Saturday, July 14th

We had an especially busy morning yesterday. The mama (long hair dilute calico) and the 5 kittens (4 boys & 1 girl, all long hair) were moved to June's Room already to give them more room to play. This cat and kittens are Fiver's mama and siblings. We have a bit of an upper respiratory infection to take care of with mama and kittens before Fiver can visit them. We want to get Fiver as healthy as possible for his surgery on Tuesday.

We then moved the 4 wild kittens (3 blacks/1 black/white) to Kitty City to be with the wild black adult cat. They definitely recognized each other! They are all eating good, but hide when we go in to feed or scoop. We are respecting their distance for them to be comfortable. We have a farm for them now to go to, but we have some vet work yet to have done on them before that.

Each and every time we empty Thumper's Room out, it has to be scrubbed and reset up for the next round of cats. One of the top ways to help control the passing of viruses is to clean, clean, clean!

Sugar Plum is here in the office with me--she loves the kittens and is so good with them. Queenie is playing--seems like she's always in play mode--what a great cat. Martha Ann is playing with Gib who is playing with Mercy. They are all in constant play mode!

The Porchies are doing great and they have welcomed Azar completely into their group. Azar still comes into the Welcome Room Office for naps and night time, but he's very good outside and shows no aggression still. This was a good decision for Azar--to say it's ok for him to be a Porchie.

We have visitors in Kitty Kastle--Cheryl and her daughter Emily. They will be here until next Friday. While here, Cheryl and Emily will do daily groomings on the Cat's Cove cats and get all of them beautiful and handsome!

We had BOXES last night! It's wonderful to have our food pantry replenished.
Norma F/mmiralia from Puerto Rico--postcard from PR
Joanne H from AZ--card to Sheriff Putter
Weasley, Dhana, Samson & Delilah (and a little help from their mama)--2 packages of Temptation treats
SophieandLucy'sDad from MI--coupons
PeggyK/bamagirl from AL--donation to help with Bravo's surgery and 2 sheets of stamps
Betz--card for Cutie and snackers
Kerswill from MI--2 cases of Fancy Feast & 1 case of Friskies Fillets
JillR27--1 bag of Bonito flakes, 2 cases of Friskies & 2 cases of Kitten Fancy Feast
Lewbeth from MA--a donation to FFRC, in memory of Link, her sister's cat
Conii G--6 cases of various Tiki Food
AbbyTabbysMama from TN--2 cases of Purrfectly Fish
AcctConnect from CT--5 cases of baby food
Becca/runbeccarun from WA--A donation to FFRC, in memory of Gnuby/Judy
Tamar B from FL--A donation to FFRC, in memory Gnuby/Judy
Jean & Neil S from OH--A donation to FFRC, to help give Derecho & Bravo a future
Robinson's Gallery from TX--A donation to FFRC
PSW--A donation to FFRC, in memory of Judy-a dear, brave lady

Thanks to Yonatan from Isreal for running off a copy of different countries that viewed FFRC's webcam during the first week of July. The countries were: USA, Canada, United Kingdom, Japan, Netherlands, Germany, Poland, Australia, Finland, Hong Kong, France, Serbia, Brazil, Venezuela, Israel, Spain, Korea, Philippines, Norway. We can truly say we have friends from all over the world!

One of our webcam moderators is in the hospital. It's Bubbles/Cynthia, also known as the SoapLady. After talking to her husband, he thought she would love to receive some get-well cards. If you'd like to send her one, please send it to FFRC with Bubbles or Cynthia's name on the envelope. We'll give it a week, then box them up and send them to her home.

Good news! You all know those click-on ads that are on our kittycam? Those clicks bring us money. We will soon receive a deposit for $902.10 from AdSense for the month of June. That is terrific. I appreciate those clicks!

Please remember to vote at The Animal Rescue Site. This 3rd quarter continues until 9/16. Thank you. Remember to click on the link that gives free food to shelters.

Almost all of the items have now been sent out for the Catathon, except for recent orders. If you have not received yours, please let me know thru the FFRC's e-mail.

Yum, yum! Those volunteers make good food!

Bella loves this self-groomer--feels so good!

Friday, July 13th

No bad luck here today--it's just another cat day here at the Rescue Center. We have been super busy. You all know we took in Fiver Weds. evening. He's the little kitten that had a major load of fleas and an eye that had the glass injury to it. He's doing great. That little eye "popped" last night, from infection and swelling, but he's still doing fine. He actually probably feels better and it looks better. His surgery for removal of this "dead eye" is on Tuesday.

Here's the big news. The lady who rescued Fiver from a neighbor, also went and collected the rest of the litter and the mama. These are super sweet kitties. The mama is also a purr girl--so loves to have a hand on her. Of course, all had major flea overload and each required 2 baths. The fleas are gone and will never be a worry again for this litter. They all have a mild URI--upper respiratory infection--but are on antibiotics. They've been tested and are negative. They are thin, but good food will help with that.

We also took in 4 kittens and 1 cat for a fellow rescurer. She is trying to get 3 more of these kittens to bring today. These kittens and cat are feral--have been living in a woods, under poor conditions. We will spay/neuter, test, vaccinate, worm, etc. and then find a good, no, a great farm to put them on where they will never have to worry about their next meal again. This is already in "the works" for finding them a farm home.

We had an adoption yesterday! Our Purrkins went to his new home. He went to a family that came last week and fell in love with him. They had another cat at home that needed to have his annual check up and vaccinations before Purrkins could go with them. This will be a great home for Purrkins.

We have quite a few visitors that will be here at the Rescue Center and staying at Kitty Kastle during the summer. We very much enjoy having people come and stay. It's a joy for us and fun for the visitors. I am so happy to have Kitty Kastle for this purpose. It's a win/win deal. Kitty Kastle has been well received and enjoyed.

Bravo has gained some weight. He is now at 1 pound 11 ounces! He's a good little eater now. Farrah continues to be on her full dose of PB pills for her seizures. We will monitor her for another 2 months since changing the dose. If at that time, all is well, she will again go up for adoption. Jaina is doing awesome--showing no signs at all of her cardio-myopathy.

Martha Ann is one of the sweetest kittens ever. She just melts in your arms. She and Fayth have been playing a lot together lately. Another group of extra loving kittens are Raymond, Raymondo, Faleen, Faleena and Floria--they just purr and purr for people.

I would like to extend a special sympathy to the friends and family of Judy/Gnuby. She passed away last night with her beloved dog beside her. We took in Judy's 2 cats --Meggie and Alphie. Meggie has already been adopted and Alphie got an extra hug this morning, for Judy. I remember when Judy was here, she made it clear that death did not scare her, she knew where she was going.

We had BOXES last night! Thank you ever so much for your generosity.
Paul_68 from UK--Greenies for dogs & Kitties, many different kinds of cat treats (already tried some--they love them!)
Cheryl--a new BIG clock for the webcammers to see--it has a black background and won't give such a glare as the white clock gave.
Gitte/Aunty Catnip from Denmark--3 cases of Fancy Feast Appetizers, all different flavors, one of which was Tuna for Cutie's favorite for her birthday
Henry R Peeps & O My Guinness--a really cute Birthday card for Cutie
Judy L from Walbridge, OH who visited yesterday--clorox wipes, Paper towels, pop tabs for Kellen and lots of Fancy Feast cans
Cheryl G from TN--in honor of her Emma Lou's 10th birthday--a gift to FFRC thru PayPal
Mary K from PA--a PayPal donation to help with Fiver's surgery (or maybe shin guards to protect our legs from Graciella & Ginseng) Loved this!
Sally H from WI--a PayPal donation to help with a case of Friskies
Gusti from Germany--a PayPal donation "Happy Birthday, dear Cutie"


These are the volunteer phone people for the Catathon--took a huge amount of phone calls!
Getting set up and practicing for the first round of baskets for the Catathon.

Thursday, July 12

A wonderful day today--cat wise and weather wise! All of them have been zipping around here this morning. Although we're suppose to have a high in the 90's today, this morning is still not too warm, so the energy level is high right now! Kooper is now out and about and acting like he's always been here. Pedra is in Cat's Corner Room, still a little shy, but much better.

The cats are now back in Cat's Cove. I do believe they were all smiling! Thanks to Sigrid, Linda T and Haley for helping to transport them back to the Cove from Kitty City. They look quite comfortable with their nice clean Cove, all clean blankies, new screen windows in and 2 great fans! We then pulled everything out of Kitty City and water blasted it clean too. Even the furniture was cleaned! All is back inside the City and rearranged, awaiting it's next "duties".

As you may know, Azar has become a Porchie. Actually he's an Office Cat/Porchie Cat. During the night, he sleeps in the Welcome Room Office and during the day, he cruises with the Porchies. Remember, he was returned for aggressive behavior. He then displayed this same behavior here inside the Rescue Room. One day, he decided he was going OUT and OUT he went. Since then, he's been super sweet. Gets along perfectly well with the Porchies and quite willingly comes back to the Office for naps and bedtime.

We took in a new little kitten yesterday. His name is Fiver (another Name that Cat from the Catathon and in honor of when we had our Fiver Friday for medical needs). He is about 8 weeks old, a long hair gold/white male. Unfortunately, during our big storm 2 weeks ago, he received an injury--a piece of glass penetrated his left eye. The glass has been removed but has caused extensive damage to his eye. He's been tested and is negative! Fiver arrived with at least a thousand fleas (no exaggerating) on him. He was very dehydrated, anemic and yet purring. He's had 2 baths already, all fleas are dead, he's eating the Fancy Feast Kitten like there's no tomorow and he's still purring! He's on antibiotics and soreness meds (for his eye). If he continues to improve, we have him scheduled for an eye enucleation for Tuesday. He will feel so much better than.

We had BOXES last night! Many many thanks! Our food pantry looks so much better!
Kerswill from MI--box of Friskies Shreds
Marilyn S/maddisonpepper--assorted box of Fancy Feast Appetizers (to be shared by ALL the cats)
Aunty Fi--heatable cat bed (Derecho is sleeping on it right now)
Pat L from Kansas--2 pouches of Temptations, pillow cases, tote bag, handmade Nap Quilts, pop tas for Kellen
Laura/Medic--2 boxes of Friskies poultry and beef
Jill R--Royal Canin, 15 pounds dry kitten food
Mary R/prisotis--4 giant Clorox wipes, 2 cases of Fancy Feast, 2 cases of Kitty cans
Connie S/donnawan from Maine and Sally the cat--5 catnip toys with Dr. Pussums catnip--which is now a CHALLENGE! If you have any local or "extra good" catnip, send it in and we'll have a game of what Catnip the cats like the best!!
Patty V/middiemom from OH--KMR, 4 cases of Friskies & Nine Lives, a case of Friskies Gravy Sensations, 3 boxes of Mr. Clean Magic Erasers, 300 count paper plates, 4 bottles of Dawn Dish Soap
AnnaMarie--10 packs Whiskers Licking cat treats, a case of Friskies Indoor can food, case of Friskies Pate, case of Friskies Tuna/egg and a case of Friskies gravy Sensations.
Anonymous from Amazon--Fancy Feast grilled, Friskies gravy sensations, Friskies might bits
Patricia M from IL--2 news articles, cat related from her local newspaper
Sandra E--donation thru PayPal in memory of Brandon's grandfather

Miler thinks that the tighter he curls up for a nap, the better the dreams!

This is Bondi's Pen, which she loves. The door is always open, she has her thick bed, her own food and water and steps that she can use to get her old legs to her pen!

Weds., July 11

We have names for the 2 new kittens! The grey swirl tiger is Kooper, a name from the Name the Cat from the Catathon event. The grey torti is Pedra--made from the name of the person who rescued her. They are now both in Patience's Pen where they can see all the action of the Rescue Center. Kooper is a real play-boy--loves people and the toys. Pedra is shy so we are holding her a lot. Val spent time yesterday holding her a lot, to let her know that people are ok. Amy D., a webcam friend, told me that Pedra means rock in Portuguese--a very good name for a tough little girl. She's the kitten that had to have the button surgery when she was tossed from a car.

The door is open now to Cat's Corner Room. Tiki, Talulah and Tabitha are now out and about. This is also the room that Derecho has been staying in. We will not be able to just let him loose yet in the main area unsupervised. We will probably get the playpen back out again so that he can be safe in there, yet the kittens and cats can get in to play with him. Conii, a webcam friend, ordered a xxxsmall Thundershirt for Derecho. We received it yesterday and yet, it is still too big. He needs to grow some. We have found that if we gently put our hands on him, that his shakiness is much less. Thanks to Conii for supplying this Thundershirt. We understand that it may be a bit sad to see Derecho in all his shakiness. But, please know, that HE doesn't consider himself different. This is how he's been his whole short life. There's a chance that the tremors may recede a bit, and maybe not. But, we do know that they will not progress. So....we choose to celebrate his life and not feel sorry (or at least not too much!) for him! He purrs, he eats by himself, he loves to play, he's a happy boy! That's the beauty of being a cat--they don't feel sorry for themselves! They just go ahead and figure out HOW to do something that may be difficult.

I have been overwhelmed lately with the support given to FFRC. The Catathon was AWESOME (a tad over $39,000 raised). During our week of power outage, we were taken care of by so many people who brought us generators, ice, water, support, fans and prayers. The friendships we have made with visitors is wonderful. The support of the volunteers is the best--truly a unique group of giving and caring people. The webcam viewers, as they say to me, always have my back and FFRC's concerns in their hearts. We are surrounded by loving, gracious people and I thank YOU all for that.

It's cooler here today--only to get to 90's! We will open the window and little door to the outdoor enclosure again. Today is also a big move day here this morning, for the Cat's Cove cats. The Covies had to come up to Kitty City during the brutal heat, to stay cooler as there were several in distress. We now have the 2 fans that Jatcat donated for the Cove in place, on the wall. Paul has cut sections out of the wood walls and put in wire to bring in more of the breezes. The cats will LOVE this as it gives them even more viewing options! This morning, the Covies return to their spring, summer and fall home.

Diane cooling off with all her little dolly kitty friends! Happpy Birthday, Diane!

One of our oldsters, Magentta.

Tuesday, July 10

We had an adoption yesterday! Our sweet Purrdita was adopted to a family that has previously adopted from us before. She is going into an awesome family with 2 other cats.

There are a couple events that happened while the power outage was happening. Our sweet boy Hudson was returned for pottying a bit, inappropriately. I had a family that was interested in Penn or Teller and was waiting for their skin issues to resolve. Because of the very high heat and humidity in here, I called the family that was interested in Penn or Teller. They remembered Hudson from a previous visit and came to see him. They have now adopted him and so far, no potty problems!

We have a new hold on a kitten! Sizzle is now on hold and probably will go to her new home the first weekend of August, along with a second kitty from here!

We also have an update on Sumer and Buttons. Sumer had her spay surgery about 2 weeks ago and went to a home (was going to be a foster) to keep her safe and INDOORS during the Catathon. Sumer had been an outside cat with a great desire to go back outside. We were trying to convince her otherwise. But, after her spay, her desire to go outside heightened and she successed in "escaping" out a screen door. She is now their outside cat and is staying put on their porch and yard area and is quite content. Since they had really wanted an inside cat, they've fallen for Buttons, who is NOT having any potty issues there! So....all is well.

We took in 2 young kittens yesterday. One is a kitten that was tossed from a car. She also had the hanging lip like McLovin' had. The people that saw this act happen, scooped her up and took her to their vets for the chin/button surgery. Her sutures are now out and she is now here. Not named yet! She is a grey/cream torti, a bit shy, but we're working on her. The other kitten is a grey tiger swirl, male, that was found in a hay mound. No mama around. He's ever so sweet and started sucking on the person's lip right away! These 2 are sharing a pen and are both feline leukemia/FIV negative. They will get their baths today.

The voting has begun for The Animal Rescue Site. We are only up for one win this session--having the most votes in one week per The Animal Rescue Site due to our past wins. So, for this quarter, maybe you want to vote for your local or a state shelter or rescue OR you could vote for A Labor of Love Dog Rescue in Defiance, OH. This is Lisa's dog rescue--she also works here and could use the winning $1,000 for a fence for her dog rescue which is at her home.

We need to have people understand something. Goss, who does a lot of the video taping for the BOXES for FFRC does this out of the kindness of her heart. She is not obligated to do this every night. Please, don't assume that this is something that can be done every single night. It is an act of kindness that she does for us. When you "see" her, please pass on your thanks for what she does for FFRC!

Please check our Friends of Felines' Rescue Center's facebook for updates and info. Remember, we also have a wonderful website with tons of info: fofrescue.org

Between the volunteers, the webcam viewers, the moderators, the facebook participants, I am realizing how great of numbers we have that are involved with this rescue center. Please, realize, we try to do the best we can to keep all happy, but that is an impossible task, with such a broad audience, but we try! I appreciate each and every one of you. We love what we do here at this Rescue Center with a passion and enjoy sharing it with you. Please remember, the cam chat and the fb pages are always G-rated--be kind and considerate of all the people that may be reading. This Rescue Center is all about the cats and kittens--let's enjoy them!

We had BOXES last night and we're very grateful for this help!
Michlyn--coupons
Trudy S from OH--donation to FFRC
Bantry--tshirt/night shirt for Jacci with a cat design and a chew bone & squeak toy for Jazzie.
TippyNTraylor--card for all volunteers and kitties, volunteer treats and goodies, cat treats, fish play mat for kitties, bandaids, purple collar for Farrah, cans of sardines, bag of cat toys, bandaids for Diane, and a chicken friend for Connie
Becky M from Defiance--case of Fancy Feast appetizers, 2 cans of KMR, case of Fancy Feast Medleys and a case of Fancy Feast Gravy lovers
CGcry--large purple marshmallow poof
Jatcat--2 big, powerful fans for Cat's Cove! We will get those on the wall out there today!
LadyDoc--2 big containers of powdered gatorade for the volunteers
Val S--2 cases of Fancy Feast Kitty food

Little McLovin' thinking about how many toes he can attack! This little boy runs around like he has 6 legs!

Mariska--all stretched out while out in the enclosure. She's filled out so nicely and is so active and strong.

Sunday, July 8th

What a wonderful Saturday we had! People here to visit, our Kitty Kastle guests (Val S and Janak), electricity and water, BOXES, the health of the cats and kittens and wonderful volunteers and viewers--what more could we ask for?! Another thing to be thankful for: another webcam viewer is here for a visit--cgr from Lima. One of our moderators, LovemyPetz, brought her here!

Buckeye is running around with a peacock feather in his mouth and he is NOT going to share it. The problem is, the peacock feather is long and so the kittens chase after the feather as Buckeye runs with it. Buckeye keeps running, trying to stay away from the kittens so he can have it all to himself. What a circus!

The pictures that I showed of MAX the other night that Kristi sent in, was indeed Maximillion, He has gotten huge! He looks very happy and healthy! Even after the electricity went out, we were still sending out packages and envelopes from the Catathon. If you have not received your items by a reasonable amount of time, please contact me by e-mail (fofrescue@gmail.com). We still have about 10 packages to go out yet.

Remember, tomorrow starts the voting again at The Animal Rescue Site. We can win ONE WEEKLY award. Let's do it!! Then for the second week, we could vote for A Labor of Love Dog Rescue!

We had a few BOXES last night--always a fun thing and so appreciated.
Filbert and friend sent 12 rolls of two inch tape.
Anonymous Friend sent 2 cases of Fancy Feast (one is the new Morning Medleys that Putter loves!)
Mudjie/Mary--six cases of baby food
Janak/Janet--10 bags of cat treats, case of appetizers, a case of Fancy Feast, case of Gravy Sensations, 2 cases of Friskies and a big box of Sardines in oil!

McLovin's sutures on his shoulder were removed this morning. His wire and button that has been on his lip/chin were also removed. Both areas look awesome and healthy.

At 11:00 a.m. today, we have a surprise 1st birthday cake for Preakness. Come join the fun! The Cat's Cove cats (temporarily in Kitty City) are doing so much better now. We will keep them in Kitty City until we feel it's safe and cool enough to move them back to their summer quarters. We are today putting in 3 more screened in windows in the Cove so there will be more air flow.

I realize that there's been a bit of tension during this week of no electricity. But, we're back on, all is fine! I understand that it's been hard all the way around, even on the chat and FFRC's chatter's facebook. Let's all pull together again and get on the same page--we're here for the CATS AND KITTENS! That's one of the purposes of the Rescue Center--to share the love of felines! If there are any hard feelings, etc., please, let's put those aside and enjoy the friendships that are here at the rescue center for you and enjoy our cats! Thank you.

Saturday, July 7th

Yes, yesterday's blog said July 13th--just consider that my heat-pickled brain!! So sorry! Today is indeed the 7th. We've had power on now for a day and a half. I will never ever take electricity and water for granted again. Or air-conditioning. Yesterday our high was 104, today it's suppose to be 106. Then we're suppose to cool down to lower 90's. We had a bit of a scare yesterday morning when the electricity went down again. I think we were all thinking the same thing....for how long this time? But, it was for only 10 minutes. But, in that 10 minutes, the temp went up 4 degrees in the rescue center.

All is well. It'll take a bit to get back all the way to normal (whatever that is) here in the rescue center! There were several cats in distress last night in Cat's Cove--open mouth breathing, uncomfortable. We had lots of volunteers here visiting last night, so we all pitched in and did a Covie Move. We turned the a/c on in Kitty City, did some rearranging, filled up bowls with ice and water and brought all the Covies to the City until this heat lets up. This morning, they all look so much happier and more comfortable.

We have visitors for Kitty Kastle this weekend. Val S from Michigan and Janet/Janak (an FFRC moderator) from Napier, New Zealand are here. We always welcome Val who has been here several times. And we're so glad to welcome and met Janak. Very nice to have visitors! The cats are loving all the extra attention. Val even brought the 4 cats along that she adopted from here.

I talked to one of our vets last night. We are both in agreement about little Derecho, that he has Cerebellar Hypoplasia. He may get a tiny bit of improvement on his "shakiness", but is not a progressive disease. Basically, how he is, is how he is. Please know that he is a happy boy, doesn't realize there's anything different about himself. Cats are awesome in their ability to continue on in life, being happy.
He and 5 other friends are still in Cat's Corner Room. In a few more days, they will be out and about.

Silas went back to his home yesterday. We were actually boarding him until his mama recovered from being ill and returned home. After much discussion with the family, I was very happy to have him return to her. Silas definitely reacted to her and I'm quite sure he's a happy boy to be with his mama again.

We have several cats on hold right now: Queenie, Daymo, Sugar Plum and Purrkins. Alphie has been cruising about freely and investigating everything. A real sweet boy. The kittens have been back to full play-mode now that it's cooler here in the rescue center. They are making up for lost play time!

We had BOXES last night! Due to the power-outage, we did open the boxes that arrived during that week we had no power. I thank you for your understanding of this. We weren't sure if anything needed to be refrigerated and some of the boxes contained items of urgent need.
Abigail C/Chai_Me--For Octavia and her merry band of thieves, a Robinhood Hat and Arrow and a Bag to carry the "loot" in. Also Gravy Sensations, Appetizers, Treats and Wellness packets.
SusanM--case of 4 large Clorox wipes
JudyL--beautiful pictures of Meggie and Alphie for their new adoptive parents
Mudjie--case of Friskies Pate, 32 cans Friskies Seafood, Bravo Bonus Bites Salmon treats, 6 Lysol wipes, 2 cases of Friskies packets
ValS--for Mariska--a get well Hoops/YoYo card and belated Hoops/YoYo Bday card for Putter
Terri B--4 cases of Fancy Feast
Anonymous--Whisker Lickins pouches
BeachKatz--Birthday cards for July kitty birthdays as well as appetizers and temptation treats for the kitties
Lynell & Mark S--coupons
Nancy S/walker conan--2 boxes Friskies gravy sensations & paw point coupons
Anonymous--case of Friskies pate
Anonymous--xlarge bonito flakes & packages of spring toys
Harley & Gizzie & Coooper--turbo scratcher, 3 catnip mouse toys, bag full of kitty toys
Anonymous--a multicolored Kookamunga Funky Fish Cat Bed
Rita-a lovely card about the loss of her Frankie Marie and the addition of LuluMarie, a newly adopted 15 year old cat into their family. Pictures of Johnny, Sparky, Cecelia and LuLu and Frankie Marie
Charlotte M/Brutus4--congrats card on successful Catathon, sardines, kitty treats, seafood can cat food & chocolate (helped us thru the power outage!)
Joanne H from AZ--3 cat dancer toys, large stuffed snake, extra large stuffed bumblebee pillow
Sandra E--2 bedding mats (1 for porchies/1 for covies), package of illuminated balls for the next adoption, turbo track, 2 large lounging bed sleepers (one is for Putter)
Jim & Kathy T--sponsorship of Emmaline in memory of Sissy and a picture of both Sissy and Cali
From Filbert with help from a friend--mouse holder and a cat scratcher
Jodiann87--big assortment of toys, lots of coil toys, Purrfectly fish packets, 6 cases of Fancy Feast, 1 case of kitten Fancy Feast and a rat toy with blinky eyes
Anonymous--2 big cans of powdered gatorade (a much used item this week)
Linda T/Icemaiden--2 cases of Friskies and 1 case of Friskies gravy sensations
Jim & Annette L from MI--stone for the Rock Garden. It says: "Garsh - I love cats". I love this!
Leggygal--4 cases of assorted Fancy Feast
Boon & Pocus--in honor of their birthdays, gave FFRC a blue Bunk Bed set for the cats and kittens!
Kristi C from PA & Max--a nice card and wonderful pictures of Max to share.
Vrs1cats & Schinn81--a postcard from their vacation of Hawaii
Anonymous--a Pet Fusion Cat Scratcher Lounger
Henry R Peeps & Oh My Guinness sent a 9th BD card to Muffin

Starting July 9th, Monday is the beginning of the 3rd quarter of voting again for The Animal Rescue Site. Because of our past 2012 wins, we are ONLY elgible for one weekly winning in this 3rd quarter, meaning if we have the highest votes for one week, we will win $1,000, then we're done until the 4th quarter. I'd love it if we could shoot for that $1,000 win! Then, if we could help A Labor of Love (Lisa's dog rescue here in Defiance), by giving her all our votes for a week to possibly help her win $1,000, that would be awesome. Your votes are always appreciated.


One way to stay cool--drink ice water!

When it's hot, lay still and flat!