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News Release -Spay & Neuter Grant Summer 2017 Quarterly Newsletter Volume 8, Issue 2 KITTEN COUNTS EVERY DOLLAR COUNTS ONLINE FUNDRAISER www.cathouseonthekings.com/contribute June 26th - July 8th The Cat House on the Kings News Release needs to raise at least $30,000 - Spay & Neuter Grant to help offset some of the costs associated with rescuing Parlier, CA May 10, 2017 – The Cat House on the Kings of Central Valley California today announced it has been hundreds of kittens! Summer is awarded a $75,000 grant from the Petco Foundation to our peak support its community spay/neuter program. kitten season and we The Petco Foundation investment will help to are absolutely provide affordable spay/neuter services for the local community. overflowing with This much-needed service will countless numbers help to save lives in an area that of kittens. Many suffers from extreme pet over- animals come to us injured, neglected population. and malnourished often requiring “For more than 25 years we expensive medical treatment. It have been optimistic, believing is extremely hard to say “No” but that with spaying/neutering, without the funds, sometimes we have our devotion and hard work will no option. You can help by making a have a positive outcome. Having tax-deductible donation. the support of the Petco Foun- dation allows us to continue to You can contribute online @ provide spay/neuter services at www.cathouseonthekings.com/ a low cost during the height contribute Or you may send a check of kitten season,” said Beth Caffrey, Media Relations. or a U.S. money order to: The Cat House on the Kings For appointments and Referrals please call: 7120 S. Kings River Road South Valley (559) 638-0490 Parlier, CA 93648 North Valley (559) 999-8238 The Open House Was Two Thumbs Up! Our spring open house was simply out of this l-r: world! Our planets were in complete and utter Lynea, alignment. The weather was the best it could Tammy, be. Apparently our fans thought so too because Vicki Johnson they came out in droves. We tried to provide & Laura as much parking as possible and it still wasn’t Lemieux quite adequate. We would like to extend our gratitude to everyone for their patience regard- ing this issue. We are already brainstorming new ideas to increase available parking. How- ever, the reason that parking was such an issue is actually a good one. We had a record-breaking crowd at The Cat House on the Kings Spring Fling. We received Tammy and a mountain of admission donations and the si- husband/DJ, Terry lent auction successfully raised a very tidy sum of money. We are so appreciative of everyone who volunteered to help make our open house a rousing success and also, to everyone who came out to support us. We would also like to offer a special thank you to Mike Quinonez for donating six custom-made cat trees. Marmalady’s mom, Laura Lemieux, traveled to the open house from Canada where she was joined by her “Marmaladies” who came from points near and far. The Marmaladies were out in full force promoting Marmalady merchandise and taking “shop till you drop” to a whole new level. Laura brought in about $1,900 in sales Mike Quinonez and donations! Laura also met Dr. Piel who is Cat Trees the vet who performed Marmalady’s surgery. Tammy Barker is the one most deserving of our thanks. For six months, she spends endless hours planning, coordinating and executing this extremely complex event. Then she has to do it all over again. It is a lot of time and effort. So it has been decided that The Cat House on the Kings will only be holding one open house per year. The Holiday Open House will take place each fall in time for Christmas shopping! Donations Miracle Cats A Tail of Jasper Some cats seem to beat the odds and really put their nine As told by Jasper’s new brother, Max the Siamese. Jasper is the lives to the test. These two kitties name of the BIG guy tabby who came to live with us last May. are prime examples of the kind of Jasper is a “tri-pod”, missing a leg so he hobbles around. But situations The Cat House on the he can be fierce. And he can scoot across the floor so fast! Kings deals with on a daily basis. Jasper was rescued from a They are why your donations are so shelter by Tammy Barker vitally important. Not just to feed and Lynea Lattanzio. Tam- the cats, but to provide essential my and Lynea are softies. medical care. Jasper’s leg was infected Maggie was trapped in the engine and his owners left him compartment of a car. Her injuries there. Jasper’s story was a were horrific, four broken legs and segment on the National a broken pelvis. Sweet Maggie Geographic Special on The Cat House on the Kings. It showed underwent surgery where two of her a doctor operating on him and telling him that he was fine. legs were pinned and two were splinted. Despite all that has They named Jasper “love bug” and gave him his own website. happened to her, she is When a lady saw his picture, she adopted him. A lady named an absolute sweetheart Mirian drove him from The Cat House to his new home. and is already a staff He turned out not to be fine. His tumor grew back. Jasper’s favorite! new owner couldn’t care for him. Seven week old Shadow They call it a “surrender”. So Mirian picked him up. Jasper’s was rescued by The Cat bump, “a site sarcoma”, grew. Jasper’s “angel” sponsor, who House on the Kings after doesn’t want her name used, took Jasper to Ohana Clinic. Dr. being horribly mauled Ushima operated and took out a 1.5 pound tumor! She said it by a dog. He underwent would probably grow back. emergency surgery and Gerry, who takes care of me, said she would take Jasper. Jasper is doing well. Shadow was only supposed to be around a couple of months. I did not is eating and sitting up a understand. I am a smart Siamese and wanted a little brother little. He is a purr machine who is being foster by our own to teach. But I’m a good helper. I let everyone know when to Tammy Barker. change Jasper’s pee pad. I watch over him when he is outside http://www.cathouseonthekings.com/contribute (Mail in his cat port. checks to CHOTK, 7120 S. Kings River Road, Parlier, CA Mirian comes to visit us and teach us new things. She sits on 93648 the floor to play with us and showed Gerry how to groom us with the same brush so we get used to each other. She showed how to give us gentle “scratchies” but Gerry likes to give us hugs. THE KITTIES THANK YOU No one had to show tuffy Jasper how to use the vertical FOR SHOPPING AMAZONSMILE!! scratching post. He gets a treat every time he uses it! Some- times he just poses with one paw on the post for a treat! When you shop through AmazonSmile, The Cat House on I thought Jasper was going away the Kings Smiles! That is because AmazonSmile donates for good last November. He 0.5% of your purchases to The Cat House. You might think had a big bump on his side. But that doesn’t sound like much. However, our quarterly check Dr. Ushima took out the second for sales activity between January 1st and March 31, 2017, 1.5 pound tumor! Gerry was so totaled $6,288.35! To pleased when he crawled into his donate to us painlessly cat carrier at the clinic to come when you shop, simply home with her. click on the link and then The surgeries have left Jasper’s tummy lining weak. So now bookmark it for future he wears a thunder-shirt to keep his insides from moving use. around. And I think Jasper is really looking forward to spend- http://smile.amazon.com/ ing time outside in his cat-port again this summer.” ch/27-0015288 and sup- And he is so happy that Lynea is still interested in how Jasper port us every time you is doing. The big lesson is that people who adopt cats have to shop with a Smile. take care of them. Not everyone has me to help with that. And The Trees Came Choose Chewy.com Tumbling Down CHOOSE CHEWY.COM as a first time customer and they will Brutal winter storms in Central California accom- donate $20 to The Cat House on the Kings! Just use this link: panied by extremely high winds have taken their https://www.chewy.com/rp/2616 to order pet food, litter, treats toll on the eucalyptus trees at The Cat House on the and much, much more. Why lug home heavy buckets of litter Kings. The last big storm brought huge limbs crash- and big bags of pet food when it can be delivered directly to ing down, taking out fences and strewing debris your house? And the shipping is FREE! everywhere. The good news is that no humans or felines were injured. The bad news is that at least one tree is rotting from the base and is in immedi- ate danger of falling over. If it falls, it will land A Cat House on the Kings shout out to our friends at Chewy. directly on the Pasture Project.
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