December 2024 Newsletter
Happy December Yogie Fans!
Where has this year gone?
ANGEL: On October 31st we had to say goodbye to our beautiful Angel. Angel, one of our cats in liver failure, has crossed the Rainbow Bridge. We knew her liver values had gotten worse, but her actions were surprisingly good despite it. Two days earlier, though, she had some vomiting and massive hair loss. These were signs of liver toxicity. She unfortunately had not responded to medication like we hoped, and the difficult, yet kind, decision was made. This is the awful part of rescue. More so when you have a lot of animals of an advanced age because we know what will eventually come.
Angel was an amazingly sweet girl who will be missed.
R.I.P. Angel. 5 May 2010 – 31 October 2024
CHRISTMAS BAKE SALE: Yogie and Friends will be holding their annual Christmas Bake Sale on Saturday, December 14th, 11 a., – 2 p.m., at Petco, 6595 Youree Drive, Shreveport. This event is going to be one of our largest ones to date. We have several bakers contributing to the event, and we have confirmation of some amazing goodies for this event. We also have a much larger raffle event than we have ever had with some awesome items. We cannot wait to see you there.
BELLA NONNAS DAY: Thank you to Bella Nonnas for making this another wonderful day for the cats. Thank you to all who came out, or purchased items via their website, to support our animals. We appreciate you all!
CYBER MONDAY: We are desperately low on cat food and cat litter and this is an excellent time you can help even more. Right now we know that Chewy is offering some amazing discounts and coupons and we do have a wish list with them. If you can help us fulfill some of these needs on Cyber Monday, it would help a great deal.
https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2N8IP4356I948/ref=nav_wishlist_lists_1
GIVING TUESDAY: Giving Tuesday is an online Facebook event being held this Tuesday, December 3rd. and you may be able to donate to Yogie as your cause by visiting the Giving Tuesday website. If you are on Facebook this is the link to our campaign.
https://www.facebook.com/share/19Y5ctRsmS/
HONEY AND KITTENS: Honey and her kittens, the ones who were named in honor of beloved loved ones we lost, will be part of the 5th Annual Kitty Extravaganza being hosted by Hand-in-Paw Rescue and Port City Cat Rescue. Since the event is at the same time as our Christmas Bake sale our friends with Hand-in-Paw Rescue will be bringing them to the event. This is a sweet and pretty kitty family, and we hope they get adopted soon. They are ready! The event will be held on December 14th from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. at the Viking Drive Veterinary Hospital, 4250 Viking Drive, Bossier City, Louisiana. Go out and meet all the cats and kittens looking for their forever homes.
Come by our bake sale at Petco and stock up on baked goodies and Yogie merchandise, then run over to the Kitty Extravaganza and adopt yourself a new family member.
VET CARE:
We have a remaining balance of $1206.26 at the vet clinic thanks to a recent donor, reducing our balance by a great deal. We have amazing fans!
You can call the vet clinic directly at 318-747-5747 and donate over the phone.
Or you can PayPal at yogieandfriends@hotmail.com
Or Venmo at YogieCats
FOOD AND SUPPLIES: we need help with food and litter. We have sixty-four mouths to feed. We need food and litter the most. We are down to one box of litter and one box of sixty count canned food.
PayPal and Venmo are the best, and quickest, way to help. Then we can immediately go buy the supplies.
PayPal at yogieandfriends@hotmail.com
Or Venmo at YogieCats
Or you can help using our wish lists:
https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2N8IP4356I948/ref=nav_wishlist_lists_1
UPCOMING EVENTS:
Christmas Bake Sale
14 December 2024
11 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Petco, 6596 Youree Drive
Shreveport, LA
KROGER COMMUNITY REWARDS: Attention Kroger Shoppers. Please consider helping our cats when you shop at Kroger. Our Kroger Community Rewards number is GD567, and you can find us by our name as well, Yogie and Friends FIV Positive Cat Sanctuary. When you log into your Kroger account you can select us as your charity of choice and a part of your purchase will be donated to our rescue sanctuary.
SPONSORSHIP: We often speak of our sponsorship program and right now we are really trying hard to get all our cats sponsored. Sponsorship is a wonderful way to help support our cats. By sponsoring one of our Yogie cats, you will be providing food, limited medical care (we know that medical bills can get extremely high and do not expect a sponsor to cover it. Unless they can, and want to), and their basic care and support. 100% of the sponsorship goes to the care of these animals. If each cat had a regular, monthly, sponsor, it would help ease the financial burden of care for the animals we provide sanctuary for.
Please note that more than one person may sponsor a cat but rest assured that all sponsored funds are used for the ongoing care of our cats.
You can sponsor a cat for just $15 a month, $45 a quarter, or $180 a year. You can always contribute more. It all helps a great deal.
If you choose to sponsor a cat via PayPal or Venmo, please let us know the name of the cat you would like to sponsor.
WE CURRENTLY CARE FOR 62 CATS, as well as several feral cats we care for:
PLEASE EMAIL US IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN SPONOSORING ANY OF OUR CATS IN NEED OF SPONSORING AND WE CAN SEND YOU PHOTOS OF CATS YOU MAY BE INTERESTED IN. THIS IS A GREAT WAY TO HELP SUPPORT OUR ANIMALS.
Our intake is closed until further notice.
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YOU CAN MAIL YOUR DONATIONS TO US AT:
YOGIE AND FRIENDS
140 FOB LANE (NEW ADDRESS)
FRIERSON, LA 71027
PLEASE spay and neuter your pets. Adopt! Do not Shop!
Thank You!
The Yogie Cats and their Volunteer Staff!
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