SAVE THE LAUNCH DATE!
Tuesday, November 30 is Giving Tuesday
Giving Tuesday is a national day of giving back. To celebrate our amazing donors, your donation will be TRIPLE MATCHED for one day only – Tuesday, November 30.
We need to raise funds for the many kitties who still need our help!! Our cats are counting on your generosity.
How can you help?
See how your dollars make a difference for our SAFE Haven cats!
A PAWsitive Day for Good
The countdown to Giving Tuesday has started! This year’s Giving Tuesday is November 30 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!
With Your Help
Thank you to everyone who dropped off or sent donations during our Pet Food Pantry Drive last month! You gave so much, including 2,269 lbs. of dry food, 2,253 cans of wet food and 21 lbs. of litter. That means we can continue helping the cats in our community. We appreciate you all!
Maximize Your Giving
Your donations mean so much to the kitties of SAFE Haven. Here are more ways you can help support them:
Voting is Open
We’re so proud to be a finalist for two categories – Best Nonprofit Organization AND Best Volunteer Organization – in this year’s WRAL’s Voters’ Choice Awards and are so grateful for everyone who nominated us. How can you help us win? By voting for us before November 21. Just click here to cast your vote.
Giving Thanks
We’ll be closed in observance of Thanksgiving – Thursday, November 25 – and will reopen from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday. How can you make Thanksgiving safe for your feline friend? Here are some tips.
Shop for Good
Planning ahead to 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!
Hooray for Purr Cup!
Our friends at Purr Cup Cafe celebrated one year in business! We’re so happy to be partners with this wonderful place. Not only do they serve a great cup of joe, they’ve found homes for 111 SAFE Haven cats! Click here to learn more about their kitty wall and stop by soon to say thanks 😺
Save the Date
SHOW YOUR LOVE FOR CATS WITH A DONATION!
Stock Our Pantry
Help local families and pets in need by donating during our Fall Pet Food Pantry Donation Drive-Thru October 18-23! You can drop off sealed, unexpired dog and cat food in person between 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. that week or shop our Amazon Wishlist to send supplies directly to us. Learn more!
We’re Making a Difference Together!
In the first quarter of 2021-2022, we’ve been able to make a big impact for the cats in need in our community. We found homes for 298 cats plus spayed/neutered 1,258 cats and dogs!
That continues the work you helped us make possible last year. In the last 12 months we:
Learn all about our work 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 2022.
It’s a Match
Your donation can make even more of a difference when you donate by the end of the year. Thanks to the generosity of our community, we can match donations up to $150,000. Make your donation now!
Bewhiskered
We’re seeking volunteers to help staff an informational table and silent auction registration/checkout at North Carolina’s premier anthropomorphic community event – Bewhiskered on November 12-14 at the Marriott at Research Triangle Park. In addition to helping share information about SAFE Haven, each volunteer will get a pass to the event to enjoy the convention’s shopping, entertainment and dance competitions. Come with a warm heart, big smile and be ready to share information about the CATS!
Nominations Welcome
We were so proud to win to 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 10! Just click here to submit your nomination.
Save the Date
SHOW YOUR LOVE FOR CATS WITH A DONATION!
Help local families in need by donating during our Pet Food Pantry Donation Drive-Thru!
Between Monday, October 18 and Saturday, October 23, we’ll be accepting pet food donations 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.
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?
We could really, really use your help now so drop off your donation and make sure your take a tax receipt!
What we need: sealed and unexpired dog and cat food, especially dry food!
CATS
DOGS
Click here to download a printable list.
Pet Food Pantry Donation Drive-Thru
Monday, October 18 – Saturday, October 23
9 am – 5 pm
Drop Off Supplies in Person
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!
Message from Pam Miller, Founder & President:
Dear SAFE Haven family,
With our expansion complete, we are embracing the current year with renewed dedication to lifesaving – thanks to you!
As you will read in this annual report, we have accomplished much in the past 12 months.
This summer, we celebrated the 20th Anniversary of the SAFE Care Spay Neuter Clinic and the completion of 36,000 surgeries. Our ambitious goal this year alone will be 5,000 surgeries in our expanded facility. I know you will agree that spaying and neutering every cat (and dog) we can is the fastest and most effective way to reduce euthanasia in the Triangle.
And we are making great progress together. When I started in animal welfare 29 years ago, we were putting 17.5 million dogs and cats to sleep every year in the United States. Today that figure is under 500,000 per year. Still a lot, but so much progress! We are going in the right direction and faster than ever.
With our programs and services at SAFE Haven, last year, we helped people and animals in 24 North Carolina counties. Wake County is hovering at around a 10% euthanasia rate for cats. Some of our neighboring counties are as high as 68%. With your help, we can continue to help people in this part of the State, decrease unwanted births, and eliminate euthanasia of healthy animals once and for all!
With gratitude,
Pamela Miller
Founder & President
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