VOLUME 24 MAY 2016

Fort Collins Cat Rescue & Spay/Neuter Clinic is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, adoption-guarantee cat shelter and low-cost spay/neuter clinic.

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A decade has nearlypassed since two young vet-erinary technicians took in 17cats with nowhere else to goand created what is now FortCollins Cat Rescue &Spay/Neuter Clinic.

To commemorate thismilestone, we will be cele-brating with a Birthday Partyon Sunday, June 5, from 11a.m.-2:30 p.m. in our facilityparking lot. You’re invited tocome join the fun!h NEW Crazy Cat LadyPageant: Who will becrowned? Woman, man orchild? Don your craziestcostume. The contestantwho earns the most “votes”(ie. donations) wins! Seearticle on Page 2 for moredetails about the Pageant.h No-Flea Market: Shop

the wide variety of homedécor and collectibles thathave been donated by manygenerous supporters.h Food Truck: Enjoy freshfarm-to-plate, vegan foodfrom The Silver Seed. We’llhave free birthday cake, too!h Live Music: Performingthis year will be folk andbluegrass band Lois & theLantern as well as husband-wife duo Fall River Road.h Quilt Drawing: Enterour drawing for a hand-made, 6-foot-4-inch squarequilt featuring beautiful cat-print fabric. A $5 donationearns you one entry, or earnfive entries for $20.h Face Painting: ArtistLeah Mattice will be offer-ing face painting and donat-ing 50% of proceeds.

h Games & ColoringContest: Enjoy the ever-popular “Litter Box Scoop”game, and new to the party,“Fishing for Felines” and aColoring Contest for kids.

h Facility Tour: Take aguided tour behind thescenes, including at theClicker Learning Institute for

See Birthday, Page 2

One of our core beliefs at FCCRSNC is thatwe can’t help pets without helping the peoplewho love them. It was from this value that ourHealthy Pets Clinics were born.

We want to help lift up our community mem-bers who love their pets but who may be strug-gling financially, and allow them to provide thecare for their pet that they truly want to provide.

If each community member with a pet,regardless of financial situation, had access tothe resources needed to provide their pet withbasic veterinary care, there would be fewer

See Healthy Pets, Page 4

At last year’s event, talented musicians from multiple groups united toentertain party guests with a wide array of bluegrass and folk music.

A pet owner in Greeley cuddles his cat while waiting forvaccinations in the medical tent at our Healthy Pets Clinicon May 1. Despite the rain and cold, families brought atotal of 190 dogs and cats to the free veterinary event.

Photo: Alyca Norris

We’re celebrating 10 years! Join us on June 5

Healthy Pets Clinics meanfewer homeless animals

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June Membership Drive goal: $10,000At our Birthday Party on

June 5, we’ll be kicking offour Annual Smitten WithKittens Membership Drive. Inhonor of our 10th birthday,we’re looking to add $10,000in new or increased annualmembership dollars.

We currently have 150members who have commit-ted over $55,000 a year tomake sure that kitties keepfinding their forever homesthrough FCCRSNC.

A lot of expenses areinvolved in running an adop-tion-guarantee rescue, and ourmembership program helps usbear this financial burden witha greater sense of security. Italso gives us the opportunityto show our gratitude to theseamazing individuals who arean integral part of our success.

Become a member, renewor increase your membershiplevel in person at our BirthdayParty on June 5, or anytimethrough June 30, to help usreach our $10,000 goal. Visit

our website (Donate -->Become A Member) to printout the membership form or toset up a one-time or recurringcredit card donation.

For existing and renewingmembers, we’re inviting youto consider an increase of$10 per month in honor ofour 10th anniversary of rescu-ing kitties and helping pets.

To amend your recurringdonation or if you have ques-tions, please contact JoyceDickens at Joyce@fccrsnc.orgor (970) 658-1226.

Women, men, and children all areinvited to participate in our first-everCrazy Cat Lady Pageant at ourBirthday Party on June 5!

We’re seeking imaginative catlovers to don their craziest costumeinventions portraying their interpre-tation of a crazy cat lady, or gentle-man, at FCCRSNC’s 10th BirthdayParty at our facility parking lot.

It’s free to enter, and the crowd-favorite pageant winner will becrowned based on whose jar con-tains the most donations.“Campaigning” among party guestsis encouraged, because it’s a FUN-

draiser for the kitties! Complete the online registration

form by May 31 to participate atwww.FCCRSNC.org.

Contestants willalso need to provide abio (100 words orless) describing theircostumed personalityfor our Master ofCeremonies to readaloud.

Questions? E-mailour Director ofDevelopment atJoyce@fccrsnc.org

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Join the Club, become Smitten

Our Birthday Party takes place in our facility parking lot, wherethis year we’ll have face painting and several new games.

Photo: Frank Goss, Compelling Images Photography

Cats & Kittens. New thisyear, peek through thewindow into our ring-worm treatment ward inUnit 10 (see article Page6), and check out Unit 3,the future home of ourspay/neuter clinic.h Smitten With KittensMembership Drive:Become a member, renewor increase your member-ship level! See the articleat right for all the details. h Birthday Presents:We would never turndown gifts from our wishlist, such as cleaning sup-plies for our shelter and

clinic: paper towels,bleach, trash bags, etc.

We can’t wait to seeyou there to mark adecade of saving lives!

Strut your stuff at Crazy Cat Lady (or Man) Pageant

Enter our drawing to win thisbeautiful handmade quilt!

Crazy Cat Lover

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I’ve lived indoors since I wasa month old, but unfortunate-ly I was never socialized.

My person had to give meup when she went into assist-ed living. I was reallystressed at the shelter, so nowI’m in foster.

I can’t sugarcoat it, sohere’s the deal: I’m a senior,feral cat (that means I am notsocialized to humans anddon’t trust them at all) whoneeds to live inside (bothbecause I haven’t been out-side in over a decade and Ihave only three teeth).

I can peacefully co-existwith other cats if they leaveme alone, and I love to take

naps in my heated bed and onthe top of my cat towerwhere I can look outside inbetween naps.

I love to explore my cas-tle while my human servantsare sleeping, but I hide whenthey are awake. My humanservants should be veryunderstanding and know thatI am a picky eater, and whileI’ll let them get within a fewfeet of me, if they get closer,I will try to scratch or bitethem. My quality of life isquite good, as long as thehumans follow my rules.

I am available for “Fosterto Adoption” to see if I willmake a good fit. Call (970)484-8516 to learn more.

During our “Kitten Shower Supply Drive” this April, gen-erous supporters donated $1,500 worth of much-needed sup-plies for the care of kittens in our foster program.

Unfortunately, bad weather forced the cancellation of thesupply drive we had planned at the Sam’s Club in FortCollins.

However, we have anoth-er supply drive set at the FortCollins Sam’s Club for 10a.m.-2 p.m. July 9 (4700 E.Boardwalk Dr.). Stop andshop, and help us keep ourshelves stocked with clean-ing supplies.

AboutMinnie

Age: 10 yearsSex: FemalePersonality:IntrovertedKittens receive $1,500 in supplies

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With SIX locations in Northern Colorado,we truly have a feed for every need!

Fort Collins: 622 N. College Ave. 6204 S. College Ave. 2601 S. Lemay Ave. 2100 W. Drake #6

Loveland: 2400 N. Lincoln Ave.

Windsor: 516 Main St.

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Official suppliers of high-qualityNatural Balance cat food for FCCRSNC shelter cats! H

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1530 Riverside Ave.Fort Collins, CO 80524 Phone: 970-493-3333

This is a program in which select adultcats that have unique behavioral or

medical needs are available to first befostered by a prospective adopter

before being officially adopted.This gives the cat the time it may need

to truly blossom in the home.

Foster-to-Adoption

unwanted litters being born,fewer animals becomingsick from contagious dis-ease, fewer animals gettinglost, and most importantly,fewer animals losing theirloving homes.

Through May 1,FCCRSNC already hostedtwo Healthy Pets Clinics,providing free basic vacci-

nations and supplies to petsin neighborhoods that have asignificant population offinancially constrained petowners.

At the Fort Collins eventon April 24 we served 112dogs and cats. In Greeley onMay 1, the owners of 190pets braved the rain and coldto ensure their pets got up to

date on their shots.In the days fol-

lowing each clinicwe transporteddozens of animalsfor spay/neuter,helping to preventfurther pet over-

population.We were fortunate to

have been awarded a$5,000 grant from BanfieldCharitable Trust to coverthe cost of vaccines and anyadditional treatments thatthe animals may need forfleas, worms or ear mites.Also, Best Friends AnimalSociety has granted $1,000toward the spay/neuter of50 dogs and cats.

FCCRSNC is excited tohost more Healthy PetsClinics in the future asfunding allows, and helpprevent the needless sur-render of beloved pets.

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225 N. Lemay Ave. #2Fort Collins, CO 80524

(970) 493-6696

www.pncvets.com

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Veterinary Clinic

Healthy Pets (continued from Page 1)

The 3rd annual Saving Pets Challengeonline fundraising campaign is just aroundthe corner, and we’re planning some fabulousawards for members of our fundraising team!

The month-long Saving Pets Challenge onCrowdRise will begin on July 5, and it’s allabout the power of social networking.Imagine the impact we can have if each of our

supporters became fundraisers and got theirfriends and family to donate to our cause!

Team members who raise anywhere from$100 up to $5,000 will be eligible for someFCCRSNC swag not available anywhereelse, such as a fleece blanket. We’ll beannouncing the complete list of incentiveprizes soon, and you won’t want to miss outon these limited-edition logo items.

During the Challenge, Michelson FoundAnimals will be awarding $150,000 in prizesto animal welfare organizations dedicated toexpanding life-saving capacity in their com-munities.

Please consider joining our fundraisingteam. More details will be announced on ourFacebook page and through e-mail. Be sureto sign up for our e-newsletter if you aren’talready. Just visit www.FCCRSNC.org

We need YOU! It’s the Saving Pets Challenge

Thank You!Presenting Sponsor of our 2016 Whiskers ’nWags Jubilee and $15,000 grantor in 2015

for shelter cat medical care.

A boy and his dog patiently waitedin the freezing drizzle for their turn.

Thanks to our funders:

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“Daniel Tiger (formerlyCarter) is settling innicely to our house-hold! Thanks for thegood work you do!!!”

“Adoption success!We adopted

Grasshopper. Werenamed himCheddar and we are really

enjoying him.”

Cheddar, aka Grasshopper

“He sleeps with us at night,gives cuddles on thecouch, loves his bellyrubbed, and likes to kickour son’s toys around(mostly at night!). Maki iseverything we wanted in acat and more! Thank you!!”

Maki, aka Axel

Daniel Tiger,aka Carter

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AdoptedDec. 20, 2015

Many of our adoptersshare photos of the kittymembers of their familyon our Facebook page.

These arejust a few ofthose stories ...

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Lisa Dobel of Windsor,Colo., has been an FCCRSNCSmitten With Kittens Clubmember since 2012. She firstmet us as an adopter at ourShelter six years ago. Herinvolvement has continued togrow as she became a donorand member, then a volunteer!

After she adopted, Lisasays, “Because of my love ofcats and FCCRSNC’s missionstatement, which included alow-cost spay and neuter clinic,I wanted to become a monetarydonor.

“As I learned more aboutthe shelter and clinic, and howit was operating, and I watchedthe incredible services thatFCCRSNC provides not just toanimals, but to the owners andour community, I needed togive more than just money andwanted to give of my time.”

Donors and volunteers like

Lisa are the backbone of ourorganization and we could notdo what we do without everyone of them, including you!

Becoming a Smitten withKittens member and/or a volun-teer makes you a special part ofthe FCCRSNC family and helpsto ensure these life-saving serv-ices continue to be available toall in our community.

Lisa says, “My [involve-ment with FCCRSNC] hashelped me get back in touchwith all the things that, for me,make life worthwhile. Thingslike hope, joy, friendships,unconditional love and helpingcats of course!”

If you aren’t already a partof our member/volunteer fami-ly, we’d like to invite you tojoin us.

See the article on Page 2about our Membership Drive tolearn how!

AdoptedMarch 9, 2016

Foster mom Lisa Dobelis Smitten with Kittens

Smitten WithKittens memberLisa Dobel was avolunteer “kittenhandler” at ourWhiskers ’n WagsJubilee in March

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Fort Collins Cat Rescue &Spay/Neuter Clinic’s largestannual charity benefit,Whiskers ’n Wags Jubilee,set a new record by netting$86,000 to help finance thenonprofit’s shelter and low-cost spay/neuter clinic.

On March 5 over 300guests and 70 volunteersattended the “HepCat Jive”themed gala, where a per-formance by the WiseAcresJazz Band helped set the1940s-era mood for theevent, held at the Hilton FortCollins Hotel.

Hank’s Pet Food Marketowners Teresa DeGuelle andLisa Sauer were honoredwith the 2016 Above &Beyond Award, as was long-time volunteer and gala auc-tion coordinator LeslieQuitmeyer of Fort Collins.

The 40 Mile CompassionAward was presented to TimWaters of Fort Collins for adecade of service to commu-nity cats. Former Director ofOperations Mary Wolf wasselected by the Board ofDirectors as the annual cham-pion for the Saving P.A.W.S.

staff recognition award.Nearly two dozen artists

also donated their talents tocreate the Grand Cat master-pieces, whose sale alone net-ted over $3,400 forFCCRSNC.

This event also would nothave been as successful as itwas without the support of our43 amazing sponsors, includ-ing our presenting sponsorPetco Foundation; and plat-inum sponsors Poudre Pet &Feed Supply with NaturalBalance Pet Foods.

Other major sponsors

included Advanced Energy;Animal AssistanceFoundation; ASPCA;Clicker Learning Institutefor Cats & Kittens(CLICK); Julie Piepho ofCornerstone HomeLending; Dye & WhitcombCPAs; Friendship Hospitalfor Animals; AustinKorshak Hach MemorialFund of the CommunityFoundation of NorthernColorado; Home StateBank; Craig & NikiKozak; and South MesaVeterinary Hospital.

There are lots of excitingchanges happening atFCCRSNC’s facility.

First, we are officiallyproperty owners and havepurchased Unit 3, the futurehome of our spay/neuterclinic. This was made possi-ble thanks to a $25,000 capi-tal grant from the AmericanSociety for the Preventionof Cruelty to Animals

(ASPCA) for our down pay-ment.

Second, Larimer Countyhas issued our permit to com-plete the renovations neces-sary to make Unit 3 the clinic,and our contractor should beable to begin work very soon.Thanks to a fundraiser byFromm Family Pet Foodand Poudre Pet & FeedSupply, we will also be ableto install two new high-effi-ciency, LED surgical lights.

Third, kitties with the fun-gal infection ringworm havetheir own special treatmentward in Unit 10. We are

proud to be the only shelter inthe region that treats kittieswith ringworm.

All of these improvementswouldn’t be possible withoutyour support, including every-one who helped us MATCHthe ASPCA’s $25,000 gift,and all who gave on ColoradoGives Day 2015!

Whiskers ’n Wags Jubilee nets record $86,000

Proud owners of Unit 3!

Staff member Kaitlin Spring per-forms a twice-weekly dipping of a kit-ten being treated for ringworm.

Photo: Pure Panoramics

(Left) Owners and staff of Poudre Pet & Feed Supply, a Platinum sponsor, got intothe spirit of “HepCat Jive” at the complimentary photo booth. (Above, left) Adopter Lois Janiszewski with her three-legged rescue kitty Minnie.(Above, right) Jake the Therapy Cat was in attendance and dressed to the nines.

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Unit 10 now ringworm treatment ward

Photo: Compelling Images Photography

Photo: Silver Paw Studio

We are so grateful to our longtimesupporter Kelly Little for selectingFort Collins Cat Rescue &Spay/Neuter Clinic to receive the$10,000 matching gift she earnedthrough the Bohemian Foundation’sGive 10 Emerging Leaders program!

Kelly serves as vice president onour Board of Directors and is a regu-lar volunteer on our Kibble Supplydistribution days. She is also one ofour largest donors and frequentlyshops our Amazon Wish List.

From Give10.org: “Give 10Emerging Leaders cultivates the nextgeneration of Larimer County philan-thropists through a 3-year commit-ment to incrementally ‘grow’ theircharitable giving into an annual$10,000 gift. Donors who participatein Give 10 Emerging Leaders areoffered an exclusive one-time

$10,000 Bohemian Foundationmatching grant upon completion oftheir three-year giving commitment.”

To learn how to “Give 10” your-self, visit www.Give10.org

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Calendar of Events

May 29 Loveland Vaccine ClinicCosmic Dog Wash

June 1-30 Precious Not Parents$20 spay/neuter special

June 4 Walk-In Vaccine ClinicJune 5 10th Birthday Party,

No Flea Market &Crazy Cat Lady Pageant

June 7 Foster Volunteer TrainingJune 9 Vaccines by AppointmentJune 10 Fort Collins Foxes

Baseball NightJune 11 Running of the Wieners

Dachshund RacesJune 11 Loveland Vaccine Clinic

Hank’s Pet Food MarketJune 25 Walk-In Vaccine ClinicJuly 4 CLOSED for 4th of JulyJuly 9 Sam’s Club Fort Collins

Supply Drive July 9-10 Amazing Acro-Cats

Rialto TheaterJuly 10 “Secret Life of Pets”

Movie at Carmike Cinema

Bohemian Foundationawards us $10,000 gift

Thanks to ‘Give 10Emerging Leader’ Kelly!

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Designating FCCRSNC as a beneficiary in your trust or will

costs nothing during your lifetime,can easily be revoked, and canallow you to give more than youmay normally be able. Your gift

allows us to continue to help home-less animals for years to come, creating a lasting

legacy of hope and health. To discuss planned giving,please contact Joyce Dickens at (970) 658-1226.

Planned Giving = A Legacy

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Caffé Olé(970) 402-4148Facebook.com/CaffeOleCoffee Ceva Animal Healthwww.Ceva.us The Eclectic Reader(970) 223-4019EclecticReaderBooks.com Six Dog T-shirt Co.(970) 484-2703www.SixDogTShirtCo.com

Compelling Images Photography / Frank Goss(970) 672-6577 www.Compelling-Images.comSilver Paw Studio / Monique Renee Photography(970) 286-3198 www.SilverPawStudio.com

Friendship Hospital for Animals (970) 206-1868 www.FriendshipHospitalForAnimals.com Swanty Insurance Agency(970) 667-9133www.SwantyInsurance.com

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Sincere Thanksto Our BusinessPartners!

Find our most current updates online!

Facebook/FCCRSNC

Twitter@FCCatRescue

2321 E. Mulberry St. #1Fort Collins, CO 80524www.FCCRSNC.org(970) 484-8516

Non-profit Org.US Postage

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Kitties withringworm getfighting chancewith treatment.See Page 6

Help Your Community Cats and Dogs by Giving

To make an online donation, visit our website: www.FCCRSNC.org

Thankyou!

If donating by credit card:Visa/MC Credit Card # ___________________________Expiration Date ______/______ CVV ______

Name _______________________________________________________Address _____________________________________________________City __________________________ State _________ Zip ____________Phone ______________________ Email ___________________________My contribution is on behalf of ___________________________________

A Smitten With Kittens membership isanother wonderful way to support our

organization, with levels starting as low as$5 a month. Learn more at www.FCCRSNC.org

Here are just a few examples of what your donation can provide:$35 Vaccinate Eight Shelter Kitties$55 Spay or Neuter One Shelter Cat

$100 Help an At-Risk Dog in Our PAL+ Program$250 Provide All Pre-Adoption Care for One Kitty$500 Replace Important Medical Equipment

How Much Hope Can You Gift? Enclosed is my donation for $________M

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