First, the Paddys spent much of the day napping in preparation for their presentation! There was also time spent grooming themselves and getting all fancied up for their viewer friends!
We started out with opening BOXES! This is always exciting to us because it means supplies (and Catathon items) have arrived! Big thanks.
Kathy831 & Lollymop - Cathathon:Spa Basket: Pumice Stone, Facial Mask, Manicure Set Massager with 5 heads, Mango Sugar Scrub, Pedi Perfect callous remover
Dimwit-- 18 Cute Kitty rings
Kathy831 & Lollymop - magnetic clips & Pet Grooming Glove for FFRC
Auntie Sonia for Vernie - 6 boxes Bondi Licks
Lostgirl - 2 pks Thank You Notes w/envelopes, 4 shopping bags
Tigercat/Great Aunt Julie - for Janiecat or whoever needs it - 2 - 36x27 comfy beds and a Panda Blankie
Glen & Kathy R PA - Lots of Weight Circles
Linda & Bill/BilliebobLindasue & Kitties MI - Kitty Card
BillieK - Kitty Card - Stamps, stamps and more stamps, weight circles and 4 Chicken $5
Ray & Rosanna CA - St Patricks Card
Dottie & James & family - NE Birthday Card
Elskates/Eleanor & Joe with Natasha & Savannah CT - Birthday Card
Marie Iowa Catlady & The Magnificent 7/Phoenix, Walter Payton, Robie, Yoga, Singer, Jabberwocky
Zeeba-IA for Zelda - Kitty Card
Visitors Brenda & Craig - WA - Kitty Card & Donation for FFRC
And then the Paddy Brothers showed themselves as the Irish cats they are, complete with their special St. Paddy's day hats and decorations! While they were a little figidty on the table, they did quite well! They had been promised snackers which of course they received!
Every person who donated to this Paddy event will receive a sprocket picture of the Paddy Brothers and a labeled glass vial of their fur (unless otherwise directed)! Enjoy--these will start going out on Monday.
And then we had thank you items!
2--$100 gift certificates went to two of our viewers for use at a flash sale, fun-raiser or PawMart
Double Paddy Photo by Hazel--Soonergirl, Emma & Erin, William/Zorro
Autographed Paddy Photo--Raspbearyjam
Tube of Gold Flakes--Izabird (a very special item!)
Other gift winners: Friskie, Evie, Kikimycat, Kimcost, BrendaLo, Newfiedogmom, Anita355, Bellabelle & family, Causeforreflectn, Doseoflove85, Vanessa & Eric, Laura So, Judeannlee, Momcatt9
And then, here's the real scoop that we were so happy about!! We received 756 coins to go into the Pot of Gold! Wow, wow, wow---that comes to $3,780.
And then the wonderfulness of Bumper-Uppers happened! Many thanks to each one of you for giving our total a push up! I am grateful! After the total of our Bumper-Uppers happened, our total was boosted to $4,385. This is just fantastic!
We mentioned a few items that this will help us to purchase for the incoming needs of kitties. Just to mention a few: kitten vaccines (3 different kinds), antibiotics (we use 6-7 different kinds, for various reasons), dry kitten food, syringes, hand disinfectants, floor disinfectants, baby wipes, eye meds--the list goes on and on! We can do this all now!
This event was our mods creation---many thanks to them!
To wrap up the event, we showed some new kittens that were received just yesterday. They are 4-5 weeks old. There are 5 of them--3 greys, 1 torti and 1 gold tiger. All very sweet and round! They are now in the back Thumper's Room, in the top two condo pens. They are young but eating good and of course, napping alot. Their mama will be here next Saturday to be spayed. We would've liked to keep them with mama for a bit yet, but the situation turned out that it was better to keep the kittens here now. They will get their names soon--more info as soon as we can!
Thanks again to everyone for your support of this special event. Please know that you are all so very appreciated. You all are important to FFRC and help mold us in the direction that we are going. The Paddys of course too are thankful. I imagine they will be napping most of the day!!
