GOOD MORNING GOOD NEWS ---- IT’S MR MISTER’s BIRTHDAY
Mr
Mister is 22 years old today!!
Will
you help him celebrate this big day??
His
birthday wish is to feed everyone at Rikki's Refuge today!
Will
you be his birthday hero??
If
ONLY 59 of you donated $22 each .... it would MAKE HIS DAY !!!!
Here’s
the goats doing what goats do while the reporter was interviewing Lolly and
Birttney for the tv show ....
Here’s
that story in case you missed it ...
With
a little imagination (ok, a whole lot of imagination) you can imagine this
cherry tree 20 or 30 feet high and covering Rainbow Overlook in shade.
That’s
what Ron said, after planting what will become a lovely tree for many to enjoy
in a future years.
See
the fencing laying there? You can’t
just plant a tree at Rikki’s .... you have to fence it in .... a number of our
residents think young trees are for eating !!!
Ron’s
signature slogan is "A society grows great when crazy old cat people plant
trees whose shade the next generation will enjoy"
Thank
you Ron !!!!
Read
on .... and PLEASE help my Uncle Ron wrap it up in Charlottesville !!!!
YOU
ALL ARE AWESOME .... you did it on
Giving Tuesday !!!! We met our match
!!!! Fabulous Job !!!!
And
your hard work and kindness and generosity made it possible for us to get over
30 kitties speutered this week !!!
We
blood tested a lot of cats this week.... The blood test kits cost us $13.95
each so just that is an expensive proposition with all these cats ... thank
goodness ducks don't need to be tested ... well not blood .... for anything
before they merge with the crowds !!!!
And
we have done intake processing on many of the new feral cats. Doing their id
photos, face, sides, top, bottom, distinctive markings, writing descriptions,
worming, vaccinating, cleaning ears, checking teeth -- yeah ... they got good
ones. Taking in a cat isn't just putting it in a cat house !!!!
Oh no sireee ... there’s lots
more to it than that !!!
Hope
to see you there !!!! Please come for
fun .... Volunteer to help if you’d
like !!! Volunteers@RikkisRefuge.org
Here’s
the story that appeared about Rikki’s in the Scottsville Weekly
click
on the article above to read the story on line
VOTE
VOTE VOTE --- we’ve dipped to 5th ---
get us back up to 4th !!! QUICK
.... you just gotz to vote EVERY DAY
!!!!! Tell all your friends .... there is TWO THOUSAND dollars at stake
.... and that’s a great big huge number
... Please make it happen !!!!
Please
come out and see us tomorrow and next weekend !!!
Chicken
Little might be allowed to go !!!
She’s
gotten good at evicting kitties and taking our beds away !!!!
Look
who else had a birthday !!!
She’s
happy as a pig in mud !!!!
Oh
.. wait ... she IS a pig in mud !!!!
Will YOU Please VOLUNTEER to
Wrap Gifts at Barnes and Noble ?
CHARLOTTESVILLE - FREDERICKSBURG - FALLS CHURCH
RON topcat@cstone.net
in CHARLOTTESVILLE
Monday
12/14 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Tuesday
12/15 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
NORA nelmg@aol.com
in FREDERICKSBURG
Saturday
12/19 1:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Sunday
12/20 12:00 PM - 800 PM
Tuesday
12/22 3:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Wednesday
12/23 3:00 PM - 9:00 PM
FRED fred@z9a.com
in FALLS CHURCH
Friday
12/18 10:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Saturday
12/19 10:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Sunday
12/20 10:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Pick a shift and HELP THE ANIMALS --- email the
volunteer at YOUR store TODAY !!
The
baby pigs have a new home !!! They’re
still getting formula, but are now drinking out of a bowl, and they are eating
... and eating ... just like ... ummm ....well
PIGS !!!! They’ve already about
doubled in size and outgrown tea-cup status ... now they’re miniature pigs .... and soon they’ll outgrow
that.
They’ve
got a nice new outdoor home where the can spend these beautiful days !!! Happy piggies .... but they still need to come in the 9th Life Center at night.
They’ll
be getting speutered on the 22 .... and they they would be happy if no
contributions came in to make it possible .... WE need your help, cuz we don’t need 20, 30, 40 .... more
piggies !!!! www.RikkisRefuge.org/Donate
Christmas
Tour and Reception
Tours@RikkisRefuge.org to reserve your
tickets
Come
to one or both !!! We look forward to
showing you what your kindness has built !!!
EVERYBODY
wants to get in on one of Mr. Ken's awesome tours... Even the critters! If you
come visit for one of our tours, YOU could be getting this view! Ken will be leading our Christmas Day Tour.
How
Awesome! Doesn't this look like paradise?
That’s what our recent guests who came all the way from England to see
the sanctuary in person, had to say as all the critters came out to give them
an escort !
Is there a Turkey in your life ?
Give
your holiday season a new meaning this year ... the meaning of Love, Life and
Hope !!
Let
the world know how you feel. Turkeys are our FRIENDS and should be treated with
love and respect. If you don't have a turkey friend, you absolutely must visit
Rikki's Refuge no-kill life-care sanctuary and meet some very wonderful
turkeys! You'll be glad you did.
Each
T-shirt sold during this campaign will help to care for the Turkeys, Chickens,
Geese, Ducks, Guinea Fowl, Peacocks and Pigeons at Rikki's Refuge over the
winter when they need so much more food.
We
hope you'll make some time to come and visit our happy birds .... and all the
other animals, too!
Get
your very own shirt right here: http://www.tfund.com/TurkeyFriends
ONLY available
for the next four days -- so hurry !!!
Friends Don’t Let Friends
Go To Bed HUNGRY !!!
Go To Bed HUNGRY !!!
Love,
Opie
Thank you for being there for us !! YOU have made our very lives possible thru
your kind and generous donations !!!!
Don’t forget to SAVE A LIFE TODAY
Rikki’s Refuge
PO Box 1357
Orange VA 22960
