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Love for Kitten Rescue Brings Votes and Riches
July 21st, 2010 by admin
By Laura:
The votes are in. After competing with 50,000 charities and over 2.5 million fans attempting to make their favorite charity number one, Kitten Rescue and its supporters are victorious! Receiving 3,464 votes in only four weeks, Kitten Rescue placed 23rd and will receive $20,000 to support their remarkable rescue work.
There is no [...]
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We’re with Kitten Rescue!
June 13th, 2010 by admin
By Laura
If you’re one of the million people who “like” the Facebook fan page “I’m with Coco”, then you’ve certainly admired the artistic work of Mike Mitchell. This Los Angeles artist is the talent behind the striking image that is allowing fans of Conan O’Brien to proudly display their support of the popular and [...]
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Congratulations Milton On Your Furever Home!
May 18th, 2010 by admin
By Diane
I have done a few adoption days at Pasadena but mostly I am a regular volunteer at the Sanctuary. I first noticed Milton the Wednesday after he came to the Sanctuary from the BFAS fall adoption event. I immediately fell in love with his adorable little face. I had three cats, wasn’t really looking [...]
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Hamburger Mary’s Bingo Night
May 10th, 2010 by admin
By Laura
On Sunday May 2nd Hamburger Mary’s hosted their Legendary Bingo Event with all proceeds benefiting Kitten Rescue. A $20 donation from participants gave them 10 bingo cards and access to all the drinking, eating, and fun of the evening. The balls started rolling at 7pm and winners of each round received fabulous [...]
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National Volunteer Week
April 19th, 2010 by admin
By LauraIt’s National Volunteer Week! April 18 through April 24 is a great time to get involved with a non-profit organization. It’s also a time to celebrate the people who are working to do extraordinary things to improve communities both nationally and globally. Kitten Rescue operates solely on the time, energy, and [...]
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St. Catrick’s Day Sanctuary Open House 2010
April 5th, 2010 by admin
By Laura
Last month Kitten Rescue held it’s “St. Catrick’s Day Sanctuary Open House,” an event packed with cat lovers from across Los Angeles. The afternoon affair was set in the sanctuary, right among the guests of honor — 150 fantastic felines. Complete with a Saint Patrick’s Day theme, volunteers, supporters, and donors enjoyed [...]
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Remember Bobbles?
December 10th, 2009 by admin
Who could forget the little toy poodle with a very long list of medical problems?
Getting his hair cut was easy, even teaching the visually impaired puppy with an under functioning brain to use a pee-pad wasn’t too bad, but to deal with any of his series issues was going to take a lot of money.
Last [...]
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October 8th, 2009 by admin
The auction may be over but keyboard cat is still taking up a considerable amount of Kitten Rescue volunteer time. We admit that we are not experienced eBay sellers but we never expected to encounter as many problems as we have with what we thought would be a simple fundraising event.
Not only did we grossly [...]
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Who Says Males Aren’t Maternal?
September 24th, 2009 by admin
Here’s a cute TNR (Trap-Neuter-Release) story from September 16, 2009 written by Andrea, a Kitten Rescue volunteer, with a sweet ending:
An animal-loving adopter of mine, Elaine, and her family were recently awakened at 4 a.m. by the sound of kitten mews in their driveway. They all ran outside to discover three kittens that appeared to [...]
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Play The Auction Off Keyboard Cat
September 23rd, 2009 by admin
The Kitten Rescue Keyboard Cat Auction is over. Thanks to everyone who bid, everyone who entered the Attack of the Show competition, Kevin Pereira, Oliva Munn, and G4!
Over $3,300 was raised for homeless cats and kittens, a number that represents over 3 months of veterinary care for all the cats in our shelter!
There are still [...]
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