September 2012 Sanctuary Newsletter
Hello!
We are happy to report that hurricane Isaac did not wreak havoc on the northwest part of the state that we thought it might. We had some much needed rain and fortunately it was not the heavy flooding type. We did experience some winds and downed trees causing power outages in the area, but otherwise we are grateful that it was not much worse here. We send our thoughts and prayers to those in the southern part of the state and the rest of the hard hit areas during this time. We know this is a very difficult time for them and hope recovery comes quickly.
As of this writing we plan to open for our regular Saturday hours of noon – 5pm on Saturday September 1st. If there is a change in weather, and there is some rain forecast, that makes the property too wet for visitors and their vehicles we will post on our Facebook page, website, and on the telephone recording if we are unable to open. Keep watching for any possible updates.
Facebook: Don’t forget to follow us on Face Book. We have a very active page and update it often with news and events as they happen.
2012 Season: There are only two more months in the Yogie visitor season. This has gone by quickly. We hope you get a chance to come and visit us before we close for the winter. October 27th is our last day for the 2012 season. It just slows down a great deal after October and this gives us a better chance to do off site fundraising. The months we close are also a critical time for us financially and we need your financial support more than ever during these months and throughout the year. Please consider a tax-deductible financial contribution. We really appreciate it.
Fall Bake sale: Our fall bake sale is Saturday, September 22nd at Petco on Youree Drive, Shreveport from 11a.m.- 4p.m. We always have some amazing goodies and we will have some new merchandise available as well. We hope to see you there and please tell all your friends about this. 100% of the proceeds raised go to the care and needs of our animals. Nobody at Yogie and Friends receives any compensation for the work we do. We are, and will remain, a 100% volunteer driven organization.
Combined Federal Campaign (CFC): CFC is preparing for their next season kickoff. Military personnel and Federal Employees can do payroll deduction donations to Yogie and Friends via CFC. This program is easy and another good way to give financial assistance to the big cats. We hope you will please consider Yogie and Friends when making your CFC contribution. Our CFC number is 42427.
Recycle: There have been some very good changes to the recycling program. Now our partner company takes all cartridges and that takes the work out of sorting and organizing. This is a nice break for Paige who works very hard on this program for us. We also take your old cell phones as well, so please don’t forget to recycle those ink jet/laser jet cartridges. We have a really good program of recycling and this is an easy way to help both the environment and the big cats when you recycle your cartridges. Check out the link on our website how to participate in our recycling program.
Kroger Neighbor to Neighbor Donation Program: If you are a Kroger shopper in Texas or Louisiana, then we hope you will take the letter on our website with you the next time you shop and have the cashier scan the bar code and pair it with your Kroger Plus Card. Once you do this, then every time you shop you will be contributing to Yogie and Friends.
Current Volunteer Needs:
Carpenters: We need work done in our gift shop/admission building with some inside trim work, installing linoleum, drywall repair, entry/exit door roof needed and some minor water damage in the bathroom. Also, we need some wooden fence repair work.
Plumbing: We’ve had a continuous problem with the bathroom plumbing that we cannot seem to resolve, so we could use a plumber to help figure this one out for us.
Financial: We can always use money. This helps us with the normal maintaining of the sanctuary such as water, electric, and vet care. We appreciate any monetary donation you can provide and it is tax-deductible. And, it ALL goes to the care of the cats. We remain a 100% volunteer driven organization.
Upcoming Events:
September 22nd, 2012 11am-4pm Bake Sale and Fundraiser
NEW DATE Petco, Youree Drive
Shreveport, LA
October 27th, 2010 Noon – 5pm Yogie Season Finale
PLEASE spay and neuter your pets. There are far too many unwanted adoptable animals dying everyday at local animal control facilities and this can be easily remedied in several ways. Don’t shop! Adopt!. Take care of your pets and their humans. We need each other.
For the cats!
Jenny
Posted in Monthly Newsletter
August 2012 Sanctuary Newsletter
Hello!
We have been experiencing very hot temperatures, actually since May and June. July was very, very hot and we know August won’t be much better. We appreciate our fans who braved the heat to visit our animals. We had a very good visitor month. Thanks so much.
Heat and your pets: After the sad loss of the Louisiana Tech mascot, TechXX, we hope people will truly watch out for their outdoor, and indoor, pets. Don’t leave them out in the heat too long. Be careful about any exertion as well. I happen to have two rescued
Kroger Neighbor to Neighbor Donation Program: If you are a Kroger shopper in
Current Volunteer Needs:
Carpenters: We need work done in our gift shop/admission building with some inside trim work, installing linoleum, drywall repair, entry/exit door roof needed and some minor water damage in the bathroom. Also, we need some wooden fence repair work.
Plumbing: We’ve had a continuous problem with the bathroom plumbing that we cannot seem to resolve, so we could use a plumber to help figure this one out for us.
Financial: We can always use money. This helps us with the normal maintaining of the sanctuary such as water, electric, and vet care. We appreciate any monetary donation you can provide and it is tax-deductible. And, it ALL goes to the care of the cats. We remain a 100% volunteer driven organization.
Combined Federal Campaign (CFC): Military personnel and Federal Employees can do payroll deduction donations to Yogie and Friends via CFC. This program is another good way to give financial assistance to the big cats and makes it easy for you to do so. Please consider Yogie and Friends when making your CFC contribution. Our CFC number is 42427.
Recycle: Don’t forget to recycle those ink jet/laser jet cartridges. We have a really good program of recycling and this is an easy way to help both the environment and the big cats when you recycle your cartridges. Check out the link on our website how to participate in our recycling program.
Upcoming Events:
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September 22nd, 2012 11am-4pm Bake
NEW DATE Petco,
October 27th, 2010 Noon – 5pm Yogie Season Finale
Facebook: Don’t forget to follow us on Face Book. We have a very active page and update it often with news and events as they happen.
PLEASE spay and neuter your pets. There are far too many unwanted adoptable animals dying everyday at local animal control facilities and this can be easily remedied in several ways. Don’t shop! Adopt!
Also, if you have outdoor pets, please make sure they have good shelter from the heat and other elements. Provide them shade, a clean and dry bed, cool clean water, and don’t chain your dogs to a tree thinking they are in the shade. The sun changes direction and you may not even realize your dog is chained in the hot sun as a result. They suffer the same deadly effects from the sun that we do. Heat stroke and exhaustion is a real thing and we’ve seen the catastrophic impact on outdoor animals. Make sure you give your dog heartworm prevention throughout the year. Not just the hot summer months. Cats also get heartworm and it is highly deadly for them. Talk to your veterinarian about all of these things. Take care of your pets and their humans. We need each other.
For the cats!
Jenny
Posted in Monthly Newsletter
July 2012 Sanctuary Newsletter
Hello!
June was a really good month for us at Yogie and Friends. In spite of the higher than normal temperatures our fans came out to support our animals and we thank you for that. Now that July is upon us we hope we have record numbers of visitors. Please tell all your friends about us.
Credit Cards: So far so good with our electronic method of accepting credit cards. This is so much faster and safer for both the card holder and card accepter. We always require a valid driver’s license and phone number for your protection. We are so happy to have this capability at the sanctuary. Unfortunately due to the costs to us we have to set a minimum use level of $5.
Military Appreciation Day: We had another successful Military Appreciation Day. It was crowded and fun. Thanks to Kathy Blount with Scentsy and the Pet Education Project (PEP) for participating in this event.
Kroger Neighbor to Neighbor Donation Program: The 2012-2013 accumulation period began on 1 July 2011 and ends 30 April 2012. It is so easy to do. Just give the cashier the letter we have linked on our website. The old letters work since it is the same barcode. The cashier will scan that and your Plus Card and it will be linked. Every time you shop at a Kroger in
Please don’t forget to bring the letter to your Kroger store on or after July 1st and link it to your Kroger Plus Card. This is an amazingly easy way to help the big cats just by doing your normal shopping.
Current Needs: Right now Yogie and Friends is at a more comfortable point than we have been in years. What we mean by that is there is no major crisis like there was with the freezer last year. We still have several critical needs, but not those that are a “must do it now” need. Here is how you can volunteer your skills to help:
Carpenters: We need work done in our gift shop/admission building with some inside trim work, installing linoleum, drywall repair, entry/exit door roof needed and some minor water damage in the bathroom. Also, we need some wooden fence repair work.
Plumbing: We’ve had a continuous problem with the bathroom plumbing that we cannot seem to resolve, so we could use a plumber to help figure this one out for us.
Landscaping: We need to plant some greenery in the pens and place sod in two of them. We are also trying to see if we can get some sod and plants donated. Also, we want to do some cleaning and clearing of brush and overgrowth on the property. This is where we can use some physical labor.
Financial: We can always use money. This helps us with the normal maintaining of the sanctuary such as water, electric, and vet care. We appreciate any monetary donation you can provide and it is tax-deductible. And, it ALL goes to the care of the cats. We remain a 100% volunteer driven organization.
If you can help with any of this, then please contact us at yogieandfriends@hotmail.com
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Combined Federal Campaign (CFC): Military personnel and Federal Employees can do payroll deduction donations to Yogie and Friends via CFC. This program is another good way to give financial assistance to the big cats and makes it easy for you to do so. Please consider Yogie and Friends when making your CFC contribution. Our CFC number is 42427.
Recycle: Don’t forget to recycle those ink jet/laser jet cartridges. We have a really good program of recycling and this is an easy way to help both the environment and the big cats when you recycle your cartridges. Check out the link on our website how to participate in our recycling program.
Volunteer carpenters, plumbers, etc. are always needed and if you have these skills and can volunteer your time and skills we would appreciate the help. Please e-mail us at yogieandfriends@hotmail.com if you can.
Upcoming Events:
September 22nd, 2012 11am-4pm Bake
Petco,
October 27th, 2010 Noon – 5pm Yogie Season Finale
Facebook: Don’t forget to follow us on Face Book. We have a very active page and update it often with news and events as they happen.
PLEASE spay and neuter your pets. There are far too many unwanted adoptable animals dying everyday at local animal control facilities and this can be easily remedied in several ways. Don’t shop! Adopt!
Also, if you have outdoor pets, please make sure they have good shelter from the heat and other elements. Provide them shade, a clean and dry bed, cool clean water, and don’t chain your dogs to a tree thinking they are in the shade. The sun changes direction and you may not even realize your dog is chained in the hot sun as a result. They suffer the same deadly effects from the sun that we do. Heat stroke and exhaustion is a real thing and we’ve seen the catastrophic impact on outdoor animals. Make sure you give your dog heartworm prevention throughout the year. Not just the hot summer months. Cats also get heartworm and it is highly deadly for them. Talk to your veterinarian about all of these things. Take care of your pets and their humans. We need each other.
For the cats!
Jenny
Posted in Monthly Newsletter