GOOD MORNING GOOD NEWS
Happy ThanksGiving
Happy ThanksGiving
OH NO !!!!!
I'm in BIG troubles, please
help me .....
I left Obie, my assistant, in
charge of the Thanksgiving Feast for the animals and well, nobody but the dogs
are impressed with the results.
Can YOU help me earn enough
green papers in time to make sure that all the animals at Rikki's Refuge have a
happy Thanksgiving this Thursday and a nice meal of what they like ?
I've got to raise $1304
before THURSDAY - and that's just tomorrow - to make everybody happy and full
!!!!
Won't you skip just one cup
of coffee or one donut to help make 1304 animals HAPPY ???
THANK YOU!! Love, Opie
http://rikkisrefuge.org/donate?purpose=FEAST
Please ask all your friends
to help me too !!!!!!!!
Did
YOU sign up for the Thanksgiving Tour
and Reception? I sure hope you did
.... I hope I getz to seez you tomorrow
........
Lots of exciting things going
on this week .... and next month too
....
Here's the quick run down
..... I'll try to pop back in soon to
tell you MORE !!!!
DELICIOUS
NUM NUM POPCORN
Hurry!! It's back! Our Nom Nom Popcorn fundraiser is underway TODAY through
December 9 - Just in time for the holidays!!
Rikki's Refuge earns 30% of
each sale AND you don't have to wait until the end of the sale for your
products. Your order will arrive within 7-10 days of placing it!!
www.supportyours.org/rikkisrefuge
click to order
AND in addition to the more
than 65 awesome and unique popcorn flavors, new snack pack combinations,
gourmet seasonings, and build-a-tins at great prices, they now also offer:
**Java Nom’s” Coffee –
Eye-Opening Varieties of Delicious Coffee to please every java lover!
**Mama Bear’s” Pickles &
Peppers – Tempting Pickle and Pepper Products to add a little zing to meal or
snack time!
**A New Line of Savory &
Sweet Flavored Nuts! Scrumptious Peanuts and Almonds and Cashews, oh my!
www.supportyours.org/rikkisrefuge order for YOU and for your popcorn loving
friends on your Shopping List ....
TODAY !!
You eat popcorn ... I get
Fancy Feast !!!
BLACK FRIDAY EVENTS AT RIKKI'S
BLACK SHEEP FRIDAY
Join
us for our very first Black Sheep Friday ..... don't rush out to spend money playing into the hands of commercializing
every holiday and event ..... don't get
caught up in the mad rush .....
Think
about Thanks and about Giving at this time of year. Look around ... be grateful for the planet you live on .... be thankful for your fellow earth mates
.....
Show your Thanks by Giving back this Black Friday ....
You can pick who you'd like to spend the day with. We'd pick the animals ...... and if you do too come to Rikki's or spend the day volunteering at a local sanctuary or shelter and helping the animals who are so often forgotten during the holiday season.
If you pick hoomans ..... spend the day visiting at a nursing home, a children's home, a homeless shelter, a woman and children shelter. YOU can make a difference on Friday .....
Show your Thanks by Giving back this Black Friday ....
You can pick who you'd like to spend the day with. We'd pick the animals ...... and if you do too come to Rikki's or spend the day volunteering at a local sanctuary or shelter and helping the animals who are so often forgotten during the holiday season.
If you pick hoomans ..... spend the day visiting at a nursing home, a children's home, a homeless shelter, a woman and children shelter. YOU can make a difference on Friday .....
Show
the world and PUT YOUR TIME AND YOUR MONEY WHERE YOUR HEART TELLS YOU TO
Help
commercialize holidays by forking it over to the big corporations you hate
seeing growing fat on your dollars ......
or spend it really making a difference .....
The future of the planet and every soul on it, is in YOUR hands.
The future of the planet and every soul on it, is in YOUR hands.
Spend
the day with us at Rikki's, working with our Sanctuary Manager, assisting in
feeding of the animals, cleaning of the animal areas to include scooping poop,
raking poop, and disposing of the poop!
Yup,
it's a lot of poop !!!
It
is outside work, so dress for the weather, bring your animal-friendly lunch
(this means to share but don't bring animal parts to eat), and work from 10 am
until 3 pm!!
It's
hard work, but with great rewards and our volunteers will get LOTS of animal
interaction (in addition to animals in pastures and pens, we also have many
free range cats, dogs, goats, turkeys, peacocks, ducks, geese, chickens, etc
that will likely be your shadows!).
We
are a life care sanctuary with 1300 animals, both domestic and farm, of 22
different species - from cats, dogs, turkeys, emus, cows, pigs, goats, and
everything in between!!
Why
not try something different for Black Friday??
You
must sign up in advance to attend !!!
Send
an email to VOLUNTEERS@RikkisRefuge.org
NOW for your free ticket !!
BLACK FRIDAY FOOD BOWL BUSTER
runs
from midnight Thursday to 11:59 pm Friday Rikki's time
BLACK
FRIDAY FOOD BOWL BUSTER – 20% Off ALL Donations!!!
20%
Off Your Donation Shopping at Rikki’s Refuge From midnight Thursday thru 11:59 pm
Black Friday, we’ve got the best shopping idea EVER!
ALL
donations — no limits my friends — ALL donations —
are topped with 20% ….
YOU
donate $80 and our Black Friday Donor drops in $20 ….
and the animals get FED $100 of
food!!
Is
this cool or what??
Spread the word ….
Feed ’em all!!
OH
MY GOSH!!
Rikki’s
20% off Donations Shopping Spree just got BETTER!
How
many folks are on your Christmas list?
Tired
of shopping, spending money on gas or postage, fighting over parking spots,
getting mugged in malls?
Well
…. Look what we’ve got for YOU today,
donations
of $25 or more will get an email OR snail mail holiday card from Rikki’s ....
just
tell us who it’s for, anything special you’d like us to say from you, their
name and snail mail or email address … we’ll take care of the rest ….
AND
it still qualifies for the 20% Off Your Donation Shopping at Rikki’s
MIDNIGHT
Thursday thru 11:59 pm Black Friday !!!
Spread
the word ….
Feed
’em all!!
AND
get your Holiday Shopping ALL DONE TODAY with no trouble, no hassle!!
Can
you possibly think of a better gift to give someone than saving a life in their
honor?
WHAT
ARE YOU WAITING FOR ?
RIKKI'S
LOGO JEWELRY SPECIAL SALE
Our fabulous authentic
sterling silver Rikki's Refuge lapel pins and necklaces (custom made for us by
Michael Gallagher Jewelers) are MORE than half off this weekend!!
Yes, they really are!!
The pins are normally $40,
and the necklaces are $50.
But for a limited time this
weekend, that brings them down to $14.99 and $19.99 respectively!
They've never been this low,
and may never be again!
And there are limited
quantities!
Get your necklace and pin at
deep deep discount NOW !!!!!
You can buy yours directly at
our wonderful store in Fredericksburg
Re-Tail
3503 Lafayette Blvd,
Fredericksburg
540-891-5300
Or you can buy on line and
we'll ship to you !!!!!
And shipping is $4 to U.S.
addresses. International? Just let me know what country, and we'll let you
know.
HURRY ... inventory is running low !!!
HUGE STOREWIDE BLACK FRIDAY SALE
You
can feel good about supporting stores like Re-Tail where 100% of sales stay
with the Rikki's Family, supporting the animals that YOU love !!!
No
corporate CEO's or CCO's getting fat ... well ... not fat with green papers
!!!!!
Mom be our CEO - Chief
Excrement Officer and she don't get no green papers at all .... not even any to
buy a veggie burger .... sometimes Petunia will share an apple with her.
I be CCO - Chief Cat Officer and I might be fat .... and I use the green papers to buy food for me and for everybody else here too .... and to pay their doctors .... and to pay the nice dump people who take all our poop to store it cus we'd just run out of room .... and to pay the lectic man so we have lights so da hoomans can see da poop at night to clean it up .....
I be CCO - Chief Cat Officer and I might be fat .... and I use the green papers to buy food for me and for everybody else here too .... and to pay their doctors .... and to pay the nice dump people who take all our poop to store it cus we'd just run out of room .... and to pay the lectic man so we have lights so da hoomans can see da poop at night to clean it up .....
THANK YOU for
supporting Rikki's Refuge and Saving Lives !!!!
Your EVERY purchase at
Re-Tail makes a difference !!!
THE REST OF THE YEAR
GIVING
TUESDAY
This will be a facebook only
event and fundraiser only on Tuesday, December 28
Money raised during this opportunity
be matched by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Facebook is waiving
all fees, so every penny donated AND MORE goes directly to Rikki's Refuge.
It's simple for YOU to set
you your own plea on facebook for donations for Rikki's Refuge.
Just ask me how, Vincent@RikkisRefuge.org or message
me on facebook, https://www.facebook.com/Kerry.Hilliard yeahhhh I know ... it's got HER name on
there, but it's really MY facebook page !!!!!
It won't cost you a thing !!!! Is donating to save a life on YOUR Christmas Wish List? This is the PURRFECT opportunity to ask all YOUR friends and family to make a donation in you honor and as your Christmas Gift (like who needs another scarf, right?) AND to have it DOUBLED !!!!
It won't cost you a thing !!!! Is donating to save a life on YOUR Christmas Wish List? This is the PURRFECT opportunity to ask all YOUR friends and family to make a donation in you honor and as your Christmas Gift (like who needs another scarf, right?) AND to have it DOUBLED !!!!
Check our facebook pages on TUESDAY and donate thru
any one of them marked as GIVING TUESDAY DOUBLES ..... and seriously ... think about doing you very own fundraiser
.... it's really really easy and I'll
walk you turn setting it up !!!!!
Visit us on Tuesday
Visit us on Tuesday
Pick any of those pages and
look for our Giving Tuesday DOUBLES !!!!
PHOTOS
WITH SANTA AT RE-TAIL
Starting Saturday December 2
EVERYONE WELCOME
OUR SANTA DON'T CARE HOW MANY LEGS YOU HAVE
OR HOW LONG YOUR EARS ARE
HE WANTS TO HEAR YOUR WISH LIST
Pictures with Santa $10
You receive 1 print plus a cd
with all the pictures we take of your family.
Pet and human friendly!
Appointments are preferred
and will provide a guaranteed time, but walk-ins are also welcome.
Slots fill up quickly, call 540-891-5300
or email Re-Tail@RikkisRefuge.org
us asap to schedule your appointment.
Saturday, December 2, 11:00 am
- 4:00 pm
Sunday, December 3, 1:00 pm -
4:00 pm
Saturday, December 9, 11:00 am
- 4:00 pm
Sunday, December 10, 1:00 pm -
4:00 pm
Saturday, December 16, 11:00 am
- 4:00 pm
Sunday, December 17, 1:00 pm -
4:00 pm
Thursday, December 21, 11:00 am
- 4:00 pm
WRAPPING
FOR RIKKI'S
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED - ALL
SHIFTS
Wrap for tips !
Help customers, help Rikki's
and have fun all at the same time!
Volunteer Gift Wrappers are
needed for Rikki's Refuge on December 16, 17, 23, 24 at the Barnes & Noble
Bookstore (Seven Corners Location) in Falls Church, VA!
Please contact FRED at fred@z9a.com or Volunteers@RikkisRefuge.org if
you can help!
Saturday, Dec. 16, 10 am - 9 pm
Sunday, Dec 17, 10 am - 7 pm
Saturday, December 23, 10 am
- 9 pm
Sunday, December 24, 10 am -
7 pm
AND December 21, 22, 23 at
the Barnes & Noble Bookstore in Charlottesville, VA!
If you can help, please
contact Ron Herfurth (Rikki’s Refuge Director of Serving Cats) at topcat@cstone.net or Volunteers@RikkisRefuge.org
Thursday, December 21, 4 pm-8
pm
Friday, December 22, 5 pm-8 pm
Saturday, December 23, 5 pm-8
pm
All donations
received go directly to Rikki’sRefuge!
CHRISTMAS
DAY TOUR
OH NO !!!! Did you forget to get your tickets for our Thanksgiving
Day Tour ?
SIGN UP NOW for our CHRISTMAS
DAY TOUR at Rikki's Refuge, followed by a small reception at our Life Center.
We would love to see you, but
you MUST have reservations.
For more information and to
reserve your spot, email us at Tours@RikkisRefuge.org
We also have a New Year's Day
Wild and Wooly Nature Hike .... noon on
New Year's Day
get your tickets at Tours@RikkisRefuge.org BUT only if you dare hike off into the
wilderness where you have no idea who you may come across ..... will Bigfoote follow the hikers again this
year ........ You won't know if you don't sign up !!
CATCHING UP ON THE PAST
Ohh we've had exciting times since
I last talked to you .....
and I'll tell you more about them later .....
but just to get you up to date.......
SAVING
SARA
Sara kept coming to visit
Rikki's Refuge since she was an itty bitty baby calf. She was an escape artist living on an adjoining farm. She kept coming over to visit with our cows
and sheep and goats and cats and dogs ....
Sara was a friend to everyone.
We welcomed her roaming our
refuge, we wanted her to be allowed to stay, to grow up, to enjoy life with
us. Yet she would be retrieved and
taken home. But soon she'd be
back.
And she grew .... and grew
.... and now she's about a year old and her family was being sent off to market
.... and still .... Sara came to
Rikki's .... looking longingly at the
safety and protection we offer our animals .... a life ... for as long as god let's them be here.
Knowing the end of her life
was coming soon, our volunteer Nora, rallied others together and raised the
money to buy Sara's freedom.
The days the papers were
signed and the exchange made, Sara stood there in the driveway that separates
our two farms .... our farm of peace and happiness ever after called Rikki's
Refuge .... their farm of the cycle of short term life and off to market ... looking over our Sanctuary Manager's (Doug)
shoulder as he signed her papers.
Sara took one last look over
her shoulder at her family, already loaded on livestock trucks and ready to
ride off to market, she let out a long low mooo ..... and turned and followed Doug to Rikki's and turn our gate to
live a life of happy ever after.
We are so thankful to those
of you who saved Sara from becoming a steak or a hamburger. THANK YOU.
It's wonderful people like
YOU who support Rikki's Refuge and make it possible for us to feed, house, and
care for all these wonderful animals of so many wonderful species who just want
peace and happiness and live ..... and
YOU make it possible for us to do it ....
ONE DOLLAR AT A TIME !!!!
Thank you for being there for
Sara and her new family of 1300 saved happy animals ......
Your support means the world
to every one of them ....
www.RikkisRefuge.org/Donate
RIKKI'S
5K RUN
Our 5K Run was a huge success
with 78 runners and walkers of two species !!!!!
Thank you Dennis and Crystal for sponsoring, coordinating, managing and making the run a huge success again this year !!!!!
Thank you Dennis and Crystal for sponsoring, coordinating, managing and making the run a huge success again this year !!!!!
Congratulations to our 1st
place guy Tim Sveum, 1st place gal Tiana Laux, and our Team Winner the Marines !!!!
THREE
LITTLE PIGGIES
These three little gals won't
blow your house down !!!! But they
will grow up to be big beautiful girls like our Petunia ... ONLY because YOU
went out of your way to save them !!!!
These girls were on loan to a
pick your own produce place .... what a
great place to fatten them up before they'd be going back to the feed lot and slaughter.
They learned to love people and got so friendly. One kind person visiting the produce place said WHAT ??? These beautiful creatures are here to learn to love humans, to get treats, pats, to be treated like living beings with a soul and a heart .... and then to be processed into Christmas Ham?
NO FRIGGING WAY !!!!!
They learned to love people and got so friendly. One kind person visiting the produce place said WHAT ??? These beautiful creatures are here to learn to love humans, to get treats, pats, to be treated like living beings with a soul and a heart .... and then to be processed into Christmas Ham?
NO FRIGGING WAY !!!!!
She told someone about them,
who told someone else, who ....... and
I bet you know the rest of the story.
She heard about Rikki's and about pigs like Petunia who can live in
peace and happiness just being pigs .....
cus you know ... no pig ever wanted to be ham ... or bacon ... no none
of them.
And now these three little girls are here for you to play with and watch grow up.
THANK YOU for making it possible for wonderful animals to live out their natural lives !!!
And now these three little girls are here for you to play with and watch grow up.
THANK YOU for making it possible for wonderful animals to live out their natural lives !!!
PUMPKIN
PICKIN
Lots of nice hoomans picked
and loaded and hauled pumpkins .....
and all the grass eatin, cud chewing, vegivores are very very happy
!!!!!
THANKSLIVING
We had a lovely ThanksLiving
tour and feeding of the animals. Lars,
our chief turkey, is a huge supporter of World Vegan Month, November, and he led
the ThanksLiving Tour, constantly gobbling the message "Feed us, don't eat
us" to all our visitors.
Once again ... our fabulous
chefs outdid themselves with a wonderful vegan dinner for da hoomans too
!!!!! If you'd like to join us next
year for a tour of feeding the animals and then our Vegan ThanksLiving Meal in
celebration of letting animals live their natural lives, sign up NOW, seats
sell out FAST .... so HURRY .... it's NOT too early to reserve your spot for
2018 ..... Saturday before Thanksgiving. Events@RikkisRefuge.org
KAITLYN
SAYS COME MEET ME !!!!
Sign up for a tour soon and
visit all the critters. Kaitlyn and her
friends look forward to seeing you and sharing purrs and love and hugs !!!!
Tours@RikkisRefuge.org
Tours@RikkisRefuge.org
THANK YOU FOR LOVING ALL OF US AND
TAKING THE TIME TO SAVE A LIFE TODAY
CUZ EVERY ONE OF US MATTER S
DON'T YOU THINK ?
Love,
Opie
Don’t forget to SAVE A LIFE TODAY !
Rikki’s Refuge
PO Box 1357
Orange VA 22960
And please come see me soon !!
In the mean time, Keep up with us on Facebook and
you'll get the minute to minute details about what's going on at Rikki's Refuge
.... you'll be the first to see the new residents .... and the first to know
about up coming events !!!
Rikki's Refuge
Opie and
Vincent's Page
Duke's Page
Re-Tail Thrift Store in Fredericksburg
The Duke Thomas Peabody Antique and Collectables
Shoppe in Culpeper
Opie's and Mom's Purrsonal Profile
Opie's Edibles for Fun Animal Friendly Recipes and
Cooking Tips: https://www.facebook.com/OpiesEdibles
Vincent D. Cat's Gathering Place, a place to hang
out, chat, and have fun
Kitty Litter-Ature
Rikki's Crazy Cat Person Club
For the Love of Black Cats
Our Website
which needs help getting up to date .... if you
"do" WordPress and would like to help, let us know Volunteers@RikkisRefuge.org
Rikki's Refuge
is owned and operated by Life Unlimited of Virginia, Inc., an IRS 501(c)(3)
not-for-profit Virginia Corporation. Federal Tax-ID 54-1911042. Your donations
provide direct support. A financial statement is available upon written request
from the Virginia State Office of Consumer Affairs.
