HELPING ANIMALS AT OUR SANCTUARY AND AROUND THE WORLD!
RIKKI’S REFUGE IS A MULTI-SPECIES LIFE-CARE NO-KILL SANCTUARY
FOR THE MEDICALLY AND SOCIALLY CHALLENGED
SUPPORTED BY DONATIONS FROM KIND AND GENEROUS PEOPLE LIKE YOU !
But first ....Here’s some cool things to know about The
Community Give !!
Unique Gift - means one
online gift of $25 or more to one organization from one donor.
Grand Prizes -
$10,000 The Community Foundation "Grand" Prize- awarded to the nonprofit that raises the
highest total dollar amount
$10,000 Kaeser Compressors "Grand" Prize - awarded to
the nonprofit that receives the most unique gifts
$10,000 The Community Enrichment Fund "Grand"
Prize- awarded to the nonprofit that
wins a random drawing. To qualify, the nonprofit must receive at least 100
unique gifts
Golden Ticket Prizes -$500 to two nonprofits that are drawn hourly
and at random for 24 hours. To qualify, the nonprofit must receive at least one
unique gift during the hour.
Power Hour Prizes - $2,000
to the 3 nonprofits that receive the most unique gifts during the following
time periods:
Home Stretch - between 9:00 pm & 11:00 pm
YOU can be the ONE who WINS
one of these prizes for the ANIMALS OF RIKKI”S REFUGE ....!!!!
"For it is in giving, that we receive" ~St Francis of Assisi
This Tuesday, May 5, for 24 hours, Rikki's Refuge is participating in THE COMMUNITY GIVE, a 1-day regional fundraiser! On this day, from 12:00am until 11:59pm, go to our Giving Day profile at https://www.thecommunitygive.org/#npo/rikkis-refuge to donate for the animals of Rikki's!! (you can also click on any of the Community Give photos in this blog to take you directly to the donation page!)
Donations must be made through this website on May 5 to count for Rikki's Refuge! Donations to Rikki's Refuge directly will not count towards this initiative on this day. The top three organizations that raise the most money on Give Day will receive the following grand prizes: 1st Place: $10,000, 2nd Place: $5,000, and 3rd Place: $2,500. In addition to the grand prizes, one of the participating non-profits will be drawn at random each hour during the 24-hour event to receive additional monetary prizes! To qualify for an hourly drawing, a non-profit must receive at least one gift of $25 or more during the hour.
Will you help us on Tuesday?? The more donors and money we raise, the greater our chances of winning some awesome additional prizes and every penny will benefit the 1300 amazing animals at Rikki's Refuge. Will you share this information and our Giving Day profile with all your friends and families?
Oh, and do you know what TODAY is??? It is Star Wars Day! "May the Fourth Be With You!" Yoda Opie says help us tomorrow and "Awesome you are and thankful I am." lol
So now you know my secret - I am not only the RULER OF RIKKI'S REFUGE, but I am Yoda - heck, I can be anybody I want to be!! hee hee
I hope I can count on all of you tomorrow for The Community Give. It is my first big fundraiser for my new term as RULER OF RIKKI'S REFUGE and I want it to be a good one!
Oh my gosh, I almost forgot to mention - the SHELTER CHALLENGE IS BACK! Please VOTE and SHARE for Rikki's Refuge every day!! This is so important and another awesome way that you can help me be the Best Ruler of Rikki's Refuge EVER.... Click on the photo and it will take you to the voting page:
Hi ... Good Morning !!!Welcome to May on Planet Earth ...the Bestest Planet to be on !!!I was planning on getting started with my
exercise program so I could be fit for summer ....NO ..no no no ....not to put on a bathing suit ...no way ....I'm not getting anywhere near the water ....and if I did ... trust me ... I'd skinny dip
....naked is the way to go !!!!!
It's a ducky kind of day
today .....we gotted two new babies
in ....some kidz bought them at a store
selling chicks and ducks ... and gee .... when they got home their mom said
....NO WAY .....so now they'll live happily ever after in
the safety and comfort of Ducky Diggs at Rikki's Refuge No Kill Animal
Sanctuary ...
Now if I'd taken 'em home to
my mommey ....Not MOM my hooman
substitute ... I mean my tummy mummy Nellie ....she'd a had a different plan ....but I'm not allowed to talk about my natural instincts.......especially now ....that
I AM THE WINNER OF CATS vs
DOGS .... and I shall be the RULER OF
THE REFUGE for the next year .....so
I have to live the part ....
kindness to all and all that
....but I still get my Fancy Feast
.....aside from that ... I take the
vow of vegan ....I will wear no
clothes made out of animal ....if I
can help it I will wear no clothes ....my parties for hoomans shall only contain animal there to enjoy the fun
.....I'll be kind to every one
.....no matter how many legs ... or
how long their ears are .....
THANK YOU ALL for your VOTES
!!!!It means the WORLD to me .I shall do my best to serve you and to care
for all the residents of Rikki's to the very best of my ability.
Peepers enjoying the spring
I hope to see some of you at
the various events going on this weekend and on into the summer at Rikki's and
at our off site events.Please raise
your hand to volunteer !!!Don't wanna
scoop poop?That's ok ... me either ...
I leave it for hoomans ....join us at
events and festivals ... Why just TOMORROW I need YOU helping at the RESTON PET
FIESTA ...You can learn more at our
web site www.RikkisRefuge.org ...
just click on UPCOMING EVENTS
You can see the upcoming
events and all the fun fun fun...stay in touch ... stay
informed !!!
I try to remember to tell
you everything .... but my brain is only so big and sometimes I forget ....
Wanna help shear sheep?I need YOU on the 15th and 16th .....
Come to Donation Drop Off at
the Life Center tomorrow ... or any Saturday ....and don't forget that Fancy Feast !!!!
If YOU do wanna scoop poop
....I'm interviewing for more Helping
Hoomans every Saturday at noon at the Life Center ...Yup ....we've got a
couple staffing positions still open.
Petunia loves the rainy weather
Want to help .... but not
every day ....well then be a volunteer
!!!Come and mow grass, clean up and
help us build and repair things !!!!
We have so much fun at
Rikki's ....come ... be a part of it
....
At Rikki’s you can let your animal side show !!!
And keep your eyes open for
something very special that will last 24 hours ....starting at 12 am Tuesday May 5th and running thru midnight ...
YUP a very special Cinco da Mayo.....Its happening ONLY one
line ...I hope YOU will be here with
us !!!!!
Cus I'll be right here with
YOU !!!
... gotz to run ... da
breakfast bell is ringing ....remember
I LOVE YOU ALWAYS .....Opie
Good Morning Good News !!!!Catturday, May 2, 2015
OOOpppsssssmom made me get off puter before I got my
note out to you yesterday .....bad
hooman
Well Good Morning !!!It's a busy day.Join Uncles Pauland Ken
and some of my volunteers at the Reston Pet Fiesta !!!Can you believe the summer circuit of
events and festivals has started??Get
ready .... and hey .... why don't YOU think of volunteering to be at Rikki's
booth at events all over the sate !!!You can do events representing Rikki's no matter where YOU are too !!!Just ask us how !!!
I don't get to go to the Pet
Fiesta ... they have live music and lots of doggies .... everybody brings their
dawggie ....and one of them might not
understand that I AM THE RULER .....And Duke can't go either cuz loud noises agitate him and if he gets real
agitated he has seizures.
Shaggy is slowly learning to love visitors .... he had a
hard and difficult life before coming to Rikki’s
So I'll be staying at
Rikki's all day.First I'll stupervise
da hoomans cleaning up da poo in the morning.Then I'll do donation drop off from noon to 2 pm with Auntie Lolly.
And I'll be interviewing
very special people who want a job working at Rikki's.You gotta be real special to pass my
approval test ....
I time how fast you can
scoop cuz I don't want no dirty box .... yick ... no way .....my personal assistant must be there to keep
it clean for me .... and to keep my plate full of Fancy Feast ...ummm hummmm.
Then I gotta put on my
business suit .... I gots to go to my first Board Meeting as the new Ruler of
the Refuge.Did I say thank you for
voting for me ?Well THANK YOU
!!!!!
After the meeting ... Iz got
to go off and sneak me some Fancy Feast as the rest of the board watches Chef
Ron grill up veggie burgers ....
Then we'll be going on the
Full Moon Walk ....that's where we
walk around in the dark with nothing but the moon to look out for the lions and
tigers and bears that might want to eat us ..... wait a minute .... do I want
to go on this walk?Maybe I better stay
home and let mom and dad lead it.Oh
!If they getted eated by a bear or
something .... will you dopt me?
Right now the weather looks
like the walk won't be so good ....it's supposed to start getting cloudy at 6 and be pretty cloudy by 8 pm
and it doesn't got dark till 8:30 or so.If it's as cloudy as last night, we can't do the walk.Weather hooman better be wrong .... it
better stay bright and moony .....
Here are our newest babies
....
Thank you for being my friend !!
bought at a farm store by a
teen .....parental units most upset
....given up the next day ....probably a pretty familiar scenario for
little ducks and chicks sold in stores as days old babies ...I wonder what the average life span is for
somebody who's life is valued at about the price of a large bag of potato chips
.... and as readily available ....Thank goodness their teen owner cared enough and was responsible enough
to look for rescue ..... so many many end up dumped outside .... helpless ....
alone ....just waiting to be a snack
for somebody coming along .....
I'm glad these babies got
saved ... even if mom won't let me play with them ....
OhhhhI guess I have to tell you my secret for
Tuesday - don’t I ?
And I gotz a secret for
Monday too .... well it’s not so secret !!!GGP and Uncle James will be coming on Monday !!!I so cited to see them !!!
THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF
RIKKI’S REFUGE
A PART OF OUR POSITIVE FUTURE
Sally had eye surgery this week.She’s healing nicely.She’s getting eye meds several times a day
for a couple weeks before the stitches can come out.After four days we could no longer keep her locked up.She’d found every possible way to bust
out,Finally just about totally
destroying the pen and hurting her eye in the process.Now we chase her down and catch her for the
meds each time.PLEASE Sally ... hurry up
and heal !!!!
WithoutYOU
none
of us would
be here
enjoying
the beautiful greens
of spring!!
THANK YOU !!!!!!
Calvin and
friends loving the fresh spring grass
Your donations saved every
one of us and will keep us all alive in 2015 .... we pray.Please HELP US as we keep our pantries
stocked!!!!Take the Opie Pledge and promise to work each and every day to
make the planet just a little bit better.If the pictures of the animals you have saved in this issue have made
you smile, please take a few moments to make a donation so we can keep them
smiling!!!www.RikkisRefuge.org/FeedMe
I hope you have a wonderful
Catturday !!!!
Love,
Opie
the entire Spokes Cat Team
at Rikki's Refuge THANK YOU for voting them in for another year of service.
