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The Cat Chronicle – November 2022

The Cat Chronicle – November 2022

SAFE Haven After Dark 

Visit our kitties to find your new BFF at SAFE Haven’s Adoption Center on Saturday, November 5, 2022. Join us from 6-9 p.m. and we’ll be ready with light refreshments. We recommend this event for our adult supporters, please.


Drop Off Your Donations

The Pet Food Pantry needs your help! Your donations of unopened cat and dog food – dry or wet – make a big difference to our community. We’ll be holding a special week-long Collection Drive from Sunday, November 13, through Saturday, November 19, between 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. All you have to do is look for the pink tent and drop off needed donations. FACT: You don’t have to leave home to help! Shop our Amazon wish list and have your donation sent directly to us! Thank you for giving all pets a healthy meal this holiday season!


Voting Starts Now

We can’t believe it. We’re one of the top 5 finalists for Best Nonprofit Organization AND Best Volunteer Organization in the 2022 WRAL Voters Choice Awards! We won these categories last year and we’d love to do it again so we can raise awareness about our mission. How can you help us do that? Vote for us by November 20 and ask your friends to do the same!


A PAWsitive Day for Good

The countdown to Giving Tuesday has begun! This year’s Giving Tuesday is November 29, and we need your help. How can you join us on this annual worldwide day of generosity? Donate, share our posts and tell everyone why you support SAFE Haven!


Giving Thanks

We’ll be closed in observance of Thanksgiving on Thursday, November 24. How can you make Thanksgiving safe for your feline friend? Here are some tips. 


Start Your Shopping

Are you already planning your Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals on Amazon? Getting a head start on your holiday shopping? When you use AmazonSmile and choose SAFE Haven for Cats, your purchases help our kitties at no extra cost to you. Just click here to get started!



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You Can Help the Pet Food Pantry!

You Can Help the Pet Food Pantry!

 

Help local families and their kitties in need by donating during our Pet Food Pantry Donation Drive-Thru!

Between Sunday, November 13, and Saturday, November 19, we’ll be accepting donations for cats and dogs at the pink tent outside of SAFE Haven’s Pet Food Pantry at Suite 109. These donations will help us build our stockpile of food and litter.

SAFE Haven’s Pet Food Pantry supports pet owners in our community to assist them with food for their dogs and cats. Since 2012, the Pantry has distributed almost 100 tons of food and has helped hundreds of Triangle pets.

What are we looking for? Sealed and unexpired dog and cat food – wet or dry. Click here to see our full wishlist! 

Pet Food Pantry Donation Drive-Thru
Saturday, November 13 – Sunday, November 19
9 am – 5 pm
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SAFE Haven for Cats
8431 Garvey Drive
Raleigh, NC 27616-3267
Look for the pink tent!

Send Supplies Through Amazon
Shop our Amazon wishlist to send donations directly to the shelter. Even better: when you choose SAFE Haven for Cats as your charity on smile.amazon.com, Amazon will donate money to us when you shop!

 

SAFE Haven after Dark

SAFE Haven after Dark

Daylight Savings Time is coming on November 6. What can you do with your extra hour on November 5? Visit the adoptable cats looking for homes! You may just find your next kitty and your new fur-ever friend.

SAFE Haven After Dark
Saturday, November 5, 2022
6 – 9 p.m.
SAFE Haven for Cats, 8431-137 Garvey Drive, Raleigh, NC 27616-3267

Join us for refreshments as you meet our sweet cats.

While we love having children visit, we recommend this event for adults!

 

The Cat Chronicle – October 2022

The Cat Chronicle – October 2022

We’re having an impact!

We’re having an impact!

As our lifesaving programs increase, euthanasia in the Triangle decreases. In fact, in the last year, 3,941 fewer cats were euthanized in our county shelters. Within two or three years, we should have a positive outcome for 90% of all cats entering our traditional shelter system.

In the last 12 months, SAFE Haven:

  • Served 13,485 people with animals in 2021/2022 through all our programs – a 50% increase from the previous year
  • Increased surgeries in the SAFE Care Spay & Neuter Clinic by 35%, completing 5,647 surgeries
  • Increased adoptions by 7.5% – 1,247 cats found their furever homes
  • Fed 633 cats and dogs through our Pet Food Pantry

Thank you to everyone who has supported our efforts and made this work possible. See how else we’ve made a difference together in our Annual Report.


There’s still time!

Here’s an easy way to help our kitties every month if you’re a state employee: the State Employees Combined Campaign. It’s still happening so just pick code #2566 to help the kitties! Click here to set up your donations for 2023.


Nominations welcome

We were so proud to win Best Nonprofit Organization AND Best Volunteer Organization in last year’s WRAL’s Voters’ Choice Awards and are so grateful for everyone who voted for us. Think we’re still doing a great job? You can nominate us until October 9! Just click here to submit your nomination. Voting begins on October 17 so make sure you follow us on Facebook to see if we’re a finalist!



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Celebrating an Amazing Volunteer

Celebrating an Amazing Volunteer

The reason we can help as many cats as we can: our volunteers!

From cleaning cages to adoption services to Tabby Cabby, volunteers mean we can keep saving cats. We love to see their hard work acknowledged so we were thrilled to see long-time volunteer Rosa Chrismon’s work be recognized!

Rosa was featured as the Volunteer of the Week by the Triangle Nonprofit & Volunteer Leadership Center. Here’s what they had to say:

For over ten years, Rosa Chrismon has been one of SAFE Haven for Cats’ best volunteers. With over ten hours per week committed to the shelter, she is a “total operations” volunteer. She organizes “goodie bags” for the adoption program, serves as an adoption counselor, and helps clean the quarantine areas. She has been a foster, a “Tabby Cabby” driver, a beta tester for a scheduling system, a peer reviewer for new process documents for volunteers, and a strong advocate for animal welfare in general. There’s nothing Rosa won’t do for the cats and for SAFE Haven. She never hesitates to take on an opportunity. Rosa is a truly gifted and passionate lady!

Thank you Rosa for all of your dedication to our kitties. We truly appreciate your work!

Want to volunteer like Rosa? We have some great opportunities that will fit any level of engagement!