July 2024
Greetings Yogie Fans!
With the July 4th holiday coming up this week, there will be the usual Facebook posts about lost dogs that escaped out of people’s yards because they were frightened by the fireworks. We see this every year and we just hope people take the proper precautions to prevent their pets escaping and getting lost, or even worse, killed by cars. There are simple steps you can take to help your pets be safe. Get them medication from their vet to help keep them calm. Do not let them out in your yard unattended. We are amazed at how high a fence a terrified dog can jump. Just please, use care.
FRIERSON LOCATION: We are currently facing an emergency in the Frierson location that will require us to move those cats out of Frierson. At this point, the Bossier location is full and cannot absorb all the cats, at this time, that we have in Frierson. We have cats that are excellent candidates for adoption and are working with another rescue to include these cats on transport up north. Unlike here, the north/northeast, states do not have the pet overpopulation problem of cats and dogs. This is why so many rescuers here do transport and have had many successful adoptions as a result. We have been working on adoptions before this situation, so we hope this will help. In the meantime, we are working hard on keeping what we can in Frierson while preparing the cats to transport. This makes the Director incredibly sad, but we know it will be a good thing all around. The Bossier facility is doing well.
FOOD AND SUPPLIES: We have sixty-two cats between the Frierson and Bossier facilities. Frierson has seventeen cats, and the rest are in Bossier. We go through a great deal of food and litter. Here is a breakdown of food and litter:
18 Boxes of 60 count canned and ten bags of 25-pound Cat Chow = $1143.26 for 4 weeks
40 Pails of 42-pound cat litter = $784.40 for 4 weeks
Food and litter totals for 4 weeks = $1927.66
This does not include the prescription food, which is $237.80 per month.
We also have eleven cats on daily medications.
As you can see this is a lot of money. We have been fortunate with kind donors, but it is not an easy task.
We can always use your help.
PayPal is 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
VET CARE:
We have been overwhelmed with geriatric age-related illnesses. We have over $3500 in vet bills currently. If you can help in any way, it would be much appreciated.
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
UPCOMING EVENTS:
Paws in the Park
River Park Church, 3232 E 70th Street
Shreveport, LA 71105
19 October 2024
10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Pet Palooza
26 October 2024
Times TBD
Louisiana Boardwalk
Bossier City, LA
Yogie and Friends Fall Bake Sale
TBD
11 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Petco
6595 Youree Drive
Shreveport, Louisiana
FOOD AND LITTER: We need food and litter in a bad way. We do not know why it is so difficult to find it here locally, but other rescuers have told us they are having difficulty finding it too. If you would like to help with this, you can go to our Chewy and Amazon links listed below. We appreciate your help.
ADDRESS CHANGE: A reminder that we have a new physical address for Yogie and Friends. It is now: Yogie and Friends, 140 Fob Lane, Frierson, LA 71027
We continue to need your help and there are many ways you can do that. The following are the wish lists for supplies:
https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2N8IP4356I948/ref=nav_wishlist_lists_1
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. This is one of the easiest ways to help us financially when you go grocery shopping. It takes nothing out of your pockets either. How cool is that?
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:
CATS IN NEED OF SPONSORING
Sunny
Ursula
Brexit
Grayson – Is being sponsored by Phil and Ann, fans in Haughton, Louisiana.
Oskar
Hope
Elsa
Barney
Anna
Duncan – Is being sponsored by Vanessa, a fan in Bossier City, Louisiana.
Grace
Blackie
Penelope
Duckie
Lucy
Smudge
Squeak
Bandit
Snowball
Miss Kitty
Quinn – Is being sponsored by Denyce, a fan in Houston, Texas.
Theo (Tayo) – Is being sponsored by Denyce, a fan in Houston, Texas.
Ms. Gray
Oscar
Dorian
Bert
Ernie
Kay
Rocket
Ziggy
Layla
Angel
Pia
Mama – Is being sponsored by Louise, a fan in Australia.
Saber
Binx
Domino
Socks
Logan
Russell – is being sponsored by Patsy, a fan in Shreveport, Louisiana
April
Tosha
Lucia
Uncle Fester
Yeti
Bonnie
Yakov – is being sponsored by Beverly, a fan in Shreveport, Louisiana
Finn
Chloe
Maggie Mae
Anastasia
Saphira
Eragon
Draco
Egon
Nick
Enya
Declan
Fiona
Flynn
Fabio
Sylvester
PAYPAL: PayPal has a program where you can do automatic monthly donations to Yogie and Friends. This is an easy and effective way to help our fundraising for the animals. You can also choose to pay the fees by selecting the Friends and Family option in PayPal ensuring we receive the entire amount of your donation. Our PayPal is: yogieandfriends@hotmail.com
FINANCIAL SUPPORT: Your donations are the most important thing to help us with our animals. We are a 501(C)(3) non-profit, in good standing. Your donations are tax deductible to the full extent of the law. We can really use help with funds to buy food, veterinarian care, and everyday care of the wellbeing of the animals. Thank you for your support.
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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