We are Vincent D. Cat and adopted sons Opie and Timmy and we
are 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! We want our 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 us 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
Happy, I’m sorry it’s a week late, Birthday my rescuer
Barbara!!!! Barbara is a real cat person. You can't see her pointy ears or her tail in this picture. She's always on the go helping somebody, and usually they have four legs. TNR is especially dear to her heart. So far in 2012, she's speutered over 250 cats!!!! Now does that answer the question - Can one person make a difference? Yeahhhh Barbara!
Good Morning - it’s Caturday!!! I love Caturday!!!! It’s
made just for us cats!!!! We get to
play and have fun. It looks like it’s
gonna rain today. So much rain
lately. It be crazy. The grass be growing so much!! It’s very long. Da hoomans dey don’t go out there and mow it when it rain. So it really be gettin high. Den da tractor was in the hospital for two
weeks and it couldn’t mow while it was sick.
THANK YOU
Nancy Mottershaw
Karen Friedel
Greta Bollinger
Debra Berry
for helping me to pay the tractor bill, only $387 more to go
!!!!!
Will YOU help me too?
Fix the tractor for the CATS: http://rikkisrefuge.org/donate.php?purpose=Vote%20Vincent%20as%20Ruler%20of%20the%20Refuge
or for the DOGS:
Read all about the Tractor in the Hospital: http://rikkisrefuge.blogspot.com/2012/05/get-well-tractor.html
A little
piece of not so Good News, OK?
Memorial
Day Tour CANCELED
Well it looks like I'm gonna have to cancel our Memorial Day
Tour cuz we didn't get the handicap porta potty in. We have to have that for
public things now. We ordered it over a month ago and they said they'd send it
as soon as they had the big truck in. It's lots bigger than a regular porta
potty. We were hoping it'd be in for Vincent's birthday. And now it's Memorial
Day and we don't have it. Pooo. Unless something happens tomorrow and I don't
think it will - we have to cancel. I’d
share my potty with you but I don’t think it’s approve for hooman use!!!!
Thank you Larry Ramsey for paying for the rental and
maintenance of the hooman potty, EVERY month !!!!!! Dem hoomans is real happy Larry!!!!
Let’s hope dat porta potty company get the new handicap
potty here by the 4th of July Tour now.
I so sorry about this folks.
And
something sad, the loss of a wonderful lady
Our
beloved friend, Carolyn, has gone to be with Vincent at the Rainbow Bridge.
Carolyn A. Friedrich died suddenly May 15, 2012. She was a serious cat lover and long time
supporter of Rikki’s Refuge. We’ll miss
you muchly Carolyn. Take good care of
Vincent for us.
Here’s her memorial, pictures and her 84th
Birthday Party at Rikki’s Refuge.
And NOW
Back to the Good News !!
Meet Indigo, he’s a pit bull who got beat so bad it damaged
is back forever. He has a wheeled cart
to get around cuz his back legs don’t work so well. He’s our friend. See my
Daddy Vincent kissing him in the picture????
His mom rescues pit bulls who’ve been hurt. Isn’t that nice?
Look what Indigo has to say!
ITS TOODAIE ITS TOODAIE
ITS TOODAIE!!!!!!!
ITS MY THIRDY EVER GOTCHA
DAY!!!!!
Hi Everyone! I do not have a Birthday , I have a GOTCHA DAY.
We celebrate the days we were Adopted like Birthdays. This year I am having my
third Gotcha Day. Ruthie is having her FIRSTY EBER Gotcha Day. Instead of
presents , or cards or well wishes, we would like anyone who can to please
Donate To Our fwiends at Rikkis Refuge , in Honor of our amazing brudder
Vincent.
*Pops wheelies and does spins and stuff* Ok so thanks
eberyone who has sended me welly wishes toodaie, I lubs you bery much!!! Please
if you would like to do someping speshul for me and Ruthie , hop on ober to our
GOTCHA DAY CHIP IN FOR RIKKIS REFUGE, and leave them a little donation for our
brudder Vincent, who is attending our Gotcha Day Partee from da rainbow bridge.
We do not need pressies , but Vincent’s animal pals at da refuge do need all
the donations they can get!!!!!
Thank you so very muchles! XXOO Indy , Ruthie and Familee. http://tripodstriptova.chipin.com/rikkisrefuge
Thank you Indy, Ruthie and Familee, that be very nice of you
!!!!! Love, Opie PS I can come party too, pleeezzzeee?
MOO MOO
MOO
I still have three cows in West Virginia who need a
ride. They want to Mooooove to Rikki’s
Refuge and they need your help.
Comments
from Kathy
I'm so bummed. Appalachian Bear Rescue came in 2nd in the
Toyota 100 Cars for Good Challenge so they don't get the truck they need to
haul baby bears. At one point they were way ahead of the pack.
Makes me nervous for June 6th when Rikki's Refuge will be in
the running for the truck. Is everybody ready to vote for Rikki's on that day?
YOUR VOTE COUNTS.
Opie -- don't know why I didn't think of this before, but I
turned Rikki's Toyota 100 Cars for Good Challenge poster into a PDF. The link
is now here: http://rikkisrefuge.org/rikkis-toyota-challenge-2012.pdf.
Everyone, print it out and SHARE. Even one extra vote can
make the difference. Where can you post it?
http://rikkisrefuge.org/rikkis-toyota-challenge-2012.pdf
Here’s the QR code
Cary it with you EVERYWHERE - and ask everyone you meet to
point and click!!!!
Sign up for YOUR reminder on June 6th and/or to
read all about the contest, our needs and see the Video of Why Taco Needs New
Wheels!
GW &
BEN
Remember we were voting for GW and Ben to win a handicap
accessible van? Well they’re in the
FINALS. It’s up to the company offering
the vans now, they’ll make the final selection for the Ultimate Winner! Keep those fingers crossed and prayers
coming. Let THEM win, please !!!!!
Been in Faulconer Hardware in downtown Orange lately? Well stop on in. They’re open Saturday and Sunday too, so when you’re visiting Rikki’s .... visit Faulconer’s too. They’ve got a great new section they all the “Yard Sale Items”. It’s like a wonderful perpetual new cool stuff all the time yard sale with great yard sale prices. Some really cool and interesting things, from little do dads to lovely furniture. Check ‘em out. And tell ‘em Rikki’s Refuge sent you.
HELP ME
VOTE
My daddy Vincent always did so good in the shelter
challenge, can you help me win too?
We’ve won a week and if we can now move up two slots and that’s only
0.16% we can be in line for one of the GRAND PRIZES and lots lots more money
!!!!!
Can you help me??
VOTE Rikkis Refuge, VA, USA in the SHELTER CHALLENGE
It’s easy and it’s free !!!!!!! Tell all your Friends!!!
Friends
Write In
Sweetness is home from the animal hospital. She is getting
better after being in there a week she was ready to spring out of there. She
still needs to poopy though so she will need the Vincent poopy dance!! -----
Ashlee Lee
Ok every body - do the poopy dance for Sweetness !!!!! We’re so glad she’s doing so much
better. She was terribly ill and in the
hospital for several days. ----- Opie
I was awakened on a morning when I could sleep as last as I
like to whisker kisses and paw taps. Who could get mad at that?? -----
Tracey Jacobi Brabant
Oh Tracy, that be nice!!!
----- Opie
The autograph quilt will be at Petco on Route 3 in the
Harrison Crossing shopping center, today from 10:00 until 2:00 (longer if the
sun does not kill me!) ----- Melissa Felts
Oh this quilt is SO pretty!!! Have you see it?? Check it out! http://blog.rikkisrefuge.org/ Stop in and visit Melissa at Petco if
you’re in Fredericksburg. Bring her
something cool to drink!! Tell her Opie
sent you! ----- Opie
It's sunny and warm for once! ----- Phoebe Hitchcock
Poulin
Yes it is Phoebe!!
Been so much rain and clouds.
Nice to see sun. And it’s real
warm here!!! I think maybe hot. ----- Opie
The rug at my office was shampooed and deodorized yesterday.
A clogged overflow pipe backed up into my massage room...not good! -----
Nora Eldridge
Nora be real good massage therapist, mommey really like
her. She pretty good with kitty cats
too, I love getting patted by Nora!!!
Visit her in Fredericksburg http://www.noraeldridge.com/ Daddy’s Day is coming - maybe get in a Gift
Certificate! ----- Opie
Pretty
Patches
struggled for her life ..... now she’s happy and healthy .... and ready for a home all her own ..... read her story tomorrow ..... is there room in your heart and your home for her?
Got it?
Got your Signature Quilt Raffle Tickets:
Horace the poetry writing dog, next royalty check for
Rikki's:
http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/mkrause88
http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/mkrause88
2012 Cats vs Dogs :
Carolyn Friedrich Memorial:
Get Well Tractor, $387 to go:
Have a wonderful Caturday!!
Lots of love,
Opie !!
PPS 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.
Learn more www.RikkisRefuge.org
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