Wild Love is Coming!

Wild Love is our annual St. Valentine’s Day Fundraiser, celebrating the power of love to gentle and restore even the shyest, seemingly wild, lost, or community cats. Part of our celebration is choosing our Wild Love Sweetheart.

This year, the honor goes to Cally, who has been living at the foster house with her mother, Mimosa, and sister Bushea.

Cally with Bushea and Mimosa

Both Mimosa and Bushea have been Wild Love Sweethearts in the past, making this a genuine family affair.

The other part of our celebration is our Valentine’s Prize Drawing. The rules are simple. Everyone who donates $40 or more during January and February is automatically entered in the drawing for our Wild Love Gift Basket. We are still gathering prizes and will complete them in February. So far, our supporters in the business community have generously donated:

We also want to thank Steward’s Plumbing for their generous sponsorship of this event. They have supported our work and helped maintain the plumbing at the Foster House for over a decade.

We urge you to patronize all these generous businesses and, when you do, be sure to thank them for supporting Fabulous Felines!

Be sure to check this site in February for more prizes and don’t forget to make your Wild Love donation!

Posted in Fundraisers, Wild Love | Comments Off on Wild Love is Coming!

In Memorium: Sue Cooper Lacey

Fabulous Felines wishes to honor our dear friend and colleague, Sue Cooper Lacey, who passed away this December.  

When Sue first came to volunteer at Fabulous Felines, she was quick to make friends with the cats and other volunteers. She was full of energy that she was happy to share with everyone at the foster house, human and feline alike. When the cats needed extra care, or just a loving person to bond with, Sue was there. We will always remember the love she shared with all the cats in our care.

Sue loved the outdoors and worked in and explored the wildlands across the West. She often spoke of her time working in Yosemite and her love of the Sierras.

She was 67 years old when she passed from a sudden heart attack.

Posted in In Memorium | Comments Off on In Memorium: Sue Cooper Lacey

Thanks to Steward’s Plumbing!

Wild Love is our annual Valentine’s Day Fundraiser and celebration of the love we share with the cats who come into our care. Although we hold the fundraiser in February, we have already started planning this year’s event, and we are pleased to announce that we have received our first corporate sponsorship from Steward’s Plumbing.

Sponsorships from our friends in the business community are a core part of our fundraising efforts, and Steward’s has been a long-time supporter. We have used them for our personal plumbing needs for over 20 years and we can attest to the quality of their work and the caring nature of everyone at the company. We hope you will consider them for your own plumbing needs.

Check our website after the holidays for more information on Wild Love!

Posted in Wild Love | Comments Off on Thanks to Steward’s Plumbing!

Sarah and April

Sarah and April are two young college women who have been volunteers for a while now. They recently sent us a group of pictures of some of our cats, along with their charming captions. It is a treat to see these cats through the eyes of these young, loving volunteers.

Mona

Allison

Mimosa

Cheri

Callie

Bushea

Thanks to April and Sarah for all the kindness and generosity they have shown these cats.

Posted in Caring for cats, Cat Stories, Just for Fun!, Volunteering | Comments Off on Sarah and April

Autumn is in the air . . .

. . . and all of the Fabulous Felines kitties, both at the foster house, and at the colony wish everyone a Happy Holiday Season!  We want to thank everyone for their loving support through the years.  It has allowed us not only to care for the cats at the kitty house, but also to supply food and medical care to the colony kitties.  We have been able to help the kitties because of everyone’s generous support.

Heading into the fall and winter, we wanted to give folks an update on the kitties and what they have been up to.

Alison

On a sad note, we have lost our beloved Alison.  She was born in the Project Apollo colony, probably in 2006, and moved to the foster house in the summer of 2007. She was active into her 19th year, but finally succumbed to a fast-growing tumor. She was best-friends with Mona Lisa, and they often washed each other and slept together. Everyone will miss this sweet girl.

Mona Lisa and Cool Cat

Two of our kitties are getting dentals soon: Mona Lisa, who lives at the foster house, and Cool Cat, who originally was a colony cat but now lives with a loving foster parent in the colony’s neighborhood.  Having been a colony kitty, Cool Cat will likely need extensive, costly dental care; we would appreciate any donations that could help.

Volunteers Needed

As AI intrudes into our working world, there is one job it cannot fill: giving care and affection to the cats in our foster house. Although our volunteers tend to stay with us for a long time, we still need more help. The work is easy and the pay is great: purrs and hugs. If you are interested, contact us via email. You can also download our flyer (click on the thumbnail) and share it with friends who might enjoy giving to these lovely animals.

As the weather continues to cool and the leaves turn color and fall, we wish all of you joy in this most joyful season!

Posted in Caring for cats, Cat Stories, In Memorium, Volunteering | Comments Off on Autumn is in the air . . .