.I’m Vincent D. Cat and here to make you happy! You are
HEROES! You work hard every day and you deserve to smile every day! Those of
you working to save us animals hear so very many very sad things. And there’s
lots of very glad things too and that’s what we talk about here! All pawsitive
all the time! I want my friends to be happy and smile and know there’s a lot of
good - including YOU - in this world!! Be kind and pass it on! Please send me
your Good New and Fun Stuff to share, personal or global. Let’s keep it fun and
interactive!! After all, if we couldn’t laugh, we would all go insane! Vincent@RikkisRefuge.org
I’m dedicating today
to my goat friend Mike. He needs help.
Please help me till I can get back to work!
Mike was injured during the week of the earthquakes.
Perhaps, as the ground shook underneath him, terrified of the motion and the
roaring sound, he leapt without looking.
His right hind leg was broken. Very severely broken at the hock. After examination and x-rays, he was sent to
a specialist with the hopes of saving his leg.
Could they? Or would they have
to amputate? It took three tries to set
the broken leg and have it hold.
Poor Mike is on restricted movement, spending short bouts in
a small fenced area, much of his time in a dog crate. After three weeks the cast came off, more x-rays were done. The leg was healing!!! It looked like Mike would not loose his
leg.
Mike wanted to jump for joy, but the specialist said, “Not
yet!” Another cast went on, three more
long weeks of restricted movement. On
October 18th Mike will go back in to have the cast taken off, x-rays
done and then he’ll find out if he has to stay in a cast longer, or if he’ll
get to run and play!
Mike has really racked up the bills. Don’t you agree that saving his leg was
worth it?
Mike’s gotta pay off the current vet bills before he can go
back for his check up on October 18th. He cannot get a job
before he’s well.
Can you please help Mike Heal?
If you prefer to help by check
Rikki's Refuge
for Mike's Leg
PO Box 1357
Orange VA 22960
Thank you for making it possible for us to help the animals!
Haunted
Forest
You DO plan to be there the eve of Oct 22nd, don’t
you? http://rikkisrefuge.blogspot.com/2011/09/dare-you.html
Come this Saturday October 1st - help prepare the trail in
the woods!!!! 9 am till 3 pm
Thank you
Barbara
We ran out of cat food after breakfast this morning. OUT.
Like in no more. No more canned
cat food. Oh No.
My friend Barbara is loading up her car, and she really
knows how to load up, in Waynesboro and driving over the river and thru the
woods - but the good cat food store don’t open till 9 am and she has to be at
work by noon - so mom’s gotta take MY truck and meet her half way. Thank you so much Barbara!!
Our pantry
is really bare.
If you’re coming out this weekend, please grab something of
the list to bring: http://rikkisrefuge.blogspot.com/2011/08/lenas-shopping-list_10.html
FIGURE IT
OUT !!!!
Pumpkin
Season Officially Opens Tomorrow !!
Our beloved Candy usually puts on her pumpkin hat and takes
over! Unfortunately she’s wearing a
hospital gown this year and won’t be able to be the Pumpkin Coordinator. Please keep up your prayers for her
continued healing.
I need a Pumpkin Head Person
We got our first inquiry about picking up yesterday
I need some one to be in charge of the coordination -
coordinating site pick ups with the volunteers who can pick
up.
Would you like to be the coordinator? Kerry@RikkisRefuge.org
I also need drivers, lots of drivers, all over, Richmond,
Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, Fauquier, Fairfax.
Can you be a driver?
Kerry@RikkisRefuge.org
The Pumpkin Coordinator will talk with all the locations,
coordinate pick up times, broadcast this information to the drivers. The drivers will pick up and deliver to
Rikki’s.
The pumpkins save us thousands of dollars in feed every
fall.
WE DESPERATELY NEED YOUR HELP.
Hunting
Season Opens Tomorrow Too
and we need your help to keep the poachers away. We need help improving the perimeter
trail. ATVs and small off road vehicles
welcome. You can do it on foot too!! Please come out and help Joe patrol and work
on the path. Saturday and Sunday.
Yard Sale
At the intersection of 20 and Zion, by the Exxon known as
BJs 8 am - 3 pm Please stop in to help
Kim if you can. Bring items to sell on
behalf of Rikki’s. Thanks for your
support. Kim is working hard to make
money to buy food for the animals.
I hope you can come out to visit this weekend.
Saturday noon - 2 pm Donation Drop off at Rikki’s
yard sale at BJs Exxon rt 20 and Zion Rd 9 am - 3 pm
prepare the Haunted Forest Trail 9 am - 3 pm at Rikki’s
improving the perimeter trail 9 am - 3 pm
Sunday noon - tour
improving the perimeter trail 9 am - 3 pm
Love,
Vincent
PS You tell me what you want! Email me at Vincent@RikkisRefuge.org with
instructions to change your subscription: additions, deletions or
modifications! Subscriptions:
Vincent’s VIPs - up to the second alerts about issues at Rikki’s
Refuge for those who care and want to be intimately involved. Scheduled as
needed. Good Morning Good News - a little something to get you going in
the mornings, for those of you who want to keep smiling with us! Scheduled
daily. Hairballs - so you know what’s coming up at Rikki’s! Scheduled
weekly.
Rikki's Refuge, supported solely by private donations,
houses over 1200 animals of 22 species. On line at http://bit.ly/Give-a-gift-to-Rikkis
Checks, money orders, cash, items at Rikki's Refuge, PO Box 1357, Orange VA
22960
Rikki's Refuge is owned and operated by Life Unlimited of
Virginia, Inc., an IRS 501(c)(3) not-for-profit Virginia Corporation, tax-id
54-1911042. Combined Federal Campaigns #77674, Commonwealth of Virginia Campaign #3163, PetsMart Charities #1377. A financial
statement is available upon written request from the State Office of Consumer
Affairs.
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