Free Family Event at Cat Care Society: Festival of Felines Celebrates Shelter Cats and 2015 Painted Cats

Cat Care Society's Festival of Felines is returning Saturday, August 29, 2015, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the CCS shelter, 5787 W. Sixth Avenue. The announcement is made by CCS President Gail Tinianow who says these free, family-oriented activities will be available for Festival attendees:

• Pet and play with the CCS shelter cats and kittens

• See all the 2015 Painted Cats

• Tour The CCS Cat Clinic

• Enjoy free refreshments: Ice Cream Bars, Cake, Punch and Pop Corn 

• Face Painting

• Kids Crafts and Give-Aways (including Spin The Wheel)

• New this year: ‘Photo Man Richard’ will take 5x7 photos with your favorite Painted Cat or Real Cat (photos will be printed on-site for guests to take home with them)

The public is welcome to come and celebrate the Cat Care Society shelter cats and 2015 Painted Cats.

Link to the news release

Link to the Cat Care Society website

This week at Cat Care Society: Black Cat Adoption Special + Jose O'Shea's Fundraiser + Seminar For Senior Cat Owners

Tuesday, August 18 - Sunday, August 23: in celebration of Black Cat Appreciation Day (which was Monday Aug 17 when CCS was closed), the shelter is offering a Black Cat Adoption Special all week (for all black cats and cats with 'some' black fur, age 1 and up). The standard adoption screening process applies. Adopters can name their price or spin the wheel to determine the adoption fee on adult black kitties, and those with "some" black fur: light or dark blue: fee waived; purple, green or yellow, $8; and red, $17.

Flyer: http://goo.gl/ZWA8A2 + link to view the CCS cats available for adoption: http://goo.gl/lOKEDE

Feasting For Felines Fundraiser at Jose O'Shea's Mexican Cantina in Lakewood: Dine Wednesday, August 19, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. at Jose O'Shea's, 385 Union Blvd in Lakewood.

Print and bring this flyer and 20% of proceeds will go to Cat Care Society.

August Seminar, Your Cat's Golden Years: Saturday, August 22nd - 10:30 to noon at the shelter: "Your Cat's Golden Years." by Christine Stanton, District Manager, Chuck and Don's Pet Food & Supplies. Learn about exercise, play, dental care, hearing, vision + more. Space limited. Please RSVP to frontdesk@catcaresociety.org or call 303.239.9680.

Link for more information.

This week at Cat Care Society: International Cat Day Adoption Special + August Book Fundraiser Kicks Off

International Cat Day is this Saturday, August 8th, and the perfect day for adopting a CCS adult kitty (age 1 and older).

Cat Care Society's adoption fee is reduced...August 8th day only...to $8.80 per cat age 1 and older. The standard adoption screening policy applies.

Link to the flyer

Link to view the CCS cats available for adoption



During August, Author Deb Barnes is generously donating 10% of all "Purr Prints of the Heart" book sales to Cat Cat Society. She's doing this at the request of CCS Volunteer Sierra M. Koester (thank you Sierra for selecting Cat Care Society to receive these funds) in memory of her late kitty Jewel, whose anniversary of passing is in August. The book is available for purchase at Amazon.com and other online book purchasing sites.

Link to purchase on Amazon (note: the paperback version is eligible for an additional donation to Cat Care Society via the Amazon Smile program)

Quoting Sierra Koester's Fur Everywhere blog: "If you'd like an autographed copy of the book, you can order one directly from Deb [the author] by emailing her at: info@zzppublishing.com. Each book ordered directly from Deb also includes a beautiful keepsake bookmark and tissue paper wrapping."

Link to the Fur Everywhere review of 'Purr Prints of the Heart' 

Link to the "Cat Chat" blog review of 'Purr Prints of the Heart'

Link to the flyer

Coming in Sept: Buy and read the book in August, then make plans to attend first ever CCS book discussion meeting: Sat. Sept 26th, 1 p.m. in the CCS Conference Room.

New: Buy Bissell Products and Help CCS Shelter Cats and Community Outreach Projects

Cat Care Society is proud to be a Partner for Pets! BISSELL and LostPetUSA.net have teamed up to help organizations like ours raise money, and now you can help too!

When you purchase pet products on bissell.com and enter the code ADOPT at checkout, a portion of your purchase will be donated to our organization!

It’s simple.

· Shop pet products on www.bissell.com 

· Enter the code ADOPT at checkout 

· Then select our organization!

Learn more at www.bissell.com/partnersforpets.

 Link to the flyer: