March 2025 Newsletter
Greetings Yogie Fans!
We are a little late with our newsletter, but we were waiting for some confirmation of dates, having major email issues, as well as vet issues taking us away from the office.
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS: May 26th we will be celebrating our twenty-fifth anniversary? We would like to do a huge fundraiser to raise lots of cash for our rescue. Most of our needs end up being vet care, food, and cat litter. We would love to raise $25,000 for our rescue. We have over 21,000 facebook fans and followers and you would think that would be easy to do under the circumstances, but it is not.
One thing we can do is to get sponsors for all our cats. That would be a wonderful, and easy, thing to do for our cats. The easiest and fastest way to do that would be via PayPal. You do not have to have a PayPal account to do this and can do so through auto draft. You can also choose the friends and family option that allows you to pay the fees, which is not a lot, but would give us 100% of the donation. Just think. If we got monthly sponsors for all fifty-eight cats at $25 per month, that would give us $1450 per month. In the overall scheme of things in rescue that is not an extraordinary amount, but it does add up. And you can make your sponsorship even more than that.
Please consider sponsoring one, or more, of our cats. It would mess us our website, which is currently experiencing issues, so we don’t want to overwhelm it with photos and descriptions of each cat, but we can give you those if you would like it on cats, you are interested in. It is a very easy way to help our cats.
HONEY AND KITTENS: Excellent News! Honey and ALL five of her kittens have been adopted. We could not be happier. We want to thank Bossier City Animal Control and their Buddies of Bossier City Animal Control for helping us with these kittens. Their cat program is great, and we could not be happier. We are so glad we decided to partner with them to find homes for this sweet family. We recommend people check out this facility when looking for a pet. They have made some fabulous changes to their program, and we thank them for their help!
WEBSITE AND EMAIL ISSUES: Our webmaster said that there is an issue happening with our website that us non-tech savvy people don’t really understand what it is. Hopefully we can still continue to have a website. We hate to solely rely on Facebook.
As far as our email, we have no clue why things are not working properly and we are looking at trying to use Constant Contact for our newsletters as soon as Jenny figures out what we need to do to use it.
VET CARE:
Thanks to wonderful donors our vet bill gets cleared, then we get smacked with more issues. But, this is to be expected in rescue and we have fifty-eight permanent residents, so it is not a surprise.
Theo went to have a dental cleaning and our vets now do a dental CT of their mouth prior. Well, that unfortunately showed some more dental issues that anyone expected and resulted in nine teeth needing to be extracted. He is doing much better as a result.
Brexit. Our Director noticed over a few days that every time Brexit would go to the litter box and appeared to be attempting to urinate that nothing was not in the box after. He would make far too many trips into the box, so he went to the vet and the ultrasound showed his bladder was huge and filled with urine. He required sedation and a catheter. He has a history of urinary tract infections, that have done well with his special diet, but his urethra was blocked by inflammation. The vet added Gabapentin to his care and hopefully this issue will not repeat. He is feeling a whole lot better.
Unfortunately we have a remaining balance of $2485.14 at the vet clinic now. It never seems to end.
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 desperately 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, ways 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:
Spring Bake Sale
22 March 2025
11 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Petco, 6596 Youree Drive
Shreveport, LA
Pet Palooza
11 October 2025
Times TBD
Louisiana Boardwalk
Bossier City, LA
Paws in the Park
October 2025
Times and Date TBD
Riverpark Church
3232 E. 70th Street
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 58 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
Squeak
Bandit
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
Pia
Mama – Is being sponsored by Louise, a fan in Australia.
Saber
Binx
Domino
Socks
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
Anastasia
Saphira
Eragon
Draco
Egon
Nick
Enya
Declan
Fiona
Flynn
Fabio
Sylvester
Mistletoe
PLEASE EMAIL US IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN SPONSORING 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.
Follow us on Facebook!
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!
Posted in Monthly Newsletter, The News
January 2024 Newsletter
Happy New Year!
Another year has come and gone, and it seems like it has so quickly! We hope and pray you all had a safe, and wonderful holiday season.
There have been many changes made at the sanctuary, and many more to come. We have high hopes for an amazing 2025. Changes that we cannot wait to share with our fans.
THANK YOU: There are so many people we want to thank. Of course, you, our awesome fans, who donate and make helping these cats possible. We know we could not do it without you!
We also want to say a special thank you to our webmasters, Damon, and Paige Bass, for creating and maintaining our website. They have been doing this for us for years and we cannot thank them enough for this kindness. It is much appreciated.
YOGIE GOODBYES: As expected in rescue, loss is part of the work. It is never easy. Here is who we had to say goodbye to during 2024.
Snowball 7 October
Smudge 23 September
Angel 31 October
Logan 7 December
VET CARE:
We have a remaining balance of $1628.61 at the vet clinic. Bandit had to spend Christmas week at the clinic but is doing so much better now.
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 desperately 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:
Yogie and Friends Vendor Booth
Barkus and Meoux Pet Parade
23 February 2025
2 P.M. – 4 p.m.
Louisiana Downs, Bossier City, LA
Spring Bake Sale
March 2025
Times TBD
Petco, 6596 Youree Drive
Shreveport, LA
Pet Palooza
11 October 2025
Times TBD
Louisiana Boardwalk
Bossier City, LA
Paws in the Park
October 2025
Times and Date TBD
Riverpark Church
3232 E. 70th Street
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 64 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
Squeak
Bandit
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
Pia
Mama – Is being sponsored by Louise, a fan in Australia.
Saber
Binx
Domino
Socks
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
Honey
Jack
Rosana
Mary
David
Polly
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.
Follow us on Facebook!
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!
Posted in Monthly Newsletter, The News
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.
Follow us on Facebook!
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!
Posted in Monthly Newsletter, The News