HOLIDAY GIFT WRAPPING

Sponsored by Local Bookstores

Since 1999, SAFE Haven For Cats has been lucky enough to be invited by local bookstores to participate in their annual charity gift wrapping events. The event is a holiday favorite for volunteers and shoppers alike.

2011 GIFT WRAPPING

Locations and Schedules

2010 was a great success for our annual gift wrapping fundraiser event. Volunteers and donors helped to raise more than $1,000.00. Please help us to make 2011 an even greater success by visiting us to have your gifts wrapped at the dates, times and locations noted in bold below (TBD) or by e-mailing WRay Templeton to volunteer for one of the shifts noted below each location:

EVENT HISTORY

It All Started with a Book and a Cat Named Sheldon

In 1999, SHFC volunteer and Advisory Board Member Jackie Brown wrote and illustrated a book to benefit SAFE Haven For Cats, "Expecting A New Cat...". During that year, multiple book signing/adoption events were held across the Triangle.

The events manager at the Barnes & Noble store located in Cary, NC was so impressed with SHFC that she contacted Jackie and extended an invitation for the shelter to participate in the store's charity gift wrapping night. From that holiday season forward, SHFC has participated annually at multiple bookstores throughout the Triangle. Volunteer coordinator WRay Templeton is credited with making each year a fun and successful fundraising event.

In honor of the book's title character, Jackie and her husband Joe adopted a cat they named Sheldon (formerly Cousteau) from SHFC in 1999. Sheldon was one of three gray kittens (brothers) waiting for a new home. Sheldon and the Browns are now living happily in sunny Florida. (Along with a more recently adopted stray, but that's another story.)