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
It be Monday!! Oh my two days to the BIG Toyota
contest. Gee if we win, think I'll have
my new vehicle in time for my first birthday? You all ready? Read all
about it !!!! http://rikkisrefuge.blogspot.com/2012/06/toyota-100-cars-for-good.html
Did you voted yet today?
Only thru the 17th on the Shelter Challenge. So do it NOW - it be very easy, so easy this here little kitten
wif no feet can do it !!!! Yes I
can!!! Alls I gotta do is cliks here http://tinyurl.com/VoteRikkis and puts
in Rikkis Refuge in VA in the USA and vote and then answer a silly question and
iz all voted!!! How about you?
I know sos many of youz thinkz I be lazy kitty. But I not.
Vincent made his job look easy.
Iz still catching up on things he didn't get to finish, and all his
emails and messages and letters and all.
You knoz this not easy when my fingers no stretch across the letter pad
on da puter. I need iPhone, it be
easier on my fingers I think. I was
gonna grow my claws real long to help reach those far out letters, like da A
and da L but Lena done cutted my claws so I no make da puncture wounds on da
visitors. Do you tink dat be fair? I lose my long claws so nobody get da little
holes? Just little holes dey be?
You got any Good News for Good Morning Good News
tomorrow? You tell me - please share
your Good News and make everybody smile with you !! Grandma says I have to do Hairballs today too. I think she make me work too much. I just a kitten.
Did you see the beautiful autograph quilt Melissa Felts
made-ed for us? You can see it AND you
can get a raffle ticket here too http://rikkisrefuge.blogspot.com/2012/06/raffle-spectacular-autograph-quilt.html It be very cool. But Melissa no let me nighty on it. I no understand dat. What
it for if not to snuggy? Maybe you buy
ticket and you can snuggy!
Ok, I see youz tomorrow - you let me know your good news
now, ok?
Can YOU
Imagine needing all of this
EVERY
YEAR ????
I DO !!! And I need
YOUR help to buy it all !!!!
Thank you for your help to support the animals of Rikki’s
Refuge
32,850 pounds Cat Food, dry
20,531 pounds Cat Food, canned
48,125 pounds Cat Litter
19,300 pounds Dog Food, dry
7,300 pounds Dog Food, canned
1,369 pounds Rabbit Food, dry
2,336 pounds Carrots
146 pounds Apples
394 pounds Spinach
1,979 pounds Cracked Corn
584 pounds Mash for Birds
18 pounds Pigeon Seed
3,823 pounds Bird Seed
9 pounds Pigeon Gravel
42,890 pounds Mixed Grains
29,145 pounds Random Fruits/Veggies
1,477 bales Hay
1,235 pounds Salt Blocks
2,105 bushels Shavings
507 bales Straw
12,960 Puppy Pads
for hospital cages
180 gallons Laundry Detergent
720 gallons Bleach
23,400 Trash Bags,
33 gallon size
1,080 rolls Paper Towels
1,800 gallons Gasoline for vehicles
540 gallons Gasoline for equipment
540 gallons Diesel
5,820 Tubes Advantage/Frontline
Friends
Share Good News
Did you know that Rikki's
collects MyCokeRewards? Collect
the codes from any Coke product (Coke, Sprite, Fanta, Nestea, Minute Maid,
PowerAde, Mello Yello, Fresca, Seagram's, Mr. Pibb, Barq's, and Dasani Water),
and e-mail them to Melissa at dogslife24@comcast.net. She will turn them in to great items that Rikki's will use for
fundraising!
Autograph Quilt Raffle - http://rikkisrefuge.blogspot.com/2012/06/raffle-spectacular-autograph-quilt.html If anyone locally has a business, and would
like to host a 1/2 day fundraiser with the quilt and a bake sale, contact me
Melissa at dogslife24@comcast.net. ALSO if you’d like to sell tickets !!!! Great to sell at work, school, clubs and
more !!!!
But It Now - Check
out items in our store: Rikki’s
Marketplace on Facebook. This is where you can get things like Rikki's
t-shirts, animal equipment like pill poppers and all kinds of good things.
Auction Items Needed - We’re
gearing up for another auction - got items to send?? Rikki’s Refuge, 10910 Barr Ln, Raidan VA 22733 or email good
quality photos if you’ll mail items to the winner. HURRY!
Summit Recycling - take
your metal - any metal - to Summit Recycling and tell them it’s for
Rikki’s. They’ll say think you. You’re helping th3 environment and earning
money for the animals. http://rikkisrefuge.blogspot.com/2011/07/recycle-for-rikkis.html
Virtual Volunteers - got a little
bit of spare time? I need Virtual
Volunteers. Easy, no exercise involved,
no poo-er scoop-er in, work from the comfort of your home or office. Opie needs help keeping up with his one line
work, posting and sharing information on social medias. Let me know if you can help, Vincent@RikkisRefuge.org
Cathy Dyson - writes
about Rikki’s in the Free Lance Star http://blogs.fredericksburg.com/reallife/2012/06/04/rikkis-refuge-in-contest-for-new-car/
Send her an email of thanks for helping to promote Rikki’s
Refuge: http://fredericksburg.com/blogs/sendemail?blogger_id=56&returnURL=http%3A//fredericksburg.com/blogs/view%3Fblogger_id%3D56
Orange County
Supervisor’s Letter, by Lee Frame, District 5 Supervisor
June
19 has been set as the date for the new Walmart groundbreaking.
At
a recent Supervisor’s meeting, we conducted a public hearing for a Special Use
Permit (SUP) for Rikki’s Refuge. The
permit would allow placement of two office trailers for use by staff and
volunteers. Rikki’s Refuge is an all-species animal sanctuary located on a
367-acre site here in Orange County. It provides food and shelter for over 1200
animals of over 20 different species.
I
have visited the refuge and was amazed at all of the different types of
animals. What I was not aware of, however, was the degree of widespread support
for Rikki’s. For a relatively minor land-use issue, I received a significant
number of emails in support of the SUP, and one Supervisor received over 200
emails including some from other countries.
There
were a number of speakers at the public hearing with several traveling from as
far as Reston and Richmond. The speakers said that Rikki’s Refuge had received
support from 37 different countries and had a large number of people who came
long distances to help as volunteers. The refuge holds open houses, and you can
learn more at http://rikkisrefuge.org
I should not have been surprised that Rikki’s Refuge gets lots of support
in this county. There is widespread support for animal care in Orange County.
The
county’s animal shelter is actively supported by volunteers and with donations.
The county received one donation of about $30,000 for a needed expansion, and
almost every Supervisor meeting includes an appropriation decision for the
donations received. The county also has an active local humane society which
works closely with the animal shelter on spay and neuter services, adoptions at
pet stores and other businesses, and caring for the animals at the shelter.
Other organizations such as Cause for Paws and various breed rescue groups are
also active in Orange County. Given the
minimal requirements for animal shelters in Virginia, the people of Orange
County go far beyond those requirements in caring for our animal friends.
Donna Savory shares a
lesson
Sharon Dyer donated
$25 to help with tractor repairs. Thank
you Sharon !
Beauty Complains about
Discrimination I was injured protecting the refuge two weeks ago and
I had very serious surgery on May 25th .... I’m yet to see Opie try and help me raise
the funds to pay my hospital bills. All
I hear is cats cats cats --- click my photo to read more
(Uh Oh I sorry Beauty.
Iz a kitty, I thought I supposed to do kitty things. Why don’t you dawgies help raise some of the
money to keep things running around here?
Love, Opie)
Deb Lavoie - A week
ago, Ashley (our kitty who has CHF) needed to go back to the vet. Today, she
looks so good and acts so normal (for her) that you'd never know she's not a
perfectly healthy kitty! ♥ (Yeahhhhh Ashley !!!!
I’m so happy. Opie)
Ashlee Lee - Oh you
guys must have been doing Vincent's poopy dance for Sweetness cause she finally
did her first poopy since she got sick!!! Horray!!! The plumbing is
working. (I’m very glad to hear that
Sweetness!!!! Love, Opie)
Click to
Learn More !!!
Autograph Quilt
Raffle
World's Best Cat Litter -
arriving WEDNESDAY !!!!!
Toyota 100 Cars - Help
Rikki’s Win a New Toyota !!!
Horace the poetry writing
dog, next royalty check for Rikki's:
2012 Cats vs Dogs : -- extended thru the end of JUNE !!!!
Carolyn Friedrich
Memorial
Photos from Vincent's
Birthday Party
Vincent D. Cat - Memorial
From Alley
Cat to World Renown Spokes Cat
April 30,
1998 - April 30, 2012
Vincent was
the inspiration and the evolution of Rikki's Refuge
Read the
story of how his life brought so many together in good
Lots of love,
Opie and Timmy
!!
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
and help spread the good word, tell everyone you know about Rikki’s Refuge
