Two Events this Weekend!
Visit us at the Cat Show this weekend, 12/11, 12 and 13!
We’re also taking pet pictures with Santa at Petsmart!
Click HERE for more information about these events!
December Fine Wine and Felines!
December 1st - Fine Wine and Felines! Join us for our monthly wine and cheese event at the shelter (8201 Weber) from 6-8pm. Sip some wine and enjoy some tasty snacks while enjoying the company or other cat lovers and our feline residents! As an added bonus, boutique items will be 15% off, so you can do your Christmas shopping for your pets and your cat loving friends! A $10 donation per person is requested.
Matching Success!
Our matching donation drive was a success! In just a little over a week, our generous supporters sent in $3796!! With the match, that means $7592 was raised for our shelter! Thank you to everyone who donated and especially to our 2 donors that offered to match the funds! We are humbled and thankful that we have such wonderful supporters!
Donation Matching now through November 17th!!
Donate HERE
November 17th, 2009 is the Coastal Bend Day of Giving. Nine organizations in Corpus Christi will be matching donations to 25 charities, up to $6000 per charity. The Cattery was not included in the 25 charities to benefit from this event. While the 25 charities selected are all worthy causes, some of our supporters have voiced disappointment that they can’t donate to us and have their donation matched.
In answer to this, for those of you want to donate to the kitties, we have decided to have a Day of Giving of our own. Two generous supporters (1 anonymous and Marie Colson) have each generously pledged matching funds of $3000. That means for every dollar you donate, it will be matched by these donors, up to $6000. If we meet our goal of $6000 that will be a total of $12,000 for the cats and kittens of The Cattery! Think how nice it will be to donate, knowing that amount will double!
Between now and November 17th click HERE to be taken to the Network for Good website, where you can donate any amount of money you would like! For those of you on Facebook, we will also post the link there. In addition, any checks postmarked by 11/17 will count towards the match. Just write “donation match” in the memo field.
The Cattery’s mailing address is: PO Box 8575, Corpus Christi, TX 78468
We hope you can participate in this wonderful opportunity for our shelter!
Crush Dodgeball Tournament!
TheCrushGirls.com and Fine Jewelry Outlet will present the 1st Annual CRUSH DODGEBALL tournament on November 21, 2009, at the YWCA. Break out the sneakers, pick your team name and dress up in your most dominating uniforms to compete and have fun in this winner-take-all tournament!
Teams can pick the charity of their choice to benefit - and The Cattery is one of them! The more teams that enter and pick The Cattery as their charity, the better! In addition to getting a higher donation, we whave a better chance of winning the Grand Prize!
$1000 Grand Prize
The winning team will also claim a $1,000 Grand Prize of which 1/2 may go to the nonprofit your team chose as your beneficiary! Also, team members win free tickets to see the Ice Rays at American Bank Center Arena.
RESERVE YOUR TEAM:
This first tournament will be limited to 32 teams. You may reserve your team spot by sending the Crush Girls your Team Registration form - click here for more information and to download forms.
Your team will be reserved pending receipt of your official team registration materials. Team registration form and fee may be dropped off at the YWCA (4601 Corona Dr.).
* Ages 16+
* $90 per team (6 on court, up to 4 reserve players - total 10)
* $15 per individual (we’ll match you to a team)
* Special exhibition matches and/or brackets for specific groups (e.g., firemen vs. police) - contact us to issue a challenge!
* Businesses can sponsor more than 1 team
TEAMS ARE ALREADY FORMING, AND SPACE WILL BE LIMITED, SO CONTACT US TODAY!
Fine Wine and Felines will resume in November!
Please join us for the November Wine & Cheese at shelter (8201 Weber) on Tuesday, November 3, from 6:00 – 8:00 PM. To celebrate the resuming of the monthly Wine & Cheese events, the cost per person will be $10 with 15% off any purchased boutique items.
In addition, the Bach V Classical Ensemble will be performing!
Thanks Yoga Studio of Corpus Christi!
During the month of September, the Yoga Studio of Corpus Christi pledged to donate $5 per person who attended the Wednesday morning restorative yoga class at 9:00 a.m. They raised a total of $190 for the shelter!! They are asking that people continue to help us by dropping of donations to the studio for the Cattery Shelter. Anyone who brings in Cat food or kitty litter will receive a 20% discount on their next package purchase.*
*The discount is good for class package plans, not on drop in charges or The Yoginos Yoga for Youth Program. This discount may not be used towards any gift certificate purchase. One discount per person.
Yoga Studio of Corpus Christi
513 Clifford St
Corpus Christi,TX
(361) 883-1052
A note from the FANTASTIC Katzen Laufen 5K Race Cooridinator:
The Inaugural Katzen Laufen 5K to benefit The Cattery Shelter is excited to announce that 149 runners supported the kitties to the tune of $2,610.00! Texas runners came from as far away as Harker Heights, San Antonio, Belden, and Kingsville plus all the surrounding areas.
Your humble Race Director is blown away by the level of support that was provided for this event! From start to finish, each challenge we faced was answered by a hero who volunteered and overcame!
Huge Kudos and Heartfelt Thanks to:
John Hazlett – for answering a call for help and editing our Katzen Laufen 5K event logo.
Capt. McKinney & CCPD-for the Parade Permit and for being our Guardian Angels onsite.
V.E. Fair- CCISD Athletic Director- for notifying all of the CCISD schools of this event.
Corpus Christi Roadrunners Club- Julie McAllister for website support, Paul and Lupita Nicolaides for all the education, input and onsite supervision at the start/.finish line, Clent Mericle for the Course Certification and Marking, Ed Cheatham for donating marking chalk…what an awesome local group to work with!
Jess Higgins-for bringing in needed sponsor dollars when the “big dogs” told me no.
Duncan & Carie Allred- for braving the cold front Friday night to hand out registration packets, and for returning early Saturday morning to man the Registration Table. Y’all did a great job sorting the results quickly and covering the setup stuff I could not…whew!
Freddy & Dori Ramirez – This event was 100% better because of their help. The experience and help they shared with us was invaluable. As a rookie, I would have never thought of a lead cyclist, wasn’t sure how to set up the water stations, had no budget for course signs. Thanks for the donation of the signs, your time in promoting the event and all the on-site support to make this race a success!
Tina Solecki- for getting up so early on a Saturday and bringing her Mom to help when we were short handed on the course turns.
Michelle Lopez – for volunteering and getting up so early…the spirit was willing but the vehicle was not…I appreciate the spirit.
Renee Boyle- for pre-loading supplies, donating her time and vehicle and moral support when needed.
Lori Hoffmann and KUQI-FOX – for putting together a KILLER promo and donating tons of free air time in support of this event. Thanks, Empress!
Robert Magnon- for the use of his golf cart onsite and for traffic control during the race.
Process Services, Inc. – for being our Awards Sponsor…I personally LOVED the Award Steins!
Armadillo Sport Chiropractic – for donating the services of our Emcee Extraordinaire, Dr. Chad Peters…he was born to be a DJ!
Jeff Easterday & Mountain Glacier Water– for donating 10 cases of bottled water.
Affordable T-Shirts- for an amazing price and fantastic job on the event T-shirts.
Jumping Angels Moonwalk- for donating the Dunk Tank and the Moonwalk for Oktoberfest.
The Katzen Laufen 5K was proud to include Catfish Charlie’s on our event t-shirts in recognition of their donation to support Oktoberfest 2009.
You guys all ROCKED this event! I am so grateful and proud of the end results made possible by each and every persons superb effort and kind heart in supporting The Cattery Shelter with me.
Respectfully
Rose Colombo
Volunteer Race Director
Katzen Laufen 5K
Race_Results.pdf
Oktoberfest Thank Yous
In addition to our dedicated volunteers, staff and board members we would like to thank the following people for making Oktoberfest a great success! With all of their support and hard work, the event had an attendance of around 400 people and brought in over $4000 for the shelter!
Sponsors:
Catfish Charlie’s, VCA Oso Creek Animal Hospital, Advantage Protection, The Storage Place, HEB, Dr. Carie Allred, Gulf Breeze Apartments, KTOV, FOX 38, Bad Boy Graphix and the Bailey Family.
Also a thank you to the entertainment for the evening for donating their time and talents: The Baker Family Band, The Clickety Cloggers and The Incredible Music Makers.
Special thanks to the groups that helped us run the event: Carroll High School Tigerettes, German Club and ROTC, the King High School German Club and South Shore Christian Church youth group.
Thanks to Sabrina Hall from KIII TV for volunteering to be in the dunk tank in freezing conditions! Thanks to Gigs for donating the Tricycles for the races and to Affordable T-Shirts for donating the dunk tank and moon walk!
Also, thanks to Padre Island Burger Company, Subway, KUQI and Mary Kay for providing prizes for the German best dressed contest and Tricycle Races.
Thanks to Brewster Street for hosting the event and for working hard with us to make it a success.
Last, but not least, thanks to the Naval Air Station Kingsville First Class Petty Officer Association and the Branch Health Clinic who helped setup before and clean up after the event! We’d still be there trying to set up the tents if it weren’t for them!
