GOOD MORNING GOOD NEWS ---- DECEMBER 27, 2015
Good Morning Friends !!!!! I think the silliest
hooman thing I ever done heard of is giving all your moneys to this Uncle Sam
guy ..... What's he do wif it? He feed da aminnals? He spay and neuter? He
teaches hoomans to be kind and nice and good to aminals? I don't know much bout
him, never met da dude .... but I heard he he just takes da money and takes da
money. If you had da choice, wouldn't you rather give dat money to Uncle
Vincent?
We all know what Uncle Vincent stands for ... love,
happiness, compassion, helping aminals, ALL aminals ... not just one kind ...
but so many aminals of so many kinds .... and he gibs home to 1300 aminals
every day ... and helps others too .... and he speuters and TNRs and helps
people to keep their aminals and teaches hoomans to be nice and kind and good
to aminals and good to each other ....
I know Uncle Vincent .... he's my adoptive daddy
.... and he was so kind to me when I was a scared little kitty learning how to
make as a differently-abled little guy .... he teaches the whole big world to
love and to be kind and to be good to the differently-abled ... not just like
me and him .... but no matter what kind of earth being you are, no how big or
how small, if you walk on two or four or three, if you can see or not .... just
no matter what ... be good, be kind, be gentle to every single living being
.... and to our planet too ....
We gotz sponsor who say ALL da money should goes to
Uncle Vincent and not dat Uncle Sam .... he know that can't quite happen, cuz
Uncle Sam will seek you out and get as much of your money as he can .... BUT
our sponsor say there's ways ... and they be legal too ... to give Uncle Sam
less than what he wants .... he's gonna make you spend it .... but my sponsor
says spend it wisely .... help the animals !!!!
Cuz every penny you donate to Rikki's Refuge and to
other 501c3 tax exempt rescues .... is a penny that Uncle Sam dude don't get
.... It can make a big difference my sponsor say .... he looked at all his
paper work and counting stuff .... and he needs to give more away this year to lower
what Uncle Sam calls his tax bracket ... my sponsor say if you play the numbers
.... you can really be a WINNER .... Making donations to tax deductible organizations
like Rikki's Refuge and dramatically lower your tax bill !!! YES ...... that
sounds like WIN WIN to me !!!
And that means YOU can see your tax bill go DOWN .....
and the animal happiness level go UP ....
nice animals given food, medical care, a home, and happiness .... Well
what are you waiting for ? Make your tax deductible, tax saving DONATION today
..... and my sponsor is gonna HELP you .... he needs to save so much on taxes
... he'll DOUBLE what ever your DONATE from right this second .... until the
last minute of 2015 !!!! www.RikkisRefuge.org/donate?purpose=Uncle
Pretty nice deal for all of us, huh?
So hurry and get in your last minute 2015 Tax
Deductible Donation.
Or if you RUN RUN RUN to the Post Office TODAY you
can mail it to
Rikki's Refuge
PO Box 1357
Orange VA 22960
Don't matter HOW you do it ....
just DO it .....
Make YOUR year end on a HAPPY HAPPY
note !!!!
Every single penny ADDS up ....
let's see how much we can get our
sponsor to give !!!
Donate a $1 now, or $5, or $10 if you
can.
It will turn into $2 or $10 or $20 ....
Donate $50 and it turns into to $100 ...
Donate $250 and it's suddenly $500
....
YEAH !!!!
and it don't stop there ....
donate sixty two gazillen and ....
mmmmm ....
I'll need my sponsor to help figure that
one out .....
But I don't need no help figuring out
how much I LOVE YOU !!!!
I set the bait .... and I tried staying up for
Santa ... I really was gonna catch him this year ....
And I waited and waited .... and it got so late ... and I got so tired
.... and
But when I woke up in the morning !!!!
It all worked out just right !!!!!
Thank YOU Santa and all my Santa elves who helped
to make it a wonderful Christmas at Rikki’s.
Izzy loved out tree and kept guarding it and saying
it was HERS
Kiki got a really nice lookin pressie
And she thought the muddy weather was a nice
pressie too
Silly dawggie ..... she’d rather have had snow ... but not me ... no snow for me
!!!
Kiki loves to play in the snow ... and she loves to play in the mud and run and
jump in puddles and roll .... how disgusting .... that’s what dawggies do ....
And she loves pressies of bread most of all
... she’ll get some and haul it around
with her all day ... and you better not dare try to touch her bread !!!!
Just like I think boxes and bags are the bestest
pressies of all ... well except for Fancy Feast ... Kiki thinks a bag of bread is the bestest of all !!!
Look who got REAL lucky for Christmas !!!!!
Claudia has been waiting at our Adoption Center at
Re-Tail for over a year ..... waiting for a real home of her very own .....
TODAY her adoption contract is signed !!!! Congratulations Claudia ... you got
a wonderful home with Mama Melissa... I think you've been waiting for that all
this time ... and that's why nobody else snapped you up.
This is this best Christmas Present EVER for
kitties everywhere .... your local shelter is probably closed to day .... but
why not make this week the time to adopt someone .... your purrfect new friend
is waiting behind bars and begging to go home with you !!!
Make somebody else's Christmas REALLY bright !!!!
Even if it is a few days late ....
I you can’t adopt ... then help us help animals find new homes ...
We had a lovely Christmas Day at Rikki’s
There’s been so much rain and things are so muddy
and they were calling for rain on Christmas .... do we cancel the tour ... or does the show go on !!!! We decided to give it a shot and if it was
too rainy let everyone decide for themselves.
Some people look so forward to Christmas Day Tours that they reserved months
in advance and would be so disappointed if cancelled.
Others have just heard about Rikki’s, like Heather
and Jennifer who learned about us at a benefit in Scottsville just last week
and got all excited to see what it’s really all about !!!
One couple had wanted to come every Christmas for
four years. But she had to work the
last three Christmas Days .... and was
she ever happy when she managed to get off this year and come on a tour.
Jim has been following Rikki’s Refuge for several
years from Seattle .... He learned
about us on the animal rescue site ....
and loves that we have so many different kinds of animals ... we don’t
just help cats or dogs or horse .... we
help everybody we can ... we’ve had dozens of species of animals living here
long term ... and even more that we’ve helped to find homes for ....
He saved up his money and came to visit his
daughter and grandsons in Hampton, Virginia .... on the promise that she bring him to Rikki’s Christmas Day Tour
... so the family got up at 6:30 on
Christmas morning so they could let the kids open pressies ... then they loaded
into the car for the three hour drive to Rikki’s .... and they LOVED it ....
you’ll see one of the boys feeding an emu later on the trip .... tell me this wasn’t the best Christmas experience
this young man will ever have !!!
Ken, Robyn, Melissa and Jan led a wonderful tour
....
Melissa took the photos .... and here’s what she
had to say ...
I had a WONDERFUL day at Rikki's!! I came home
COVERED in muddy paw prints. It's a wonderful way to spend Christmas! And lots
of other people enjoyed it, too!!
Santa even came! He posed with Mickey, first.
The cows are saying "hurry up! Bring us nums!
We know you have them...we see the bags!" And their wishes were granted.
There’s something about cows --- everybody loves
cows --- they’re always surprised how big they are ... how friendly they are
.... how they act just like doggies wanting a treat and they want to lick your
face !!! But watch out ... that huge
tongue is very slobbery and a little lick can about knock you off your feet you
tiny little hooman you !!!
Kiki
and Beauty
(... who says she’s a little leery ... her job is
to keep the animals safe and chase off people and animals she doesn’t know ....
but Santa said these folks are good .....) said that this weather is for the
birds....they want snow!
And the ducks loved the rainy weather!
Bubba and his goose friend,
as well as Petey (the little gray goat)
were happy to get some attention, too!
And look at Betty with her new friend!
Betty was named Bitey when she arrived at Rikki's,
because she bit an animal control officer. She was freaked out at the shelter
and wanted out of there. Luckily, she was able to come to Rikki's. Otherwise,
she would have been killed.
Her new friend was glad that she came to Rikki's!! And I think he was glad that a trip to Rikki’s
was the highlight of his Christmas too !
Oh, my! Who's that?
A duck that has hair just like Donald Trump!!! lol.
The pigs LOVE the mud!
They wish the weather was like this all of the
time! Patrick and Preston were bobbing for apples! Petunia was happy with the
apples and potatoes,
and the emus were thrilled with the broccoli!
This little boy says "I'm not used to doing
this" ...
well not many folks are unless they visit Rikki's
frequently. This really shows the force that the emus peck and pull on that
broccoli ...... and exactly why you cannot wear shiny, dangley or sparkly
jewelry in Emu Estates .... just imagine what would happen if they grabbed your
earrings, nose ring or eyebrow studs with this force .... It'd certainly end up
in a bloody mess leaving you looking like a scarred up tom cat .... even
necklaces are a hazard ... though you'd probably only get a good jerk or maybe
abrasions ... it's doubtful the yank would be quite enough to sever the neck
.... but why test it out ?
Then, the rain came down a bit too hard to safely
have my camera out for doggy downs
Hey YOU ... touch one of my bills and you can make it double .... pleaz ...
and the cat runs.
and the cat runs.
But, back at the Life Center, Wally lounges on
Robyn Schnellenberger's lap,
while Sylvestra gives herself a bath on a friend's
lap.
Well, that was my Christmas. How was yours?? Melissa !!
If YOU were one of the lucky ones who visited
Christmas Day ... send me YOUR story and pictures !!!
Santa was back at our Thrift Shop (if you haven’t
been by, stop in now for fabulous buys and savings, Re-Tail, 3503 Lafayette
Blvd, Fredericksburg, VA) this year taking photos with friends !!!! Some were hooman .... and the others were
an array of species !!!
Just like Rikki’s, our Santa doesn’t discriminate
.... no matter what your species ....
Santa wants YOU to mark your 2016 calendar NOW to get your photo with
him next year !!!
Not all cats appreciate getting out to go visiting
But the doggies really do !
This duck gets a story read by Santa every year !
This was the littlest guy who came to Re-Tail for
photos !!
Don’t YOU forget ... visit the store in the mean
time .... and be there for photos next
Christmas ...
FRIENDS share with FRIENDS
Help us fill the pantry to overflowing, stock up on
necessities, and make it easier for us all to get thru the winter when the feed
bills are so much higher !!!
If you share a $10 between NOW and the last minute
of 2015 .... our generous sponsor will
do this
Let’s keep him dropping those notes in !!!
Love,
Opie
Thank you for being there for us !! YOUR tax deductible end of year donations
will ensure our happiness into 2016 !!!
Don’t forget to SAVE A LIFE TODAY
Rikki’s Refuge
PO Box 1357
Orange VA 22960
