Fabulous Felines

NEWS ARCHIVE

(8/1/10) Join us for our summer party!

This summer's party will honor the Literary Cat with food, music, a silent auction, and other surprises.

We hope you will make plans to join us on August 14 at the Woodmark at Uptown.

For more information, or to purchase tickets . . .

(4/20/2010) Thanks to everyone who made a Celebration of Cats a huge success!

On April 17, we held our first Celebration of Cats, and it was a huge success, not only in helping us to raise funds for our rescue work, but also because of the wonderful people who joined together to make it a success.

We want to thank our volunteers who gave of their time:

our speakers who delivered an amazing, professional, educational program,
our corporate sponsors: VCA Veterinary hospitals, Shelton Jewelers, Marrich Chiropractic, Long Leash on Life, Flying Star Cafe, Pepsi Cola, Dion's pizza, Sunflower market, Flying Star, and our Shaklee Partners: Gary & Shelly Shepherd and Barbara Champion,
Our volunteers who continue to touch our hearts with their willingness to give of their time and talent,
and all the people who spent their Saturday with us celebrating these wonderful animals who share our homes and our city.

Keep your eye on this site, as soon as rest up from the event, we'll be posting more news and photos!

(3/28/10) A Celebration of Cats is coming soon!

Our Celebration of Cats is only a few weeks away, and thanks to the generosity of our sponsors and the hard work of our volunteers, it is shaping up beautifully!

The Celebration of Cats will be a great chance to celebrate and learn about our feline friends. This unique event features Dr. Jeff Nichol speaking on cat behavior, along with talks on caring for cats, finding lost cats, coping with the loss of a cat, and providing for cats in your will or trust. For a complete list of speakers, and more information, see our Celebration of Cats page.

We are also happy to announce that we have just received generous sponsorships from VCA animal hospitals, Shelton Jewelers, and Marrich Chiropractic. Thanks to their generosity, as well as food donations from Dion's Pizza, Pepsi, and Sunflower Market, we will be be able to provide lunch, and give each attendee some exciting souvineers of the event. This gives you even more reason to register soon for this wonderful day!

This extraordinary event will take place on Saturday, April 17, 2010, from 8:30 to 4:30. We hope you will join us in the beautiful auditorium of the New Mexico Bar Association, at 5121 Masthead, NE, Albuquerque, NM for this unique event.

Tickets are $35 in advance, and $40 at the door. We will only be selling 150 tickets for this unique event, so reserve your space soon. You can register using PayPal, or to register by mail, see our Celebration of Cats page.

(November 11, 2009) Don't forget the Homeless Cats This Christmas! With the holidays coming, we need your help more than ever. Maintaining our foster house requires a seemingly endless supply of food, toys, and cleaning supplies. Please help Santa this year by thinking of these deserving animals. Our wish list includes:

Cleaning supplies:
Paper towels (we use a lot)
Clorox wipes (we use a lot)
Paper Plates (we use a lot)
Tall kitchen trash bags (we use a lot)
Dishwashing soap
Scrubbing brushes
Sponges
Sponge mop
Laundry Soap
Laundry Softener
Upright vacuum
Small handheld vacuum that plugs in the wall for quick and easy pick-ups
Carpet spot remover
Hand sanitizer
Bath Towels

Cat toys/grooming supplies /furniture:
Cat nip and cat nip toys (they LOVE catnip cigars)
Toys on a stick
Scratching posts (large and small)
Corrugated cardboard scratchers
Corrugated cardboard refills for inclined scratchers and circular turbo toys
Cat nip (leaves)
Balls
Brushes
Cat Tree
Cat dry food (such as, Eagle Pack, Natural Balance, Kirtland, Friskies Feline Favorites, Purina, etc.)
Cat can food (such as, fancy feast, friskies, sophisticat, weruva, sheba, etc.)
Kitty litter (scoopable, clay, yesterday's news, feline pine)

To help us even more, you can purchase many of these items through our Shaklee partnership. For a list of Shaklee equivalents to cleaning items on our wish list see our Shaklee partnership site.

(October 24, 2009) We will be holding a food drive at Pet Vet Market on Saturday, October 24 from 12 to 3. Please stop by, shop the selection of pet supplies at the market, and drop bags or cans of cat food off at our table on your way out. For directions and map, see the Pet Vet web site.

(October 17, 2009) This New Mexico Autumn has been beautiful and busy, as we continue to grow in our efforts to help cats. One of our more satisfying outreach efforts has us taking some of our friendlier rescued cats to visit residents of the Alzheimer's unit at the Woodmark in Albuquerque. It is remarkable to see how even the most seriously affected people respond to the trust and gentleness shown by these animals.

One woman had just arrived at the unit, and had not stopped crying . . . until she held a rescued cat named Angelo in her lap. A family member of another resident said that petting an abandoned cat named Vilnius was the most responsive he had seen his mother in months. Sincerest thanks to the Woodmark staff, and to all of our supporters for making this work possible. For more, see our Education and Outreach page.

Another exciting piece of news is our new partnership with Shaklee that allows you to purchase these fine nutritional, personal care, and household products through Fabulous Felines. This is a simple way to help us: just go to our Shaklee/Fabulous Felines web site, order products at normal prices, and part of the proceeds go to our organization. For more information, see our Participate page.

Our last bit of news is that we spent the morning today at a Publicity Workshop put on by Tom Guralnick of the Outpost Performance Space. For more than twenty years, The Outpost has brought some of the world's most innovative, thoughtful, and downright exhilarating music to Albuquerque, and Tom has graciously shared the things he has learned about planning and promoting events through a series of free workshops. Tom's insights will definitely help our organization. We wish to thank him for all he has done for our community - and for Fabulous Felines. We urge you to support and enjoy the Outpost Performance Space and the terrific performers it brings to town.

(September 12, 2009) Our Summer Fundraiser was a success! Thanks to the efforts of our volunteers, contributors, and the generosity of the staff, management, and residents of the Woodmark, who gave us the use of their community room, we shared a lovely afternoon of music, art, food, silent auction, and companionship with our friends.

For more about our fundraiser . . .

(August 3, 2009) We are holding our Summer 2009 Fundraiser on August 29, 2009, from 2:00 to 6:00 at the Woodmark at Uptown. There will be food, music, a silent auction, conversation with other people who care about animals, and a chance to learn more about the work we are doing. Tickets are $20 per person / $30 per couple. For more information or to buy tickets . . .

(June 8, 2009) We held our most recent fundraiser at Pet Vet Market on June 7. It was a beautiful day with a shot clinic, music, friendship, and our own Fabulous Felines table where we received generous donations of food and money to support our foster house. Our thanks to wonderful people at Pet Vet. We look forward to joining them again soon!

(April 2, 2009) Contributors to our Wild Love Fundraiser were entered in a drawing to win a dinner certificate at Bravo Italian Restaurant. We are delighted to announce that the winner of dinner at Bravo was Mrs. H. Armijo. Our deepest thanks to both Mrs. Armijo and to Bravo Italian Restaurant for their generous support!

(March 8, 2009) The new year has been particularly eventful for our small cat rescue. Because many larger groups are currently full, and currently not accepting animals, the burden has shifted to smaller groups to help those in need. Most of the people who find us have already tried all of the more prominent groups. If you can volunteer or contribute in any way, please see our "Participate" page.

(March 8, 2009)

Wild Love Fundraiser Completed!

We have completed our Wild Love Fundraiser, and thanks to the generosity of all involved, it was a success. We will be announcing the winner of the dinner certificate at Bravo Italian Restaurant shortly. For more on Wild Love, see our archive. Please visit our "Participate" page to learn more.

(December 9, 2008) We have just opened our PayPal account, and can accept donations over the web. If you would like to contribute, please go to our "Participate" page.)

(August 19, 2008) Fabulous Felines held its first fundraiser on August 17, 2008 at the Sunrise Senior Living building. It was a lovely afternoon filled with food, music, and companionship. Thanks to the generosity of those who attended, donations exceeded our most optomistic expectations. Please visit this site soon for pictures from the event! In the meantime, here is the fundraiser's original flyer.