
Lee Sampson: the big hearted pizza man! He runs the King of Donair on Windmill Road and has helped numerous cats. He recently adopted Reese (aka Cinnamon), an emaciated and dying cat foundoutside his restaurant. When I found her, Lee immediately took over as her Fairy Godfather and my vet and I were considering euthanizing her, but Lee nurtured her back to life.
Anita Doward: she was willing to drive, even with last minute notice from me, and always helps at our Bottle Drives. Anita takes in stray cats too and has 4 lovely young kitties for adoption on our website.
http://search.petfinder.com/shelterSearch/shelterSearch.cgi?shelterid=NS28&preview=1Nicole Bigney: a great lady who works at Mercedes and has helped with many events since we began almost 3 years ago. It was great to see you again Nicole!
Wendy McKellar: another great gal, she lives in Shearwater and I helped her find her missing cat Skytz a few months ago. Wendy was willing to pitch in and help with her mini-van, even with two babies in carseats! Thanks a bunch for your help!
Juanita Faulkner and her son Adam Greenly: They read an ad on Kijiji and offered to start volunteering. Adam sells chocolate bars and donated the $24 profit to Healing Animal SCARS. Big thanks to a great young man!
Katie Hanrahan: my little sunshine girl! Katie has been a dedicated volunteer and always helps out at the kitty shed and at all events. I can always count on you Katie! You're the best!
Rachel Dix: another sweet girl who lives on my street and helps with Bottle Drives and Car washes. We really appreciate your help!
Michelle Clark: she helps with the kitties too and many fundraisers. Michelle brought along a new volunteer to help, her friend Kelly
Kelly: Thanks so much for joining us yesterday! We hope to see you at future events
Kassie Hagen: Her family has rescued countless cats and found homes. Kassie is a young woman with a huge heart and loves all animals. She has brought me many kittens over the years, most recently a litter of barn kittens from the barn where she keeps her horse. Unfortunately these kittens turned out to have Distemper and 4 of the 5 kittens died. Elegance is still hanging on though, and looking better every day.
We pray that Elegance will pull through and be the true poster child survivor story!
So in closing, I want to thank all the volunteers who showed up, and every person who donated to our cause, whether by donating refundables to the volunteers who knocked on your doors, or those who dropped off recyclables to the Depot to donate to our cause.
The kittens thank you too!
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