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 !
I’m Vincent D. Cat and here to make you happy! You are
HEROES! You work hard every day and you deserve to smile every day! Those of
you working to save us animals hear so very many very sad things. And there’s
lots of very glad things too and that’s what we talk about here! All pawsitive
all the time! I want my friends to be happy and smile and know there’s a lot of
good - including YOU - in this world!! Be kind and pass it on! Please send me
your Good New and Fun Stuff to share, personal or global. Let’s keep it fun and
interactive!! After all, if we couldn’t laugh, we would all go insane! Vincent@RikkisRefuge.org
Yeahhhh
Pumpkins!
The more
we get for the herbivores, the more money to buy food for me!
So many of you have been working hard and hauling pumpkins
to Rikki’s !!!!! have you seen a
pumpkin stand that we haven’t cleaned out??
Report in immediately!!!! STOP,
fill your truck, your truck .... grab those pumpkins and come on out to Rikki’s
No matter
who
small or
....
large
we’ll eat
all the pumpkins you can bring us !!!!!
No matter
how many pumpkins you’re had to eat ....
I need your
vote !!!!!
Remember to vote every day!!! The mostest votes will win us $1,000 !!!
Rikki’s Refuge has fallen to 8th place in the
nation!!!!
The auction is running now - It ends 7 pm Nov 21 !!! In time to ship your items out for
Christmas.
Bidding is EASY - Enter your bid in the comment box,
When asked "Comment as" pick the option best
suited to you.
Facebook user - pick Name/URL from the drop down menu, enter
your Name and your FB URL.
None of the above, pick Anonymous and be sure to enter your
contact e-mail in the comments - or just enter your name and send me an email
letting me know which bidder you are so I can email you!!!
Keep track of who’s bidding on the items you like - click on
“Subscribe to: Post Comments” at the
bottom of the listing, after the comment area.
Pick google and set it up to notify you by email, or pick any other
option you like.
Questions? On the
“home” page, top right, “How to Bid” should give you answers!
Questions? Don't hesitate to ask Vincent Cat
Vincent@RikkisRefuge.org the answer-cat!!!!
Please join us Saturday, November 12, 2011 at Rikki’s Refuge
for
NATURE APPRECIATION DAY
Noon - Refuge Tour
2 pm - Nature Hike
5 pm - Sunset Bonfire & Veggies on the Grill
7 pm - Full Moon Walk
$28 per person (minimum donation), for the full day or any
part of the day! All donations go
towards the Wildlife Defense Fund.
In addition to the 1300 domestic and farm animals we care
for every day, we protect 300 acres of pristine nature, woods and wetlands, for
Native Virginia Wildlife. It’s a hard job, as development encroaches, large
tracts are logged, hunters poach. This spring an adjoining landowner wanted to
build a logging road, meandering a mile and a half thru the woods and wetlands
of Rikki’s Refuge. We fought, and we saved the land and the lives of countless
animals that call it home. The
resulting survey and legal bill is a devastating $28,976.16, at a time when
we’re finding it difficult to cover the daily expenses for our 1300 resident
animals; their medical bills, their food, their care. Would you please give a tax-deductible donation of just $28 to
help the animals?
Remember last Thanksgiving for Rikki’s Friends? It was DELICIOUS!!! The Good News is Mariza is doing it again
this year!!! Rikki’s Thanksgiving
Dinner will be served at her home, Spotsylvania close to the rt 3 / 20
intersection, you’ll get a map when you RSVP.
November 20th, Sunday, 4 pm the eating starts!!! Appetizers, dozens of appetizers!! 6 pm, sit down dinner!!
RSVP now as we do have to limit the number to how many can
fit in Mariza’s house! $25 per
eater! Delicious. many many courses, all kinds of wonderful
delicious things. All vegetarian. And yes, you carnivores are welcome too,
you’ll never miss a thing!!! So many
different and varied delectable dishes!!
I LOVE my
Volunteers !!!!!
Ron and
me, wez work together building things ........
Iz got the
bigger tool set!!!! But I no tease Ron. I know trick! If you let hooman think
youz don't know how to do nothing .... they do all the work for youz!!!!
YOU too can be a Vincent Volunteer - on site - or virtually
- just ask me how! Vincent@RikkisRefuge.org
I Love
YOU,
Vincent
PS You tell me what you want! Email me at Vincent@RikkisRefuge.org with
instructions to change your subscription: additions, deletions or
modifications! Subscriptions:
Vincent’s VIPs - up to the second alerts about issues at Rikki’s
Refuge for those who care and want to be intimately involved. Scheduled as
needed. Good Morning Good News - a little something to get you going in
the mornings, for those of you who want to keep smiling with us! Scheduled
daily. Hairballs - so you know what’s coming up at Rikki’s! Scheduled
weekly.
Rikki's Refuge, supported solely by private donations,
houses over 1200 animals of 22 species. On line at http://bit.ly/Give-a-gift-to-Rikkis
Checks, money orders, cash, items at Rikki's Refuge, PO Box 1357, Orange VA
22960
Rikki's Refuge is owned and operated by Life Unlimited of
Virginia, Inc., an IRS 501(c)(3) not-for-profit Virginia Corporation, tax-id
54-1911042. Combined Federal Campaigns #77674, Commonwealth of Virginia Campaign #3163, PetsMart Charities #1377. A financial
statement is available upon written request from the State Office of Consumer
Affairs.
Learn more www.RikkisRefuge.org
and help spread the good word, tell everyone you know about Rikki’s Refuge
I’m Vincent D. Cat and here to make you happy! You are
HEROES! You work hard every day and you deserve to smile every day! Those of
you working to save us animals hear so very many very sad things. And there’s
lots of very glad things too and that’s what we talk about here! All pawsitive
all the time! I want my friends to be happy and smile and know there’s a lot of
good - including YOU - in this world!! Be kind and pass it on! Please send me
your Good New and Fun Stuff to share, personal or global. Let’s keep it fun and
interactive!! After all, if we couldn’t laugh, we would all go insane! Vincent@RikkisRefuge.org
Jack's back!
Cat
missing at JFK Airport for two months is found 'safe and well'
And if that isn’t good news, I don’t know what is!! It’s such good news to me cuz it tells me
what a forward move YOU all have made in society, when a little lost kitty
becomes important to the planet and when being found is news worthy!!! What a wonderful thing all you rescuers are
doing!! One by one, you teach another
one. Everyone recruited into the caring
loving world of rescue is one more big step for hoomankind!!!
Jack who had been missing since he was lost at the baggage
area at a New York airport two months ago has been found safe and well. Dehydrated and a underweight Jack the Cat,
who was lost on August 25, was finally found in the customs room at John F
Kennedy Airport. He is now at a vets in
Queens, New York, where he is awaiting a reunion with his owner Karen Pascoe.
Ms Pascoe has led a vocal Facebook campaign in a bid to
pressure the airport to find Jack, who went missing in transit prior to an
American Airlines (AA) flight between New York and San Francisco,
California. AA reported the discovery
on a Facebook page of their own declaring: 'American Airlines is happy to
announce that Jack the Cat has been found safe and well at JFK Airport'.
'Jack was found in the customs room and was immediately
taken by team members to a local veterinarian.
'The vet has advised that Jack is doing well at present. 'American (Airlines) will fly Jack to
California to be reunited with Ms Pascoe.
'We thank the Friends of Jack for their ongoing search efforts outside
the JFK perimeter and share everyone's relief that he has been found.'
Poor Jack was dehydrated and terribly skinny from not having
enough food and water. He’s at a
hospital now getting well. He’s coming
along and doing well. Prayers for him
to hurry and be strong enough to fly home with his mom to California.
No matter
where you are !
Remember to vote every day!!! The mostest votes will win us $1,000 !!! Rikki’s Refuge is falling behind -- please
tke the time to vote and help us catch up!!
I NEED YOUR VOTE !!
Thank you, your simple clicks every day really truly brings
money into Rikki’s, and the money that comes to Rikki’s is spent caring for the
animals!!!
PUMPKIN
SEASON
The time has come, the time is now!!! The next week is our busiest pumpkin
gathering time of the year!!! Come help
load trucks, help unload trucks. Bring
a truck, van or SUV if you have one!!!
How many pumpkins can you haul.. ALL the critters - except the cats and
dogs - really enjoy eating healthy pumpkins.
The pot belly pigs alone will eat 124 pumpkins for BREAKFAST!!!! About three pick up trucks full will get
eaten everyday by everybody!!! So we
need YOU now!!! Please help!!! Contact Jon O'Connor jocors@comcast.net for more information
about locations!!!
5K
RUN/WALK
Sunday,
November 6, 2011
Chancellor
High School
Registration
: 6:30 – 7:30 am $25.00
Race
Start: 8:00 am
Help Save
Lives!
Contact:
Dennis Bane 540.854.5375
AUCTION
TIME !
The debt collectors are calling and our friends are gathering
around to save the day! Rikki’s will be
hosting an on-line auction with all kinds of wonderful things up for grabs to
the highest bidder!! Toys for cats and
dogs. Harnesses, leashes, beds and lots
of items for your pets. We’ve gotten
some very lovely jewelry! Adorable home
decor items. Holiday decorations and
gifts. Special articles of clothing. And some folks are donating services! A haircut from a wonderful salon, a few
hours of handyman services!
The ideas are unlimited!
Search your shelves, your closets!
It’s time to recycle last years holiday gifts you never needed!! It’s easy and you can participate from
anywhere in the world.
Here’s how: Just
send me a picture of your item, a description, let me know where you are and if
you’re paying shipping or if you want the buyer to pay shipping. It’s that easy!!!! Wanna bake a batch of holiday treats for somebody? That works too!!! Send your entries to Vincent@RikkisRefuge.org RIGHT
NOW.
Please hurry, we’re getting all the pictures ready and the
auction set up, it will open on 11/7 and close on 11/17. Purrfect timing to buy wonderful interesting
new and exciting holiday gifts for everyone on your list!!!!
If everyone can find one item or one service they can
donate, you can help the animals of Riki’s !!!
Thank you.
You’re
Invited
Please join us Saturday, November 12, 2011 at Rikki’s Refuge
for
NATURE APPRECIATION DAY
Noon - Refuge Tour
2 pm - Nature Hike
5 pm - Sunset Bonfire & Veggies on the Grill
7 pm - Full Moon Walk
$28 per person (minimum donation), for the full day or any
part of the day! All donations go
towards the Wildlife Defense Fund.
In addition to the 1300 domestic and farm animals we care
for every day, we protect 300 acres of pristine nature, woods and wetlands, for
Native Virginia Wildlife. It’s a hard job, as development encroaches, large
tracts are logged, hunters poach. This spring an adjoining landowner wanted to
build a logging road, meandering a mile and a half thru the woods and wetlands
of Rikki’s Refuge. We fought, and we saved the land and the lives of countless
animals that call it home. The
resulting survey and legal bill is a devastating $28,976.16, at a time when
we’re finding it difficult to cover the daily expenses for our 1300 resident
animals; their medical bills, their food, their care. Would you please give a tax-deductible donation of just $28 to
help the animals?
RSVP
TODAY!!
YOU Can
design our Christmas Card!!
YES you can. I need
submissions ASAP. You see the picture
for Nature Appreciation Day above? That
was a post card.
Here’s
what our April Cats vs Dogs card looked like.
And here’s
last years Christmas Card
What are YOUR ideas for Christmas 2011? Do you have one or more photos that would
make the ideal card? Are you an
artist? Drawing? Painting?
Anything goes!! Submit you ideas
to me NOW Vincent@RikkisRefuge.org
NUM NUM
NUM !!!!!
Remember last Thanksgiving for Rikki’s Friends? It was DELICIOUS!!! The Good News is Mariza is doing it again
this year!!! Rikki’s Thanksgiving
Dinner will be served at her home, Spotsylvania close to the rt 3 / 20
intersection, you’ll get a map when you RSVP.
November 20th, Sunday, 4 pm the eating starts!!! Appetizers, dozens of appetizers!! 6 pm, sit down dinner!!
RSVP now as we do have to limit the number to how many can
fit in Mariza’s house! $25 per
eater! Delicious. many many courses, all kinds of wonderful
delicious things. All vegetarian. And yes, you carnivores are welcome too,
you’ll never miss that fat dead bird on the table. So many different and varied delectable dishes!!
Fall Furr
Fest
THANK YOU
EVERYONE FOR A FANTASTIC FALL FURR FEST!!
by Katarina
We definitely have a wonderful group of people volunteering
at Rikki's Refuge. Each of you made a huge impact on the success of the Fall
Furr Festival! Great big thank you to
John Longtin, Jan Chetnik, Bob Wallace, Laurie Karnay, Terri Hederer, Lori and
Alyse Beltethon, Ron, Dennis and Crystal, Laurie Kovalik and Shanon and her
husband, Dawn, Kali, Melissa and Ed, Fred, Jenny Squires, Erin and Michaila,
Victor and Kevin, Lori and Tere, Jessica Cox, Nora Eldridge, Mariza, Robyn, and
Girl Scout Troop 954. Downtown Nail and
Hair Salon was a game sponsor.
The Big Red Dog and the Petco Team set up a booth and made a
big donation and raffle basket.
Mmmmm Mmmmmm Natural Balance, hmmmmmm, for my picture on the
label, I could switch!!!
Thank you all for helping to set up in the ridiculous wind!
You were awesome chasing everything down, then taping everything down! Jan, outstanding PR for the event!!! Thank you wonderful tour guides, Fred,
Mariza, Laurie, Victor, Ed, Jessica!
Running the game booths was so much fun. The kids loved
playing and winning prizes. Thank you for helping all the munchkins. Thank you
to the girls scouts who helped run most of the games.
Bob the hay rides were a HUGE hit! Everyone loved being able
to see the beautiful scenery around the refuge.
Thank you Nora for doing massages for the benefit of the
refuge. I know those who won your gift certificates will put them to good use.
Dawn your face painting was so good! The kids loved it! You
totally have a gift and I hope it takes you far.
Melissa and Robyn thank you so much for organizing and
selling at the gift shop and bake sale.
Betty is a great Sales Cat!
Hey! Did he pay his $3?
Logging the donations and directing traffic kept Ron,
Dennis, and Crystal busy. Thank you all for doing this very important task!
Boogz and Molly did a great job working as donation dogs!
We raised money for the animals and got lots of food
donations too. Job well done everyone!
Haunted
Forest
by Katarina
Not scared
yet? You can see watch the segments of
a full trip thru the Haunted Forest on youtube.
Thank you all for coming out to visit and for volunteering
for the Haunted Forrest! You made it super scary this year! All the actors were
so awesome! You really out did yourselves.
We loved having our wolf man back, thank you James!
The zombies were REALLY creepy.
Adam it was great to see you out there and you awesome
popping out from under the bridge. Robyn, you were a fantastic tour guide and
at least one person I spoke with told me she didn't recognize you at all =o).
Dawn, thank you for coming out and helping with the zombie
make up and adding cuts and scabs to people!
The big huge scary gorilla (our own Sean Sandy!),
Clown, dead prom queen, and masked demon were great
additions to the group this year.
And of course, Fred you were a very velcoming vampire guide.
Thank you ladies and gentleman for helping to sign people in
and send them in the direction of the woods.
Wait! What's that on Helen's shoulder? We don't have any pink kitties!
Yikes, you won't see me hanging out in Rabbit Rotunda after dark anymore!
Vincent’s
Winter Shopping List
I’ve got 12 days of canned cat food in stock right
now!!! Keep those donations coming so I
don’t run out!!!!
KiKi and the other doggies need more canned dog food. We’re using two cases a day for the
winter!!!
I need 12 good quality AA Batteries to poser early morning
headlamps so we can get fed before sunrise!
30 large size litterboxes, and I mean large size, the black
plastic mortar mixing tubs they sell at Lowes and Home Depot work pretty good,
any other ideas on what type of thing might work? Must be big enough for Rikki’s must hold 40 pounds of litter, yet
be of a size that can be picked up to be dumped, and sturdy enough that it
doesn’t break or torque and crack when lifting for dumping.
6 rubber mallets to break ice on water troughs
Do you know of any item that can be used to keep water from
freezing in water bowls? We can’t use
electrical one, cuz we don’t have much electricity here, only 60 amps total, so
that won’t work. Something that is
solar or battery powered? Somebody said
they saw a ball thing that gyrated from battery power that worked, I’ve not
been able to find it. Google search
please!! Help me out, slow speed
searching is as bad as hoomans who pop food tops slow!!! Is there any kind of stuff that’s totally
safe for the animals you can add to the water to keep it from freezing?
Two shop vacs, about 8-10 gallon size. Must be on Wheels. And not to wide to fit thru doors.
18 large dish pans - we use for food.
Lots of plastic putty knives for scraping ..... well let’s
just say gunk, off the floors, plastic so it doesn’t damage the floors.
Squeegees on long handles for cleaning the cat houses.
Rakes that are short handled - though we can cut the handle
- and thick plastic tines only 8-10 inches wide and pretty close together, used
as pooper scoopers. Need 10, if you find them at a good price pick up 20, cuz
they’re hard to find and do break with daily use.
Black rubber water bowls, like at the farm stores, low rums
4” or so, 18 inch diameter, for the guinea pigs and rabbits, need about 12.
Four mops, the big string kind. Somebody donated some heads recently that were like a wide rag
instead of strings and they were great.
Need the heads and handles.
Need two big commercial like squeeze ‘em out mop buckets on
wheels.
4 lantern type flashlights with the big square 9 V camping
type batteries - and lots of extra batteries.
3, 100 foot, or as long as possible, super heavy duty hoses,
thick walls, spring thing on end to prevent crimping and cracking, largest
diameter for greatest flow possible.
Cindy the one you gave Billy is purrfect! More like that is what we need.
Where did you get it?
Guinea hen
launching off office roof and into sleeping tree.
KiKi
Update
Wayne and
KiKi
Kiki is doing great!!!!
Thank you all for helping with prayers.
She’s very happy that the weather has turned cold. She and Beauty were romping and playing in
the frost and having a blat this
morning!!! No more confinement, no more
bandages, no more cone and all the staples are gone!!!! Keep KiKi in your prayers that she’s
permanently healed and continues with a long and healthy life!!
Mike the
Goat
is also doing very well.
The cast is off. The leg looks
like it’s healing well. He’s got one
more week with a split on and then two weeks of little activity and then that
lucky goat will be able to head back to the herd!!!
We are so thankful that YOU have given us the opportunity to
help and to save so many animals!!!!
Yeahhhh Rikki’s Supporters!!!!
I give you
a treat, not a trick!
Love,
Vincent
PS You tell me what you want! Email me at Vincent@RikkisRefuge.org with
instructions to change your subscription: additions, deletions or
modifications! Subscriptions:
Vincent’s VIPs - up to the second alerts about issues at Rikki’s
Refuge for those who care and want to be intimately involved. Scheduled as
needed. Good Morning Good News - a little something to get you going in
the mornings, for those of you who want to keep smiling with us! Scheduled
daily. Hairballs - so you know what’s coming up at Rikki’s! Scheduled
weekly.
Rikki's Refuge, supported solely by private donations,
houses over 1200 animals of 22 species. On line at http://bit.ly/Give-a-gift-to-Rikkis
Checks, money orders, cash, items at Rikki's Refuge, PO Box 1357, Orange VA
22960
Rikki's Refuge is owned and operated by Life Unlimited of
Virginia, Inc., an IRS 501(c)(3) not-for-profit Virginia Corporation, tax-id
54-1911042. Combined Federal Campaigns #77674, Commonwealth of Virginia Campaign #3163, PetsMart Charities #1377. A financial
statement is available upon written request from the State Office of Consumer
Affairs.
Learn more www.RikkisRefuge.org
and help spread the good word, tell everyone you know about Rikki’s Refuge
I’m Vincent D. Cat and here to make you happy! You are
HEROES! You work hard every day and you deserve to smile every day! Those of
you working to save us animals hear so very many very sad things. And there’s
lots of very glad things too and that’s what we talk about here! All pawsitive
all the time! I want my friends to be happy and smile and know there’s a lot of
good - including YOU - in this world!! Be kind and pass it on! Please send me
your Good New and Fun Stuff to share, personal or global. Let’s keep it fun and
interactive!! After all, if we couldn’t laugh, we would all go insane! Vincent@RikkisRefuge.org
Catnip
Candy
The good news is that I was blessed to know and love Auntie
Catnip Candy.
The Good News is Candy
was a great big huge part of Rikki’s Refuge from her first volunteer day on
December 6, 2005.
Candy had read about Rikki’s in the CFC (Combined Federal
Campaigns #77674, Commonwealth of Virginia Campaign #3163) catalog a few years
earlier and had contacted mom to ask some questions. She and Paul then became donors.
Later they came on tours.
Candy had retired and their first volunteer work day turned
out to be December 6, 2005. The day
after every single roof on every single run in Feline Fields and Rabbit
Rotunda, had collapsed under a huge snow load the day before. Mom had sent out a plea for help to get the
roofs temporarily up off the grounds and the runs secure and usable. many volunteers turned out.
Candy and Paul arrived and said, HI. They had not yet heard about the
disaster. Mom just assumed they were
there to help with the roofs and said thank you, thank you, so much for coming
and too them to Cat House #3 where everyone was working. It was freezing cold, there was snow up to
hooman knees, fingers were frozen, and it was hard work trying to shake off the
snow from the netting roofs, now laying on the ground, and hoist them overhead
and get them tied off with line running back and forth from wall to wall. Candy and Paul worked tirelessly. Mom kept looking at Candy’s feet in dockside
shoes and thinking, gosh her toes must be frozen, I wonder why she didn’t wear
boots. Once or twice mom mentioned it
and Candy smiled her big smile and said, I’m not as cold as you need
help!!
At the end of the day Candy and Paul were talking to mom and
told her they’d just come down to donate some food!!! That’s why they didn’t dress so warm, they didn’t know it’d end
up being a day they worked in the freezing weather till after dark!!!! Mom thought, uh oh, they sure are nice
people, I bet today just scared them away forever!
But the Good News for Rikki’s was - it didn’t! They came back and they helped with so many things. They’ve both been members of our board for
many, many years now. Such an integral
part of Rikki’s that it’s hard to remember a time before Candy and Paul!
Candy makes and sells her famous catnip sacs for
Rikki’s. Candy and Paul worked at
events, especially the Wine Festival in Front Royal every year. They ran the Mile Long Yard Sale in
Alexandria. They volunteered at the
National Capital Cat Shows. They helped
with adoption events. They worked on
teams building and improving Animal Neighborhoods. They scooped litterboxes when we needed them to.
It was Good News when Candy took over the Pumpkin Runs in
October and November of each year, meeting up with churches, nurseries and others selling
pumpkins, coordinating pick ups and delivering to Rikki’s. All the animals except us cats and the
doggies love pumpkins. It’s really good
healthy food. If you can drive one or
more loads of pumpkins this year, trunk full, van full, truck full, please
contact Jon O'Connor jocors@comcast.net
who’ll be heading up the Pumpkin Patch this year.
It was Good News when Candy picked up produce, bread and
broken bags of dog and cat food from several different stores, and delivered to
Rikki’s usually at least twice a week.
Rain or shine, snow or heat, Candy’s smiling face was there helping the
animals. She did this for years, saving
huge amounts of money on our grocery bill.
It was Good News that Candy kept track of the pantry and
when we were low on cleaning supplies - any idea how much bleach, laundry
detergent, trash bags, paper towels, dish soap and so on it takes to sanitize
1300 animals every day? - she’d put out a plea for the needed supplies. Often what others didn't donate - she simply
bought and donated to Rikki’s herself. Never saying a word. Just stocking the pantry.
Same with cat food.
If enough wasn’t coming in - watch out - she’d order a huge batch from
Wegman’s (best price around on their
own brand 13.2 oz cans) - and the pantry would be stocked again.
Last year when that bad lady stole a lot of Rikki’s donations and stole money from credit accounts and bank accounts and mom was so
scared about what would happen to Rikki’s - Candy and Paul made a hugely
generous donation to keep Rikki’s floating till things could be recovered.
It was Good News if Candy was your friend. Always there for who ever needed them, Candy and Paul helped
their friends and anyone they met, too. Down and out? Need a hand? Need an encouraging word?
Candy was there. And Paul was
always there with her.
Puppy Pals, a program where you can donate $15 on a
particular day each month to feed canned food to the doggies was dreamed up and
implemented by Candy. And that was Good
News! You can still pick a day of the
month that you’d like to claim as your very own to be a Puppy Pal: http://rikkisrefuge.org/donate.php?purpose=Puppy%20Pals Every single doggy will be your pal one day
a month!!!!
It was really Good News when Candy started Vincent’s Vittles
just for ME and my feline friends!! Her
dream was that everyone would pick a day and a cat house and for only $25 a
month you can feed one whole cat house full of felines for the whole day
!!!!! Just pick your cat house, and
your day, and sign up! http://rikkisrefuge.org/donate.php?purpose=Vincent%20Vittles
It was bad news when Candy went to the hospital in early
September. She missed the National
Capital Cat Show and we missed her terribly.
We all gathered together and we prayed and we prayed.
And it was very, very sad news when our beloved and always
smiling Candy passed away yesterday (Wednesday) morning. Her husband Paul, her mom, sister and her
beloved nephew, Chris, were with her.
There will be a visitation to say good by to Candy and to
give Paul a hug on Monday, October 17th from 2 pm - 4 pm and 6 pm -
8 pm at
Everly-Wheatley Funeral Home
1500 West Braddock Road
Alexandria, VA 22302
There will be a visitation Tuesday, October 18th from 7:00
pm to 9:00 pm and Wednesday, October 19th from 10:00 am to 11:00 am, followed
by a service Wednesday, October 19th at 11:00 am at
McComas Funeral Home, Abingdon
1317 Cokesbury Rd.
Abingdon, MD 21009
(410) 676-4600
Candy will be buried near her home town and where her mother
and sister still reside.
Mary had a wonderful idea and I'd like to share it with you:
I suggest that Rikki's people who knew Candy write something about her (your
favorite memory, things at Rikki's that will remind you of Candy, what you
liked about her, etc.) so we can put together a memory book of what Candy meant
to Rikki's Refuge. You may send things
to me (Mary Walker horsesdcats@aol.com) and I will coordinate it. Please try to keep your comments positive,
not sad. We want this to be a book of
happiness and joy, just what Candy’s smile always brought to us! Please send in your special pictures of
Candy to be included, too.
At the request of a number of friends we have started the
Candy Erhard Memorial Fund. We’ll use
the funds for a special project just for Candy. I promise we’ll brain storm and pick something she would love! http://www.rikkisrefuge.org/donate.php
While just searching google for Candy’s on-line information,
I discovered she was quite famous!!!
That smile grabs everybody’s heart!!!
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED PLEASE
CONTACT KATARINA AT KATARINAGALVIN@YAHOO.COM
All proceeds from Rikki’s Haunted Forest will benefit
the animals at Rikki’s Refuge. If you dare enter the forest you will be walking
through woods on uneven paths with little lighting and possibly through water.
Please wear appropriate clothing and footwear.
Oh Candy! How much
and in how many ways you touched us! I’ll
love you always.
Love,
Vincent
PS You tell me what you want! Email me at Vincent@RikkisRefuge.org with
instructions to change your subscription: additions, deletions or
modifications! Subscriptions:
Vincent’s VIPs - up to the second alerts about issues at Rikki’s
Refuge for those who care and want to be intimately involved. Scheduled as
needed. Good Morning Good News - a little something to get you going in
the mornings, for those of you who want to keep smiling with us! Scheduled
daily. Hairballs - so you know what’s coming up at Rikki’s! Scheduled
weekly.
Rikki's Refuge, supported solely by private donations,
houses over 1200 animals of 22 species. On line at http://bit.ly/Give-a-gift-to-Rikkis
Checks, money orders, cash, items at Rikki's Refuge, PO Box 1357, Orange VA
22960
Rikki's Refuge is owned and operated by Life Unlimited of
Virginia, Inc., an IRS 501(c)(3) not-for-profit Virginia Corporation, tax-id
54-1911042. Combined Federal Campaigns #77674, Commonwealth of Virginia Campaign #3163, PetsMart Charities #1377. A financial
statement is available upon written request from the State Office of Consumer
Affairs.
Learn more www.RikkisRefuge.org
and help spread the good word, tell everyone you know about Rikki’s Refuge
