News from the Kauai Community Cat Program
March is Here!! Meet Kai!!
Aloha!
February is already history. How could this be? Time is really flying by.
In February we started a partnership with SPCA for Spay/Neuter at Anahola. They have received a grant, and it’s really helped us reduce our backlog and get more kitties fixed by adding a second vet.
In the first 2 days, we fixed 142 cats in addition to 119 fixed in Kekaha or on our KCCP sponsored KHS days, which have really helped a lot. So for February, our monthly total is 261 with year to date 417.
On our mainland transfers, we actually saw a pretty good February with one kitty that had been wounded by a dog flying to our partner Seattle Area Feline, and 22 others going to our friends at The Noah Center. The thing that made us especially happy is February saw some long term kitties being able to fly and get their chance.
Future? Keep doing what we are doing. Bus is going full speed ahead and we are lining up our next groups going to the Mainland.
In closing I want to share another success story. I want to introduce you to Kai. Kai was originally known as Pumpkin. I am sure you all remember Mr Grumpy I introduced you to several months ago. To me they could be twins and they may be! From the same area, Kai attracted his new mom’s attention. She was concerned that he was sort of skinny and may not be well. You know how I am, shortly he was on his way to his new home near Portland and as you can see no skinny kitty now. He seems to have gotten totally use to being waited on hand and foot? Thank you Grace for giving him a chance. What a lucky kitty!
As I always say – none of this is possible without our volunteers. They keep this machine going. And of course without our supporters none of this is possible.
I will mention that all donations to KCCP are tax deductible. There are multiple ways you can donate.
You may donate directly to KCCP by one of three methods:
– Via PayPal: PayPal.Me/kauaicats (Kauai Ferals)
– Via our website
– Send a check in the mail, made out to KCCP, and address the envelope to KCCP, PO Box 143, Kekaha, HI 96752
KCCP is a registered non-profit, 501(c)3, and contributions are deductible to the extent permitted by law. Thanks in advance for your continued support of Kauai’s cats!
Thanks in Advance
Susan
Mahalo for your kokua of Kauai’s community cats!
3-5-24
January Business and The New Challenge…
Aloha!
Wanted to touch base on our results for January and also an update on our 1-1 Match!
We were able to spay/neuter 156 cats at our bus or through special days that the Humane Society was able to schedule for us. Someone asked didn’t that cost a lot more? No – not really. It actually works out to about the same charge per cat whether we do it or KHS! Thanks to KHS for being a great partner and stepping up when asked for help!
Also in January we were able to adopt/send to mainland for adoption 30 kitties. In January we were able to do our first transfer to The Noah Center in Stanwood Washington. They were great to work with and kept us up to date with what was going on with our kids. We also did 2 transfers to our great partner Seattle Humane. This was in spite of all the issues that Alaska Airlines was having which forced us to rebook all those flights and get new health certificates on one transfer. In spite of the frustrating we got it done. The Alaska Cargo Reservations were great to work with and did everything they could to make these transfers happen. I will also give a shout out to Aloha Cargo (they actually handle the cargo for Alaska Airlines). I know a couple times they just wanted to tell us no – come get these cats, but Glen and his coworkers got it done. Thanks to all!
The 1-1 Match update – at the end of day on January 31 we were a little short of our goal (Ok maybe more than a little). We were about half way there. So – I figured why not. Will you still match the other 10,000 if I do a Valentines 1-1 Match? Of course I was told (thank you, thank you). So the race is on again. Any donation this month will be matched up to the remaining $10,000!
So as I was sitting trying to come up with a plan I got a text message and guess what, Baby decided I needed a new Valentine picture. I don’t need to introduce her again since she has been highlighted before. What a special kitty and special parents. That’s all I can say.
Our 1-1 MATCH is sponsored by a generous donor. Thank you for making the suggestion and always being very supportive!
We need help to keep providing the important spay/neuter services to our community and to send friendly colony cats to the mainland and here is a chance to double your dollars.
Another Update – We have been working for what seems almost a year to become a Bissell Pet Foundation Partner which will allow us to apply for Bissell grants. Thank you Martha for continuing to work on this even when it seemed to be going no where. We will be displaying their logo on our web page in the next several days to announce our partnership (yes – I know the logo is dogs and we are cats but….). Hopefully this will allow us to get some TNR and/or transfer grants and help us continue our important work.
As I always say – none of this is possible without our volunteers. They keep this machine going. And of course without our supporters none of this is possible.
I will mention that all donations to KCCP are tax deductible. There are multiple ways you can donate.
You may donate directly to KCCP by one of three methods:
– Via PayPal: PayPal.Me/kauaicats (Kauai Ferals)
– Via our website
– Send a check in the mail, made out to KCCP, and address the envelope to KCCP, PO Box 143, Kekaha, HI 96752
KCCP is a registered non-profit, 501(c)3, and contributions are deductible to the extent permitted by law. Thanks in advance for your continued support of Kauai’s cats!
Thanks in Advance
Susan
Mahalo for your kokua of Kauai’s community cats!
2-3-24
