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:

• Donate now by the end of the year. Thanks to the generosity of our community, we can match donations up to $150,000!
• If you’re a state employee, you can designate SAFE Haven as your payroll deduction during the State Employees Combined Campaign. Just pick code #2566. Click here to set up your donations for 2021.
• Check with your employer – they may have a matching gifts program that means your donation will go even further!
• The CARES Act was extended, meaning you can deduct $300 in charitable gifts even if you don’t itemize for 2021. Click here to learn more about this benefit and make your donation today!

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

• November 12-14, 2021: Bewhiskered
• November 25, 2021: Closed for Thanksgiving
• November 26, 2021: Open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• December 4-5, 2021: Holly Days Holiday Market – Sanderson High School
• April 22, 2022: Tuxedo Cat Ball

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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:

• Found homes for 941 cats and kittens through our adoption program
• Sterilized almost 2,000 kitties in the SAFE Care Clinic
• Completed our 12,000th adoption!
• Began a partnership with our friends at the Purr Cup Café, Raleigh’s first and only cat café

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

• October 9, 2021: Oktoberfest 4-Miler
• November 12-14, 2021: Bewhiskered
• December 4-5, 2021: Holly Days Holiday Market – Sanderson High School
• April 22, 2022: Tuxedo Cat Ball

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SHOW YOUR LOVE FOR CATS WITH A DONATION!

Maximize Your Giving

It’s that time of year again. If you’re a state employee, you can designate SAFE Haven as your payroll deduction during the State Employees Combined Campaign. Just pick code #2566 to help the kitties! Click here to set up your donations for 2022.

Almost a Record

We can’t believe it – we adopted 33 cats LAST Week! This is just one less than our record for a non-event week/day. Thank you to everyone who gave these kitties a home! Want to try and help us break our record? Meet the cats waiting for you.

Course Monitor Volunteers Needed

We are so grateful to the nOg Run Club for designating us as one of their charities! Please sign up at the links below to help out at one of the two upcoming races. Both take place at Raleigh Beer Garden, 614 Glenwood Avenue, in Downtown Raleigh.

St. Paddy’s 4 Miler – 8:45 am – 12:00 noon, Saturday, September 14, 2021 – nOg Run Club
Oktoberfest 4-Miler – 8:45 am – 12:00 noon, Saturday, October 9, 2021 – nOg Run Club

Email ginger@safehavenforcats.org to sign up or if you have any questions.

Whether you wear a kilt or lederhosen this is what you will be doing! Be sure to stay for live music and drinks too!

The city of Raleigh requires course monitors to be 21 years of age. The course monitors will meet at 8:45 am on race morning at the intersection of Johnson and West St. behind the Raleigh Beer Garden. At that time everyone will receive a map with their assigned position along the course as well as a bright yellow safety vest. After a safety talk with Raleigh Police Department, the volunteers will drive or walk to their assigned position. Course monitors will make sure cars do not turn on the course as well as contact the race committee if a participant is in need of medical assistance. Each will also have a course map and will help cars navigate around the closed roads. You will stay at your assigned position until the trail police car relieves you of your position. We will have a volunteer walk in front of the police car and collect the reflective vests.

Cat 101

What do you need to care for a cat? How can you help your kitty start off its life with you on the right paw? Cat ownership, especially for first-time owners, can be overwhelming but we’re here to help. Take a look at our Adoption Handouts & Videos page for do’s and don’t’s during the first week after adoption, how to introduce your new furry friend to your house and more.

Save the Date

• September 11, 2021: Apex Peak Fest
• September 18, 2021: St. Paddy’s 4-Miler
• September 26, 2021: Volunteer Open House
• October 9, 2021: Oktoberfest 4-Miler
• April 22, 2022: Tuxedo Cat Ball

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SHOW YOUR LOVE FOR CATS WITH A DONATION!