Kitty Christmas---what an amazing event.I am humbled beyond words. The support shown to FFRC is tremendous. It makes me want to be a better person and to take the best care possible of our cats and kittens, in honor of you all. You all are amazing people. I thank you from the bottom of my heart for the support, friendship and all the items we unpacked yesterday.
Many thanks to Angie and Bill who gave up their garage to house all the boxes. A big thanks to Hornish Brothers for lending their giant bright red semi truck--it was beautiful. The lights on it was fantastic. And we had TWO Santas emerge from the truck! A super thanks too to our Santa Brian--he has played a big part of our Kitty Christmas. It was so exciting watching that big truck coming down Power Dam Road, knowing the Santas were going to pull into FFRC's parking lot!
And many thanks to our volunteers who helped load the truck on Friday and then unloaded it on Saturday. We had a huge turnout of volunteers--we truly do have the best in the world. Their support and compassion is unmatched anywhere.
To the mods and admins---thank you for informing our FFRC friends about Kitty Christmas and for the videos of it. This is important!
And a giant thanks to all of you who provided the boxes for Kitty Christmas. The boxes---they just kept coming and coming---each of them holding treasures for FFRC! Before yesterday, our 2 sheds and Kitty City (where we store the can food) was mighty bare. Today I will show you the before and after pics. What a feeling of being "safe" this brings. The worry level goes down a big notch knowing we are well taken care of by YOU. You are all important to us.
If you'd like to send a personal thanks for that wonderful semi that brought the gifts, please go to facebook HORNISH BROTHERS and send a note! They gave the use of their truck at no cost. And if you'd like to thank Santa Brian for his huge help, you can go to his facebook page BRIAN OBERHAUS.
Here's some Kitty Christmas trivia, made up by Angie.
What was Kitty Christmas called the 1st year? CANival
How many bags of cat litter was donated this year? 108
How many cases of baby food did we receive? 141
When did the first box arrive? September 21
How many Appetizers did we receive? 131
How many boxes this year were opened? 615 (huge WOW!)
How many pounds were those boxes? 17,505 !!!!!!
Who had 3 pizzas delivered during the unboxing? Sevaun! yes, it's true!
In addition to the boxes, we had donations that covered our new water treatment system. The one we had installed years ago was no longer able to keep up with our needs. We were using tons of salt in it, just trying to keep going which was very wasteful. We now have a system in (and paid for!!!) that will cover our needs. How wonderful!
And we had 2 air purifiers paid for and presented yesterday to FFRC. These are very effective against pet dander, allergens, bacteria and viruses. I'm very grateful for these units and the healthy air they will give to the cats (and the volunteers).
And we had gift cards too! Some to Rite-Aid for cat meds, Pet Supply Plus, PetSmart, Meijer's, etc. These will all be used for the good of FFRC.
It was just an amazing event for me personally too. Sometimes I get a bit down when sad things happen. I know I have to allow myself time to deal with these things but then..........these wonderful things happen to FFRC and it's very reviving to me.
The kittens and cats all went into safe, shut rooms (except for Alma). We had the outside doors wide open but the cats were all safe, between the back Thumper's Room, front Thumper's Room, Cat's Corner Room, Kitty Campus and Kitty Kabana. They were so very glad to be out and free again last night! And extra yummy treats were given last night---they quickly forgave us for the shut doors.
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We have other thanks to give too:
Jakesmeomy--donation to FFRC
Brad B from OH--donation to FFRC
Shannan W--donation to FFRC
Julie B from CA--donation to FFRC for litter and snackers
Shannan S--donation for Victor, Markus, Jackson & their friends and in memory of Leonard
Thomas W--donation to FFRC
Knittinkittn--2 bags of Precious litter
Do you shop Amazon and give FFRC credit for that? It's simple---simply go to our website at fofrescue.org and click on the Amazon info/button. FFRC gets a kick back! For September, we just received the kick back of $328.96. Awesome!
We've heard back from Jude's new mom! She said they are in love with her! She is purring and loving on them. Sounds like a happy Jude!
Take care and know that you all are special and appreciated by this Rescue Center.
