Sweet Dreams, Camille

Lovely and Amazing

Well, I thought I had homes for all the girls, but things fell through for Ve Ching and now she's back on the market.





Miss V is a warm and affectionate girl. She's very talkative, and very good at communicating her needs. She's playful and fun, and because she's not leaving with one of her siblings, we're hoping to place her in a home with a kitten or active adult cat. Kittens need company!

If this little girl might be a good fit for your home, please send an email to kittywrangler@gmail.com and tell us a little bit about yourself. Feel free to spread the word too!

She's so lovely and amazing. I'm sure her perfect family will come along soon enough.

Dog-A-Thon Wrap-Up!

I just got done crunching some numbers and as it stands, TEAM IBKC has brought in a whopping $48,734.05 (this include money donated online to all team members, online auctions, and offline donations I collected from friends and family) There were a total of 880 donations. The average donation online was $42.59, which is up about $10 from last year!

During our fundraiser, we had three "devoted" days. One for The Senior Cat Medical Fund, one for the Foster Program, and one for Spay and Neuter programs. Here are the total amounts raised for each of these days.

Senior Cats Med Fund (Drewey's Fund)= $3095
Foster Program = $3185
Spay and Neuter Programs = $3344

I used a random number generator to determine our raffle winners. We're giving away prizes to TWO lucky winers. Both will receive naming rights to an Itty Bitty Kitty from our next litter and an assortment of IBKC cards.

And the winners are... drum roll please.......

Lorelle Mill

AND

Marcia Davidson

If you two could kindly shoot me an email at kittywrangler@gmail.com and let me know what your mailing address is, I can mail off your cards. As soon as the next litter arrives, you will be assigned your kitten to name.


Thanks again to everyone for making this fundraiser such a HUGE success. I'm going to keep the Firstgiving counter up for a little while longer just so I can marvel at that number a little while longer. Also, a couple of you emailed to say you wanted to make a donation still, but needed to wait until the first of the month to do so.

This fundraising put me a little behind on life, so posting may be light while I play catch-up.

Thanks, friends.

xoxoxxo

Gone to the Dogs...

Well, Dog-A-Thon was a whole lot of fun. A huge variety of people and pooches showed up for the event.

I heard lots of nice words from the HS folks. Everyone was SO excited about all the money we raised during our fundraiser. The event brought in $152,000 and as you know, a HUGE chunk of that came from us!!!

I met up with Team IBKC and some other friends from the kitty community and we all did the walk together. Sarah and Shana walked Princess and Tank, a couple of adoptable dogs from the HS. Sue walked HS Director Kathleen's dog. It was quite a scene. Just a few feet into the walk, leashes were tangled and Sue was carrying her dog. What can I say, we're cat people.

I brought my camera, but got distracted, and didn't get a ton of photos. Here are a few to help illustrate the spirit of the day.







This is Sarah's dog for a day, Princess.



And here's Shana and Tank.

Be sure to tune in tomorrow... I'll be announcing our raffle winners, HOORAY! And,, I'll fill you in on a few fundraising stats.

Window Watching

What's going on out there, ladies?

Thank You, Part Two!

Here's the glorious moment in time when we cleared that $40 squillion hurdle! And as you can see, it's Miss Opal's five cents (a penny per kitten) that took us over the top! A huge thanks to G for having capturing this, and sending the picture to me!!

Ok,, I'm not done thanking you yet. I need to give a big shout-out to some special folks that helped make our fundraiser such an unbelievable success.

Here we go....

Sarah, Shana, and Marguerite (AKA Team IBKC)

Thank you for being the fabulous women that you are, thanks for being a part of the team and thanks for bringing nice little chunk of change for the kitties!

Sue
Thanks for being an awesome cheerleader. And thanks for crying happy tears all the time. You're the bestest.

G
Thank you G for your fundraising expertise, and for inspiring me to set a higher goal. I appreciate your knowledge and know-how, and encouraging words along the way.

Opal
Thank you dear, sweet little Opal for you generous, heart-felt, $1.05 donation. Thanks for showing us that every single penny counts. Thanks for inspiring so many to give. Thanks for loving kitties so much.

Jenna
Thank you for turning your sweet sixteen birthday party into an IBKC fundraiser. You're a special girl.

Our Auction Winners

Thanks to those who oh-so-generously bid on our kitty names, tea with the bean, and art. You guys rocked it! And you kitty namers, Nanette, Eleanor, Cynthia, and Christina,, nice work...you came up with some AWESOME choices. Alison, the Bean is looking forward to tea with you!

Lynda

Thank you Lynda,,, you know why. ; )

Craig

Thanks for being the sweet, supportive husband you always are. Thanks for not complaining when other parts of our life got put on the back-burner during the fundraiser. Thank you too for the beautiful paintings you made, and gave.

Cynthia, our superhero.

Where do I begin. Thank you for your generous spirit, enthusiasm, humor, and caring nature. You gave, and gave, and gave, and gave and your matching donations inspired others to do the same. I'm not so sure we wouldn't of hit our goal with out your support. Bless you and your kitty-lovin' ways.

And thanks, once again, to all of you. Thanks for still stopping by everyday, and not tuning out during the fundraiser. Thanks for caring and giving so much.

I know a lot of you who donated, do so much for cats and kittens already.. you foster, you blog about them, you volunteer at your local shelter... I appreciate the fact that you're so willing to give more than you already do.

Thanks for spreading the word far and wide, and letting others know about what we were up to. Lots of new folks found their way to the blog, and lots of those folks made a contribution to our fundraiser.

And finally, a huge thank you to everyone for the sweet, supportive words you've given throughout our campaign. Your kind comments kept me going through this long month. I appreciate you all so much. You are a loving community, and I am so happy to have you in my life.

I hope I haven't forgotten anyone. If I have,, it's only because my heading is still spinning from all of this excitement.

xoxo Love to you all,,,, Laurie

More to come:

We're Exhausted.

I have so much to share, but I am dog-tired and don't even know if I'll stay awake long enough to finish this sentence.  

Good night.  More soon.  Sweet dreams, sweet friends.  zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Thank You Part 1

If you were here,  I would give you all a HUGE hug.  Every last, single one of you.   Sadly, that  isn't something easily done given the vast number of you fine people and also, your geographic locations.   


I will try my best to express my gratitude, but please do me a favor and take these words and multiply them by a squillion.   And then double,  no, triple it, and please feel them like I mean them. 

So from the very, very bottom of my heart , I thank you for giving, caring,  supporting, and cheering so much.    


I am so touched by your generous, loving spirits and huge hearts.   Thank YOU for getting behind this campaign with such passion and zeal and seeing it through to it's glorious end.    Thank you for wanting to reach the goal as much as we all did.  And thank you for making it happen. 


I never thought we could top the wonderfulness of last year's fundraiser, but we did, and then some.   I am quite proud of what we accomplished together.  There were a lot of people out there (not you, of course) who didn't think we would be able to reach such a huge goal, but we did!     We are powerful!!


The money is still trickling in, and as it stands, with all we raised online combined with what the other gals on the team brought in AND then add the money from the auction items,   and our total is at $48,529.05.   


 Can you believe it?   I wouldn't be surprised if by the time we're all through,  and all the matching donations from employers come in, we'll clear $50,000.    Simply remarkable.  No, it's completely mind-blowing. 


This money will go far and help many, and  I promise to keep you updated on how and who it's all used to help. 


I am by no means done thanking you (there are some VERY special individuals that need thanking) but right now, it's very late, and Dog-A-Thon is only a few hours away, so I need to sign off. 


So, what's to come....
- More thank-yous to some special individuals who played a special part in the incredible event.
- I'll crunch some numbers, and let you know how much we raised for the senior cats, the foster program, and the spay and neuter programs.
- Pictures of dogs!  What, Dogs? !!!  and pictures of Dog-A-Thon
- Winners!  Yes!  We've got some raffling to do.
- More Suprenants going  in for snippity-snippin', and we'll start saying goodbye!   Yep.  It's that time. 




Good night,  dear friends.  Sweet dreams,   I love you. 


xoxo Laurie


OH,  If you're in the area, please come on down to Dog-A-Thon, and look for us.     Click HERE to find out details on the day. 

Floating on Air!

Just a little bit ago, Marguerite, Director of Development at the Humane Society, popped over with a giant bouquet of celebratory balloons and get this... a GIANT tub of sparkle balls! Everyone at the HS is thrilled to no end about what we accomplished.

I'm still working on a big old love note to you,, but I've got to go pick up a couple of kittens from the vet right now. I'll be back later to tell you again how fabulous you are.

I feel like I'm floating on air. xoxoxoxooxxoo

FORTY SQUILLION!!! THAT'S RIGHT, FORTY SQUILLION !!!

Can you believe it?   SERIOUSLY?   CAN YOU BELIEVE IT??  WE DID IT !!! We REALLY, REALLY, REALLY, just raised FORTY THOUSAND DOLLARS for cats and kittens!!!!   (and that's not even counting the auction money that's still rolling in and the funds raised by the other girls on the team!!!!)

 Good golly, you could knock me over with a whisker right now. I need to gather my wits, stop sobbing like a big old baby, dance a little dance with a few lady-cats,  make a few calls, and I'll be back to tell you  how amazing you are for making this happen.    Please pat yourselves on the back, because you are awesome!        

WE LOVE YOU!   THANK YOU FRIENDS!!!!  

Sit Still AND Stay Awake? Am I Asking Too much of These Kittens?

Not the most successful group shots,,,, but I thought there was still some entertainment value here, so I wanted to post them.

Like I've said before,, getting the kittens to gather is only half the battle. Getting their attention, and keeping them awake, is the hard part.

Sweet, Soft, Suprenant Sisters

Tell me Please, Are We There Yet?? !!

We're almost there, Biscuit. Almost.

It's midnight now. I just checked our total, and it looks like we've got to raise $3,705 to meet our $40 squillion goal. With so many squillions behind us now, it absolutely feels within our reach.

I'm so excited to see this day unfold!

I'm getting up early tomorrow, taking a couple of the girls in for surgery (YES it's time already) and then I'll be planting myself at my computer for the duration. Expect lots of posts, lots of pictures, frequent updates, and hopefully, by the time the day is done, LOTS of cheering!

Thank you EVERYONE for all your amazing support. Thank you for sticking around for the duration. Thank you for wanting to reach this goal as much as we do, and thank you for helping us make it happen.


Click HERE, to help us reach our goal, and help make wonderful things can happen for cats and kittens.

Possession is Nine-Tenths of the Law

Not when it comes to sparkle balls, Camille.  That ball belongs to Bean.  Don't let her catch you with it.

Focus Girls, Focus

Getting them to sit still is one thing,,,, getting them to focus is another...

And while I have YOUR attention,  I would like to announce ANOTHER matching donation challenge from our dear friend, Cynthia!  

She will be matching all of our donations, until they reach $1000. So for every dollar we donate, she'll be donating a dollar too!!

Here's a chance to double your dollars and help turn ONE squillion into TWO squillion!!  And once we do that, we'll be pretty dang close to $35 squillion! 

This is the fifth of our matching donation challenges.  Last time we came really close NOT to making it.  Thanks to some well timed checks in the mail, they put us over the top in the final minutes, and turned our 1 squillion into two.    Whew. It was a nail-biter.

The challenge ends at 3:00 Pacific Time,  today.   Let's rock it, friends. 

Click HERE to double your donation dollars. 

Thank you , Cynthia!!   Thank you,  EVERYONE!  

You Rock.

In all seriousness, you do.  You rock.



I  just wanted to take a moment to thank you all for taking us so far.     I can hardly believe that we've blown past thirty squillion.  I really do feel that 40 squillion is within our reach now, even with just two days of fundraising remaining.   My hopes are high, and my fingers are crossed.

Earlier today, I was looking at a list last years contributions and contributors.    There are so names I've seen repeated on this year's list.    It's so nice to know you're all still here.    There are lots of new ones too - our community has really grown.

 I do a fair share of bouncing around blog-land, and I have to say this group of ours is a unique one.  It's  a warm and lovely, positive and supportive community.   You make this a happy place.  I love all the care and concern you have for our kittens, and each other too.   I appreciate your willingness to give so much.

I can't even begin to tell you how excited I am to see all the good that will be done with our contributions this year.    I saw what happened last year when Butterbean Quarantine opened, and the new cages purchased with the funds we raised were placed in the lobby.  More cats got adopted this year, and more lives were saved.

Because we rallied so hard from places literally around the world, many people took notice.  And even after all the funds we raised were used, the impression of our passion remained, and today, it continues to inspire people to make things better for the cats.

When we join together, we are mighty powerful!  

Thank you for caring and giving so much.
Thank you for being a part of this community.

Thank you, thank you,  thank you.

Beanie, Betty and Biscuit

Suprenants Settling In

A little squabbling, scrapping, then napping...   I love watching the kittens wind down.