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[death_ismygift]

The shelter did end up taking the cats from the Meriden hoarder. It wasn't fifty, it was sixty-seven. I don't know if anyone here can picture that many cats, so let's just say it's a shitload. It turns out that the house they were taken from wasn't a house either, but a two-bedroom apartment.

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[sundae_mourning]

oh man, poor cats. i don't have any supplies to send, but i'll Paypal you a few bucks. i don't have a lot of extra cash, but i'll definitely send some for the kitties.

[death_ismygift]

Thank you so much! Every little bit is appreciated so much.

[inever]

I'll send some money through to your paypal for the cats. That way you guys can buy what's most needed.

Where does the shelter get it's funding from? Is it strictly donations?

[death_ismygift]

Just donations, yeah. That makes it hard, especially because awareness of the shelter is extremely low. Just getting out and talking about it is the best way we've found to get people in.

[beyondcrazy4you]

But I LOVE black cats! :O

Also, I just got a paycheck, so I'm going to see about transferring money to a family member who can paypal it to you. I feel awful about these poor animals, and I wish I were closer so I could donate time and pettings as well as money.

[beyondcrazy4you]

Speaking of donations, have you guys tried staking out at school open houses and football games and the like? Just having a booth and bringing a well-mannered kitten or two might raise up a ton of awareness (especially since most schools require a certain amount of community service hours... >.>)

Everyone's probably far too busy right now, but in the future, it might help, even a little.

[death_ismygift]

You should come adopt some of our black ones then! Most of them are very sweet. :) And thank you so much for the donation. We really do appreciate it.

We just had our baby goats at a fair at school this past week, and people absolutely loved it. My friend and I are going to look into setting up a table during lunches at school to collect spare change and hand out information about the shelter.

[beyondcrazy4you]

That's an A+ idea. Often times it's so much easier to just clean out pocket change than to actually donate time and "real" money. Our school fundraises like that all the time.

Baaabyyy goooaaaaatsss *melts* My boyfriends mom has goats and they're adooooorable.

(Believe me, if I could, I'd be all over those cats!)

[leastlikely]

I ordered a couple things from walmart.com for you.

[death_ismygift]

Thank you so much!

[leastlikely]

And also as I'm sure you've seen, I posted about it in my journal. My friend italiansummer copied my post into her journal too. <3

[death_ismygift]

Which would be awful special, I have to admit. The other kitties would be jealous.

[death_ismygift]

Don't worry about it if you can't. Shipping things would probably be a bitch.