CatVando NFP Corporation: Cat Lover's Holiday Celebration

Monday, December 15, 2008

Cat Lover's Holiday Celebration

We Had A Great Time!

First, our appreciation goes out to those wonderful people who donated the space, Skrine Chops at 7230 W. Madison in Forest Park donated their wonderful 2nd floor space (an excellent place to go for eats, a drink or to have a party). Stephanie Skrine who donated the incredibly delicious Skrine Chicken, mashed potatoes and pasta salad and one of the biggest gift baskets I've seen for our raffle (won by Sheila Ferarri). MaryRita Skrine donated a huge platter of some of the best chocolate chip cookies and fudge on the face of the earth. Sirius Cooks donated a great, much sought after, basket of all sorts of cat food, treats,toys and a reusable bag (won by Eric Tucker). Priscilla Kinzell donated a whole bag of things for our raffle, lots of great Christmas decorations, frames, candles, cat books and toys and more. Ellen Miles (me) donated a few pieces of her jewelry (won by Beverly Younger, Mike the Cat Man, and ????). Jeanne Friedell donated a great cat book and bag and a cat decoration and pin). Jeanne Friedell won one of Ellen's necklaces and a cute multi cat pin. Kim May, one of our wonderful animal caregiver volunteers won the 'Split the Pot'. (Kim has her own pet sitting service - we highly recommend her. Not only is she trustworthy, she's full of love when it comes to animals. Bella, our Belgian Shepard loves her so much her eyes sparkle and almost tear up when Kim arrives! - for info on hiring Kim, leave comment and we'll put your in touch) There was more but frankly, can't remember!

It was great to see people sharing photos and stories. We met some new folks that are involved in rescue and TNR and learned a few things ourselves. One woman who actually dowsed (usually associated with dowsing for water) for kittens in a large community garden!!! What a great idea. Terry, a newbe to our group who also does rescue brought a couple of wonderful albums of her rescue kittens and cats. I heard about, and sorry I missed, pictures of kitties in a Barbie Corvette - sort of like a right of passage photo before they get adopted.

Thank you to all of those who joined us in Celebration and Community and in support of CatVando. Your support, not just the wonderful financial support but your overall support of CatVando means a tremendous amount to us! Working together to help and support each other is what life is all about! The photos are some we took before the camera poope

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Sometimes you see them, sometimes you don’t – but they’re usually there. Street cats. Sometimes feral, which means unsocialized, unaccustomed to human touch. Many ferals are descendants of house cats that have been abandoned, or lost, many times un-spayed or neutered, left to breed uncontrollably. Some street cats are house cats, let out to fend for themselves, or living in and out, again, unsterilized. Many of these cats are lost each year to starvation, inclement weather, or used as fight bait or abused in other ways. Many of these cats live in colonies, hidden during the day, out searching for food in the night. To understand the many myths about street cats see the links provided
TNR, Trap-Neuter-Release, is the most effective means of controlling and reducing today’s street cat population. TNR is a proven procedure in which entire colonies of stray and feral cats are humanely trapped, evaluated, vaccinated and neutered by veterinarians. Kittens reached early enough to socialize are usually adopted into good homes. Adults are released to live in their own territories under the watch of voluntary caregivers.
At CatVando, we do TNR, teach others with cats in their area how to do TNR and colony management. We lend traps and sometimes crates (for kittens) and provide names of resources for new colony managers and concerned citizens. We’re located in Maywood IL and work there and in surrounding suburbs. We also work with people with cats and dogs, connecting them to low cost clinics so that all animals are afforded sterilization so that the tens of thousands of unwanted cats and dogs are not euthanized each day.
We are currently working with our Village to institute a community wide TNR program, to educate current feeders, solicit more feeders, locating cats and colonies to TNR and soon, to work with youth groups, churches and other agencies to build shelters for the street cats to be placed in colony managers yards or, in the event of colonies located at factories or other businesses, on the premises.
If you have cats in your area, or in your home, that are in need of spay or neuter services, please call To 708 829 6013
It is our belief that through working with the animals we can in part, counteract some of the violence of the world and ascribe to Gandhi’s words:
"The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated."

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Monday, December 15, 2008

Cat Lover's Holiday Celebration

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