Friendship. Fun. Laughter. Fun-Raiser. This is what the Sardine Slurping Contest was all about. I am grateful to our friends, our volunteers, the LeChat sisters, the mods, the admins and to all those wonderful friends who participated whether it was thru tickets or by viewing the Contest.
Donna and I each ate 7 1/2 cans of sardines. Neither could go any further and so a tie was declared between the two of us. We raised $2,250 from this event! I am thrilled about this and thankful.
Afterwards, we had the drawing for the bigger ticket items and then the consolation prizes. Those items are already being packed and sent on their way.
Both Donna and I felt rather punky Sunday evening and all day Monday. But, today we are both feeling much better. I will say however, this was my first Sardine Slurping Contest and for sure it's my last! lol It will be quite some time before I can eat another sardine. The cats will have to coax someone else for those treats! All in all though, it was a lot of fun and to raiser this money to help FFRC was the goal!
We have thanks to give:
Joco--she's a bumper upper for the Sardine Contest
Lana H--donation to FFRC
Josette M from France--donation to FFRC
We had an adoption on Sunday. Hitch was spotted by a family and knew that was the one! Hitch is the cat that hitched a ride to FFRC! A great cat.
FFRC's blog has earned a Top Cat Blog recognition! RankedBlogs.com ranks the top blogs in different categories based on votes, links from other sites and Twitter followers. So, we are pleased. You can visit rankedblogs.com/cat site. The purpose of our blog: "Friends of Felines Rescue Center's blog is an informative blog to keep our friends up to date with all the happenings--adoptions, incoming kittens/cats, surgeries done, events, happenings of the cats--filled with all sorts of FFRC news!".
All those that had surgery on Saturday have recovered very nicely. Today when I walked into the Persian Room, it seemed like they had sprouted overnight! They certainly are growing. Starting Friday, some of them will be leaving FFRC. Another one of those happy/sad things but there is never any doubt that being in a home is so important.
Next Tuesday we will be having another spay/neuter day thru HumaneOhio.
Elsie alert! Our sweet Elsie has figured out another thing to add to her WOW list! She has figured out how to get up on the countertop. This is something that she did all on her own. A slight problem--her getting down. I've watched her--she is also learning the distance from the top to back down on the floor. I expect soon she will also be with no effort, jumping down by herself.
I want to resend a thank you for the donations sent to Fabio Fiver Friday. As you know, this was for medical expenses. Most of you already know, a particular litter that came from a sad situation, also brought in a new kind of virus to FFRC. It's an old strain of virus but one that we have not experienced very often here. Many of the kittens came down with this which has resulted in major use of antibiotics. We just paid $4,000 to our main med supplier--with money from the Fabio Fund. Good news is there's no lasting effect from this virus. Everyone has or is recovering beautifully--thanks to meds, good vaccines, excellent food and good cleaning. We are now on the very tail end of this and soon it will be out of here.
Did you know Alma has a special "meow" for "I want water now please"? Coralie has "that stare" that means she wants into the towel cabinet. Felicity has a certain spot where she likes to dine and frequently leads the volunteers to that special spot. Kiara appreciates the warm pillowcases on the yellow table--she likes to go inside them. Magic's little pat, pat, pat on the leg means "I need an ear scratch". Two pats means he wants his special sparkly ball (for real!). Pania has her very insistent meow that means "I need some Pania Flakes and/or Babycat nibbles". And Ramsay--if he's heading over to the far side, he would like help with the water bowl. Derecho has that very soft meow that's reserved for "Need chicken please, very soon". And Lucie--there's no doubt her big meow sound means that she is wanting that special serving of can food, just for her! And Asha knows all she has to do is to twist her head and look at us and she gets head rubbings! And Camvie MUST be allowed to be with the dogs and follow them everywhere or she worries about them. Oh--and don't forget Binker--she appreciates having easy access to the windowledge so she can lay her head on it. Don't ask me why---she just enjoys it! Yes, they are all different, all happy and we strive to please them all!
