Did you vote yet this morning ? If not hurry hurry, we're falling
behind and I need your help
http://bit.ly/bDLKJY Rikkis Refuge, Orange, VA, USA
What animal did you get?
I'm a dog today. Uh Oh I think I'm gonna be in the dog house if I lose
this contest. So close and only 6 days to go - I was #1 for so long and
not them cocker spaniels are ahead of me. This just isn't fair. They
take care of 48 critters all of one breed of one species. I take care
of 1259 critters or any breed of 23 species. Look at their budget.
Thousands for every animal! WOW. And look at what my hoomans do! On
only $1 per day per animal my hard working hoomans are able to care for
us all. And lots of us have special needs that cost money!
That $10,000 prize isn't a drop in the bucket for us. It's lifesaving
for us!!
Please keep voting every day and please please round up some more
friends to vote too.
Great Big Good News mommey got a call yesterday - we have a pallet of
kitty food for you BUT you have to pick it up before 6pm or you can't
have it !!! Uh Oh the pick up place was almost 3 hours away and it was
1:30, and mommey would have to go thru the DC traffic too to get there!
Could she make it? And mommey had work she'd promised to do. And she
needed to take care of us. Most important she had evening insulin to
give to my diabetic brofurs. Now that schedule just can't be change.
You can't just randomly pick and chose what time to do that. 6 am and 6
pm no matter what. But if mommey left at 1:30 pm on a 3 hour trip and
she had to load the truck and them come home for 3 more hours - uh oh -
it'd be way too late for insulin. And Spotty and Buster and Mr. Wong
and Big Red would be in big trouble. No matter how bad we needed the
food mommey couldn't let them get sick. She frantically called and
e-mail volunteers. Nobody she could reach could do it. They couldn't
get off work in time. Poor Candy hurt her back and had a doctor's
appointment. Mommey was frantic - she knows how desperately we need the
food. Nanny said we could go in the goat cart but it would take us 74
days to get there. In summer time lots of hoomans go on vacation and
they have to spend their money so they can't give us the donations they
usually do. So the bank won't give mommey enough money to go buy a
truck full of cat food. So here, somebody giving it away, mommey had to
get it. And it had to be out of their place by 6 pm or that was it.
Not gone by 6 pm = No food. Valerie said she'd stay late at work and
give the insulin shots. Mommey jumped up and down and kissed her. And
then ran to her office and printed the directions, kissed me on the
head, LOCKED ME OUT OF THE OFFICE and then took off. You should tell
her that she should leave me with the puter when she goes out so I can
write to my friends!!
I'm so glad mommey came home all safe and sound with a whole truck full
of dry kitty food !!! Num Num Num. We're all happy now!!! And they
tossed in a few cases of canned doggy food too. Sorry rabbits and
piggies, You'll have to wait for Candy or Jane or Philip or Laura's truck!
More Good News! The open house was wonderful. It rained a tiny little
bit at first and then it was nice and no rain and not too hot. I gave
kisses for five hours straight. Oh happy dance, I LOVE giving kisses.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4897280013/
Look - I'm on TV!! Charlottesville 29!
http://www.nbc29.com/Global/story.asp?S=12982779
(we're actually competing for $10,000, the entire contest pay out is
$100,000 and each state has a top winner at $10,000 - though we'd be
elated for a long time with $100,000)
http://www.nbc29.com/global/Category.asp?C=175568&clipId=5029183&autostart=true
Click on Prince the Little Pig's picture in the lower left and see the
video.
Prince is the little guy who was born so small and his mommey wouldn't
take care of him. Look at him now! My mommey and Mama Lena took care
of him like he was their very own baby!
Larry's vegetarian cook out nums for hoomans was really Good News!
Every body kept going for seconds and thirds.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4901006443/ Even Nanny!
And the Goodest New of all that day?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4901594076/
Was seeing my brofur Angus reunited with his hooman Molly!! We all
cried!! Angus came three years ago when Molly who'd had him for years
could no longer care for him. Her life was in a bad way and she had no
where to turn. Nobody wanted Angus cus he had medical problems that
Molly had spent thousands and thousands of dollars on. Everybody said -
kill him off. She said NO. And so she found Rikki's and we welcomed
Angus into the 9th Life Center. Our wonderful docs helps us to get
Angus all fixed up and over the problems he'd had. And eventually he
became a round around kitty. He made lots of friends and was very happy
and healthy. But at night sometimes he'd talk about missing Molly. And
now she's worked hard and her life is going good and she came to visit
Angus! And better still, he was able to go home with her! I'm gonna
miss my brofur but what better story than to be reunited with the one
who's loved you all your life!
You all keep voting now, OK?
I love you,
Vincent
PS If you don't want your Daily Good New, just let me know! A couple of
you have said you only want Hairballs with out the Good News!! That's
ok! Just tell me. I'm here to make you happy, just tell me how! If
Good New don't make you happy - I could always start Bad News, but, as
you hoomans say, why reinvent the wheel - that's what you've got tv and
newspapers for !!!!!
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Vote Right Now! We can win $s if we have the most votes by August 22,
2010 - you can vote everyday - it's FREE - get everybody you know voting!!!
Rikkis Refuge, Orange, VA, USA
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Vincent D. Cat, Official Spokes Cat of Rikki's Refuge
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