A HUGE PAWS UP
… to Coastal Farm and Ranch for the 1,500 lb donation of cat and dog food. This charitable gift will assist our rescues as well as help the cats and dogs of low income pet guardians who need food from our emergency pet food bank. Thank You!
SPECIAL THANKS TO ALL WEATHER HEATING & COOLING!
Peninsula Friends Of Animals gives a huge paws up and heartfelt thanks to All Weather Heating and Cooling, Port Angeles for their generous donation of service and parts to fix our heat pump, saving needed dollars for rescue expenses. We appreciate their support, especially, during this challenging time.
JIM’S PHARMACY CHARITY OF THE MONTH!
Every month Jim’s Pharmacy selects a community non-profit to receive a percentage of sales for that month. Jim’s Pharmacy designated PFOA as their June Charity of the Month, to assist in supporting our mission of rescue, rehoming and spay/neuter. Lori Ambrose, of Jim’s Pharmacy Home Health Department, presents a check for $514 to Danette Grady, PFOA Executive Director, on behalf of the owners and staff of Jim’s Pharmacy.
FROM POTHOLDERS TO MASKS
For the safety of everyone, face masks should be worn in all public locations. Face masks sewn by PFOA’s devoted potholder team are available now. For your minimum suggested donation of $20.00, you receive one mask and one additional mask is donated to a person in need. Your donation benefits our kitties and community – two worthy causes.
For more information, email Danette Grady at execdir.pfoa@gmail.com or call (360) 452-0414, ext. 3
THANK YOU!
Peninsula Friends of Animals thanks our community for your generous donations of dog and cat food for our Emergency Pet Food Bank to assist the needy animals in our community whose owners have been affected by loss of revenue due to the COVID-19 crisis. Your response has been overwhelming and most appreciated.
For information on our rescue, spay/neuter and community outreach programs check our website – https://safehavenpfoa.org, or telephone our Shelter Manager at (360) 452-0414, ext 2.
iGIVE
iGive is donating $3 to Peninsula Friends of Animals for every new iGive member referred by PFOA. No purchase required. It doesn’t get any simpler. Once they try the iGive Button for PCs and Macs for 90 days, we’ll automatically credit Peninsula Friends of Animals with $3. We know that helping is so simple and automatic with the Button, we expect they’ll shop and help even more.
Feels good, does good, and it’s so easy. You are helping every time you shop at over 1,900 stores. Travel, office supplies, and clothing, too. Each purchase at Walmart, Jet.com, QVC, Staples, and so many more stores. Peninsula Friends of Animals gets an average of 3.00% with every purchase.
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
Our most urgent need at the moment is for volunteers to set up and take down our event tent before and after fundraising events. Two people are required for each event, and a reasonable amount of physical strength is a necessity. Contact Danette Grady at (360) 452-0414, ext 3, if you can provide this valuable service for our fundraising events.
During the summer, we have several outdoor volunteer opportunities. We are in need of helpers to mow our grounds on a riding mower. Our smaller yards and hill area require a push mower. Weeding our garden beds, cleaning outdoor furniture in cat yards or washing windows are all opportunities to help and enjoy the outdoors. Any time you could offer would be most appreciated.
OUR SINCERE THANKS!
Peninsula Friends Of Animals extends our deepest appreciation to the Ben and Myrtle Walkling Memorial Trust for their generous $2,000 grant used to purchase a sturdy 8″x 12′ Tuff Shed Storage Unit to house our Pet Food Bank for low income pet guardians in crisis situations. These individuals can’t afford to feed their companion animals and we are able to help due to donations of cat and dog food from local businesses.
Our Pet Pantry serves a critical need in our community with 148 pet households receiving our help in 2017. PFOA distributed over 5,500 pounds of dry food and 540 cans of moist pet food to needy animals.
We are also grateful to the Sequim Sunrise Rotary Team who donated their time and skill to install the shelving in our new Tuff Shed. With their invaluable help, the Pet Pantry is now fully functional.
PFOA NEEDS YOU!
We need Early Bird Cleaners to assist our Caregivers in refreshing the kitty playrooms. You have the opportunity to be the first volunteers of the day to greet the kitties. If you are a morning person and can help provide this important service, please contact Danette Grady at execdir.pfoa@gmail.com. Thank you for helping us to help them.
sometimes, and I finally got a chance to use it!) We kitties can recognize y’all by your smell (no insult intended), and we’ve kinda gotten used to seeing everyone in masks. We sure want to avoid shutting down the shelter again. If we had to do that, we would really miss seeing (and smelling) y’all!
Upon arriving home from after a long and pretty vocal car ride home, BowTie (Bow for short) exited the carrier and proceeded to calmly meander around the house exploring his new domain. After which he then hopped up on my daughters’ bed, stretched out between her and her friend to receive hours of love, attention and belly rubs. That evening he took turns going between my husband and my laps on the couch, he gave us each equal opportunity to give him love and pets.
His arrival home coincided with record setting temps and our house quickly became very, very uncomfortable and he was showing some stress from the heat. Fortunately my husband’s parents live a short 5 minutes away, have air conditioning and were thrilled to have him. So for the worst of the heat wave, he spent 3 nights in air conditioned bliss with my son coming along as well to chaperone and see to his care. He spent his days on their couch going from lap to lap, getting loved spoiled and possibly a little overfed- we were worried we might not be able to get him back! Bow’s new grandparents really loved having him in their home.
back feet—like a bunny kick. It’s a natural reaction for us, as well as grrreat exercise (some of us need that more than others). So if you’d like to help out, you can get some cool ideas from the internet. Just Google “kicker toy”. Ooooh … don’t I sound techy?
So, with the other kitties still scared and Garland doing pretty well, Garland got to move to the main shelter. He’s downstairs in B4, and I think he and Suzie might have a thing going. Remember I talked about the handsome bachelor cat last week? Well, that’s Garland. But now Suzie has competition, ‘cause Miss Pepper just came back to the shelter a couple of days ago, and Miss Pepper and Garland are roommates!
When you think of a bonded pair of kitties who would really love to have a furrever home, who comes to mind? Peeka and Boo, that’s who! These sisters have been through so much change and loss in their lives—way too much for their 8 1/2 years! Well, they now have that furrever home they wanted, and the change in Peeka was really fast. The first night they were home, Peeka crawled up on her new dad’s chest and made herself comfortable! Here’s the first photo we got from her new family—a relaxed, friendly cat, sitting in the middle of the room, watching her mom get ready for the day.
He was a stray, pretty much on his own, until he found a house with a kitty door. So he started going in and out, and adopted the people who lived there. Of course, with a kitty door comes … kitties. There were several of them living there, and Mike must have decided that one more couldn’t hurt, so he immediately made friends with all of them. Well, most of them. He really tried, but there was one cat that did NOT like him—at all.
Doncha just love it when it’s all good news?
He loves to snuggle into their shoulder and purrs real loud so they know how happy that makes him. There must be an alarm clock inside of him because at 11 am he lets his office staff know it’s lunch time and he’s requesting that his Fancy Feast beef with gravy be warmed to just the right temperature for him.
We have a new kitty at the shelter, and I’d like to talk about her this week. Why? ‘Cause she’s a really funny girl. She’s a young tuxedo who is a bit chubby at 13 pounds! I’ll bet she drops that extra weight really soon, though, ‘cause she gets a really lot of exercise. This girl is amazing! She zooms around her room, hitting all the cat trees, and finally ends up on a (temporary) resting spot. Naturally, all the humans in the room are laughing!
So, this week I get to talk about some of the kitties we have had for a while, but don’t get too much written about them. Yes, I’m talking about the “Pole Barn 9,” a group of kitties that have been through some pretty rough times. They came from a place that people refer to as a “hoarding situation” where their caretaker passed away and the kitties had no one to care for them. They were either never socialized, or have been through so much that they are pretty scared of everything: humans, other kitties (‘specially ones they don’t know), other critters, things that go bump in the night … you get the idea! They arrived last September, so they’ve been here almost a year.
Last week Rhodes got to move to the main shelter! So that’s two!!
She’s very gentle, and super patient with him. He’s a little over six months old, and is kinda like a little brother. He follows her around the room, trying to impress her. And she puts up with him very nicely—she is a very patient, low-key kitty—until he gets on a good run and launches himself onto her back. She doesn’t get upset or anything. She just shrugs him off and bats him with her paw, trying to teach him how to behave properly.
offering all of our remaining face masks for $10 each! That’s like … half price. It’s also 50% off, according to Danette. I’m not so good at math—it’s hard to count on my paws. Anyway, just call the shelter and order yours. And … holiday shopping with Amazon Smile and iGive earns dollars to help us kitties too!
2020 tested us in myriad ways.
LUCY-ALICE
