I've been a very very good
kitty, Santa.
Really I have.
I've been working really hard
to raise enough green things to turn into
special nums for all my friends at
Rikki's Refuge on Christmas day .....
to raise enough green things to turn into
special nums for all my friends at
Rikki's Refuge on Christmas day .....
My bag is half full
now.
And I"ve been very good.
I did just like mom said and
I first collected for others .... before me and my kind.
I first collected for others .... before me and my kind.
I now have enough to give a
special Christmas Meal
to the guinea pigs, the rabbits, the pigeons,
the swans, the geese, the chickens,
the sheep and the baby lambs and
the goats and the cows and the horses
and even the iguana ....
the swans, the geese, the chickens,
the sheep and the baby lambs and
the goats and the cows and the horses
and even the iguana ....
enough for everybody but the
dogs and us cats and ME .....
Do YOU think YOU can SHARE
and
HELP me raise nuf for the dogs?
Then I can start on the cats
!!!!
Thank you so much,
Love, Opie
Timmy and me love listening
to the stories about all of YOU who made Rikki’s Refuge possible !!! Thank you so much for creating this
wonderful home for us to come to !!! If
you hadn’t done that .... I think bad things would a happened to both of us
....
I’m sharing my scratches
about Rikki’s Refuge .... 15 Years in the Making with you as much as I can paw
in at one sitting ..... if you missed
Part I or II or III or IV .... you can
catch up here http://rikkisrefuge.blogspot.com/2013/12/rikkis-refuge-15-years-in-making.html
and read from the beginning.
We ended yesterday hearing
mom talk about, “...How thru Rikki’s Refuge, we save animals all over the
planet.“
Rikki’s Refuge ....
15 Years in the Making
.... Part V
Rikki’s family is HUGE and
it takes ALL of us to make it happen.
Some of us in the pastures, the runs, the pens, the houses right there
with the animals all day long.
Somebody always sleeps on the porch ...
and poops on the porch ...
and every speck of poop must be cleaned up each and every day
and poops on the porch ...
and every speck of poop must be cleaned up each and every day
Some of us working hands on
for the animals, building and repairing their homes, mowing their grass,
hauling out their trash.
Someone is always leaving something in the
litterbox and calling for the clean up crew!
litterbox and calling for the clean up crew!
Some of us working to
deliver their food, driving near and far, bringing in food, produce,
pumpkins.
The residents look on, wondering where all that poop goes
everyday ....
Some of us working off site, at events, doing yard sales, bake sales, spreading the word.
Hospital patients and those with special
needs get extra TLC everyday
needs get extra TLC everyday
Some of us working hard jobs
with long hours, reaching into their paychecks to help, some reaching in to
share retirement funds, or your limited pensions or drawing from your saving
accounts; all to write the checks that make it possible for the animals to have
medical care, utilities, and all the necessities that aren’t donated.
There’s lots of pill poppin going on around here !
Comfy Cozy Cats
Each and every one of you is
an important part of what makes Rikki’s Refuge work. You merge your dream with our dream and we all dream as one, with
one goal, one thought .... to save another life.
It’s a fast pace ... from one animal area to the next,
making sure everything is clean and everyone cared for.
making sure everything is clean and everyone cared for.
Much today reminds me of the
hard work and the continuous effort in 1998 to tune out the discouraged souls,
the ones who said, you’ll never make it work, you’ll never get anywhere, you’ll
never be able to save lives here, you’ll never get rid of all the poison ivy. To tune them out and to get on with building
the dream. Nobody said it was
easy. They just said you have to stick
with it !
Sanitized for your protection, every day, every pool,
drinking bowl, trough, plate, litterpan ...
drinking bowl, trough, plate, litterpan ...
Today I hear, you can’t make
it in this economy, look at all the other animal places closing, you’re going
to be next, you can’t keep up the necessary donations, people have less money
so they’ll give you less, people are scared so they’ll give you less, people
have their minds on other things so they won’t give to you, people are leaving
volunteer work for paid jobs, nobody is going to help you, new rules and
regulations are costing more and it’s going to sink you, and on and on and
on.
We wash enough dishes in a DAY to fill this tub three times
...
And yes, if we listened, and
if we focused our dreams on that .....
we’d be the next to lose out, the next to “go under”, the next to be
faced with euthanizing all our animals and closing our gates.
Many heavy sacks must be lugged
to the guys with BIG appetites
to the guys with BIG appetites
Yet we won’t listen to that and we won’t stop saving lives. No matter how hard it is, how many hours we work every day, with YOUR help we will make it and we will continue to save lives. It might be slower, we might not be able to take in many new residents, but we won’t give up on the ones we have cuz the going has gotten tougher.
Scrubbing, mopping, sweeping, vacuuming ....
We’ll tune out the negative
and we’ll plunge forward reaching out to YOU positive people who want to keep
the dream alive, who want to see Rikki’s Refuge not only continue, but to
thrive and to go on.
No matter how cold, even in the freezing rain,
everything is cleaned and scrubbed
everything is cleaned and scrubbed
It’s been quite a difficult
summer and fall. Scraping the bottom of
that proverbial barrel. Finding one
more meal down there.
Every surface must be sanitized, everyday
These times have been
hard. Not just Rikki's, but many
organizations that derive their funding from contributions have had to make do
with decreased income. Rikki's is very
fortunate to have a dedicated core of donors and volunteers, many of whom
consistently help out with weekly or monthly donations or volunteer work.
Taking care of the animals means, clean, clean, clean
So Rikki's has kept
going.
The laundry goes in
...
as fast as it goes out to give somebody a clean bed.
But it's getting tougher and tougher.
One bag at a time ....
every day .... this
much trash is hauled out ... EVERYDAY ..
NOW is the time ... if you’ve been sitting on the fence ... if you’ve been thinking “Rikki’s is really great ... I’m gonna have to help them someday” ... if you’ve been thinking “Thank God for others out there who help” ... now is the time ... for YOU to be one of our heroes ... for you to finally make that donation that you’ve been meaning to, but just never got around to ... to spend some fun and quality time helping out ... make new friends ... feel like you’re making a difference.
It doesn’t have to be a lot
of money ... a dollar or a hundred or a thousand or a hundred thousand ... it
all helps the animals.
And it doesn’t have to be a lot of time ... making your facebook friends aware of us can have as much impact as a major construction project.
The important thing is to do it NOW ... while you’re thinking of it ... don’t let this one slip away ... our animals need your help!
Ask your Friends to become
Friends of Rikki’s for Christmas !!!
Ask everyone you know to line up now and help save the
animals !!!
THANK YOU
FOR HELPING ME TO SAVE SO MANY LIVES
... with your support we’re
able to help so many into their new furrever happy homes .... and to give that life long home to those not
quite so fortunate ... Thank you for
your support
Without YOU none of us would
be looking forward to Christmas this year
!!
Love you bunches,
Timmy and Opie
