FFRC Blog Week Ending June 27, 2026

A heartfelt thank you from Megan!

Thank You for Making Cat-a-thon 2026 Unforgettable

As we catch our breath after another incredible Cat-a-thon, one feeling rises above everything else—gratitude.

To every single person who donated, watched, shared our event, cheered us on, volunteered, or simply believed in what we do…thank you.

Cat-a-thon is about so much more than raising money. It’s about bringing together an amazing community of people who believe that every cat deserves love, safety, and a chance at a better life. Year after year, you remind us that we are not doing this work alone.

Running a rescue isn’t always easy. There are long days, heartbreaking cases, unexpected emergencies, and difficult decisions. But during Cat-a-thon, we are reminded why we keep going. We see people from all over come together with one shared goal: helping cats who cannot help themselves.

Every dollar you gave will help provide nutritious food, lifesaving medical care, medications, clean bedding, enrichment, and countless other necessities for the cats who call FFRC home. Your generosity also gives us the ability to say “yes” to cats who have nowhere else to turn.

We also want to thank everyone who helped make Cat-a-thon happen behind the scenes. Our staff, volunteers, moderators, and supporters donated countless hours of planning, organizing, cleaning, and making sure everything ran smoothly. Events like this truly take a village, and we are incredibly fortunate to have such a dedicated one.

To our amazing FFRC Nation—you continue to amaze us. Whether you’ve been with us for years or just discovered our rescue, you’ve become part of this family. Your encouragement, your kindness, your laughter, and your generosity make this community unlike any other.

Most importantly, thank you for believing in our mission. Because of you, hundreds of cats each year receive the care they deserve. Families are brought together through adoption. Sick and injured cats get a second chance. Senior cats find comfort. Kittens grow up safe and loved.

That is the real success of Cat-a-thon.

From all of us at Friends of Felines Rescue Center—our staff, volunteers, and especially our cats—thank you for standing beside us. We are honored by your trust and humbled by your generosity.

We can’t wait to share with you all the wonderful things your support will make possible in the months ahead.

With heartfelt gratitude,

Megan Fischer
Director, Friends of Felines Rescue Center 

Adoptions:

We had three adoptions this week. We also have many approved adopters waiting to pick out their new kitties. YEAH!!

The first adoption was on 6/22, and it was OZ!!! Oz arrived at FFRC on 3/12/25. He was found with his sister, CLOVE (previously adopted) near the reservoir by Kathy. They were in a cat carrier with the door open. He was already neutered. Oz is a 3-year-old Inky with big green eyes and the sweetest personality. He is so sweet that our visitors Pam and Jessica left from the Cat-a-Thon and returned to Wisconsin, only to turn around and come back to get him. Oz will be keeping his name but already has the nickname of Ozzie Bear. Oz will have two brothers, Simon who is 12 and Toby who is 8.

The next adoption was on 6/25, and this time it was the beautiful KAYLEE.  She will be keeping her name with a nickname of Kay-Kay.  She has Siamese coloring, long hair and big, beautiful eyes.  Her date of birth is 8/19/20.  She was originally adopted as an infant and was returned due to a change in family circumstances on 2/24/26.   She was not often seen on the camera because she liked to be in a quiet cage in the Kabana.  She likes chicken, snacks and Little Soups.  She only had a 10-minute drive and is fitting right in.  Special Thanks to Terri who supplied a blankie for her. 

The third adoption was 6/26.  This time it was LEMON.  This cute baby was adopted and will live with her new friend JELLY (adopted from FFRC), now OLIVE.  On 4/7/26, Lemon was found under a shed after a Defiance storm.  Lemon was covered in mud.  She was just a baby and was hand-fed by Mama Megan with her "sister", WILLOW.  She is a long-hair brown tiger with flicks of orange in her fur.  She is quite the bundle of energy and love playing with Olive.  She had just a little ride to an area near Ft. Wayne.

Congratulations to all of our kitty parents and their new fur-babies!

Intakes:

All of our pens are still FULL!

Sherri and Brandon found two kittens on their way home from volunteering on Sunday, 6/14. These two are a bonded pair. One is a brown tiger and the other is a grey tiger. They are about 2 1/2 months old. They were very clean. We held a poll and names were selected from the Name a Cat Program.

Grey Tiger:

Kabuki 63%

Larlene 21%

Moocher 16%

After 136 votes, KABUKI is the grey tiger. Thanks to Patrick R for the name.

Brown Tiger

Babita 36%

Hiccup 33%

Felorah 31%

After 136 votes, BABITA is the brown tiger. Thanks to Ros for the name.

On Thursday, 6/18, a lady dropped off a kitty that had been found in her driveway. She is a black and white medium hair kitten that is about 1 1/2 months old. Her eyes are an unusual slate grey/green but were a bit goopy. She was very muddy and had a tick on her. Lynnette was able to squish the tick, which Megan found disgusting. The kitty is doing fine now! We didn't name her because as soon as she was shown on camera, an approved adopter "claimed" her as her own. Her name will be ZELDA (or maybe NYX) and as soon as she is spayed, she will be going home with another kitty that just came in.

During Q & A on 6/26, Megan showed a new orange baby girl to the camera. This baby was found in a gentleman's yard on 6/23. She has medium to long hair with stripes. She was covered in burrs. After a good brushing, the burrs were removed. She is about 2 1/2 month's old and very healthy. While doing her initial blood draw, she was purring and making biscuits. Before we could set up the naming poll, the same pre-approved adopter that is taking ZELDA, chose this baby too. She will be called GLINDA, after the Good Witch in the Wizard of Oz. Both Zelda and Glinda need their spay, which will be in a couple of weeks.

Edna saw a notice of a couple of newborn kittens that were found after their mother had been hit by a car. When the kittens were found, they still had their umbilical cords attached. We are guessing they were only a day old. She volunteered to foster them until they are ready for adoption. One of the kittens was not eating, so Megan brought both of them home with her. Sadly, one kitty did pass on Thursday evening. Megan is caring for the remining kitty for a few more days and will return her to Edna at that time. The baby is so young, it is difficult to determine if it's a boy or girl. It is a brown and white tiger.

We held a poll and a name was selected from the Name a Cat Program.

Loren 39%

Moocher 32%

Pegaso 29%

After 141 votes, LOREN is the baby's name. Thanks to Ju-In-Ji for the name.

Health Updates:

LANDO and JENNY had their eye sutures removed on 6/25. Jenny is in the main room and doing great.

Lando is still in Back Thumper's Room. He is just a bit shy but also doing great.

CHICA went for a dental visit on 6/25. She had all of her teeth removed on one side. She was a bit woozy when she returned, but by Friday morning, she was on the floor eating dry food. She is still on pain meds but is doing great and she still sticks out her tongue.

The hoarding kitties have all gained weight:

Mimble came in at 6.6 lbs. and is now 7.4.

Cazmin came in at 7.5 lbs. and is now 8.1.

Chica came in at 8.9 lbs. and is now 9.7

Center Kitties:

SINOPA enjoying the sunshine on her shoulders.

SKYE once again lost her soy sauce toy, but luckily Mama Megan had one for her. Then she hid that one too.

LUDWIG's adoption has fallen through. The family is not ready to adopt at this time.

Philomena and her babies + Aliki moved from June's Room to Paddy's Place this week. The babies that had been in Paddy's place are on the main room floor now.

Holds:

There is a very special hold in the making. RAISIN and WIBBLES will become Vegas Babies! That's right, JUDE'S mommy is looking for some more friends for him. The tentative plan is for Megan and Eric to fly the babies to Las Vegas on 7/16. AND....SURPRISE! JENNY is also being adopted with these two girls.

Other holds were listed above: ZELDA and GLINDA.

Wrapping up CAT-A-THON 2026

We still owe 8 Boom Pies and a Chickie Party. The Boom Pies and Chickie Party are scheduled for Monday at 1ish. We also owe videos of Sazaz and Rocket. We will try to get this taken care of next week. All prizes have been shipped. There are only a few people that have not paid their donations. Please send these in, so that we can close out our books on this year's Cat-a-Thon.

On Box Day, the Center received a 2026 Cat-a-Thon Trophy, but it really belongs to all of you.

Total raised at this time: $104,778.

FFRC Chatters Weekend:

Here is the link for the hotel block to get discounted rates at the Hampton Inn! Make your reservations soon! [https://group.hamptoninn.com/lqhld7](https://group.hamptoninn.com/lqhld7)

Current Needs:

We are out of almost snackies!!!! Please check the FFRC website for our most needed items.

Other:

On 6/22, it was Take Your Cat to Work Day! Did any of you participate? At FFRC, that's just a regular day!

Wasn't it a surprise to see Kim working on Saturday afternoon? We all thought that we lost part of our weekend. Popsicle and Dagda were thrilled to see her. Lots of blankie and car rides---woohoo!

Lynnette will be on vacation the week of 7/6.

Humane Ohio was on Tuesday, 6/23. We sent up a total of 29 males and 19 females including FFRC kitties, Philomena, Babita and Kabuki.

A couple of us attended the Fountain City Veterinary Hospital 50th Anniversary Celebration on Friday, June 26th. This is where Dr. Darcy Adams practices. They had a band, food trucks and door prizes. In addition, they had a Kissing Booth, where you could kiss their office kitty, Watson. 😽😽

If you haven't looked at our Instagram page, please do!! There are great pictures of our center's kitties. Thanks so much!

FFRC is always looking for Center volunteers. Candidates need to be at least 18 years old and have transportation to get here. Volunteers work set shifts and have assigned tasks, which include cleaning, feeding and other caring for cats. Please contact Megan if you would like to help.

Please make sure that you have a plan for your pets in the event that you are no longer able to take care of them. The best plan is to have both a primary and a secondary backup.

Photos by Dawn and friends.

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FFRC Blog Week Ending June 20, 2026

WOOHOO!!! By Thursday afternoon, we sold all of the Cat-a-Thon boxes!!!

We are extremely grateful for all of our wonderful Chatters, Lurkers, Volunteers, Mods, Staff and Kitties for making this another successful Cat-a-Thon.

Adoptions:

We have MANY kitties waiting for their furever home but had no adoptions this week.

Intakes:

All of our pens are still FULL!

We had no intakes this week.

Health Updates:

LANDO and JENNY are doing great after their eye removals.

ZOOKY

and BOWIE had dentals on 6/18 and are doing great. Oh, and Bowie is a GIRL!

Center Kitties:

BLUE has an unusual way to eat---he lays down.

Here are the three "Bad Eye" kitties that came in last week. Beth (off camera) is holding BEAZLEY, Debbie showing NIGEL and Megan has SHINE at the camera.

The Cat-a-Thon was too much for CHICA. She had to take a nap. She sleeps with her tongue out and her eyes open.

Holds:

There is a very special hold in the making. RAISIN and WIBBLES will become Vegas Babies! That's right, JUDE'S mommy is looking for some more friends for him. No date has been determined yet but stay tuned for more updates!

Adopted Kitties:

ALLEN wondering what this pink cord does. 

BRIDGE, now Rosey, waving Hi to all of her FFRC friends.

More on the CAT-A-THON

WE FILLED THE BOARD!!!!!

CAT-A-THON 2026 RECAP

Day 1: Every time a row was completed, we got to vote on who would receive a Boom Pie. We sold a total of 6 rows on Day 1.

Pie 1: Megan 55% 116 votes

Debbie 28%

Denise 17%

Pie 2: Gem 47% 132 votes

Lynnette 40%

Denise 13%

Pie 3: Lynnette 52% 151 votes

Denise 25%

Megan 23%

Pie 4: Debbie 75% 143 votes

Deb 16%

Deborah 9%

Pie 5: Denise 61% 159 votes

Edna 28%

Lynnette 11%

Pie 6: Megan 43% 145 votes

Beth 37%

Debbie 20%

Day 1 totals: 199 boxes sold for $27,682.

Day 2: Where are you from? Maps of the US and the World were presented and the chatters let us know where they were watching from. WOW, many US States and Countries. Thank you to all of you!

Our Mod Claire sang for us--it was beautiful and many were in tears!

Megan shared the annual costs of running the rescue:

ADT Security 1,000

Sewer 1,650

Electricity 7,783 w/solar panels

Phone 1,985

Internet 2,088

Insurance 3,000

Property Tax 2,550

Patterson 26,000

Fountain City Vet 32,947

Paws and Remember 2,150 (cremation services)

Payroll Taxes 48,000

Payroll 215,260

The first half of 2026, we took in 41 cats, of which 17 were surrenders. We had 20 adoptions and 481 spay/neuters.

We did not have our normal Box Day, but there was a special box from Susan and Jaspar for Megan and Lynnette. Megan received a thesaurus, which she really appreciated and will put to use. Lynnette received a little help to get through the Cat-a-Thon with her new Stress Gnomes. Thank you!

BUTTERBEAN helped answer the phones.

More Boom Pies:

Pie 1: Mary B 46% 159 votes

Cindy 39%

Debbie 15%

Pie 2: Cindy 74% 125 votes

Lynn 15%

Edna 11%

Cindy danced for Box 145 donations and a rousing game of Would you Rather was played.

We let everyone know that our Food Supply was extremely LOW.

Day 2 totals: 58 boxes sold for $13,778.

Day 3:

The new AC/Heating Unit was installed.

Dr Darcy visited us and held a wonderful Q & A session. We are very thankful that she would spend time with us. She is a very special lady.

More Boom Pies!!!

Pie 1: Jolyn 42% 177 votes

Cindy 41%

Denise 17%

Pie 2: Cindy 40% 176 votes

Megan 34%

Edna 26%

Pie 3: Megan 52% 145 votes

Edna 26%

Lynnette 22%

Pie 4: Lynnette 43% 150 votes

Edna 35%

Beth 22%

AND>>>

Kitty Mini Pies were enjoyed by Derecho, Popsicle and Ramsay. Lucie thought she wanted some but quickly decided that she didn't want to participate.

Day 3 totals: 55 boxes sold for $13,371

Day 4: Pie Eating Contest: Dawn provided Cherry Cheesecake Pies for this event.

Participants:

Cindy

Debbie

Gem

Denise

Mary

Overseer:

Megan

It was a tie after the first round, Cindy and Mary gobbled to the end, with Mary winning by a crumb! What did she win? A trophy that said, "Your Did It" (Not a typo)

DELTA asked you nicely to call and you did!

Day 4 had many challenge boxes, and our goal was to sell out the board, and WE DID IT!!! I mean, YOU DID IT!!

Day 4 totals: 88 boxes sold for $25,369. For a total of $80,200!!!!!!

Day 5: Wrap up & Thanks

Beth: Best/Amazing/Stupendous... I think that Megan was using her thesaurus!!

Ann & SonJa: They helped organize and get us off to a good start!

Jessica & Pam (from Wisconsin) who brought in Baby Shower items and wonderful FFRC cookies.

Mike & Lola for all of the wonderful prize baskets

Chatters: Every year, you never cease to blow us away with your generosity. We know that it is a difficult time for all of us financially. It is such a big ask! You all are so giving.

Mods/Volunteers/Staff: Thank you for all of the hard work pulling this year's Cat-a-Thon together. We started prepping 2-3 months in advance. Get ready for next week, when we review what worked and what needs to be tweaked.

Anonymous Donor: A check for $20,000 was presented bringing our total at mid-day on Friday to $100,200. WOOHOO!!!! A final total will be reported in next week's blog. What a successful Cat-a-Thon!!!!

We all voted on the game to be played in the afternoon.

Pictionary 42%

Would you Rather 32%

Password 26%

The remainder of the Boom Pies and Chickie party were scheduled for a later date.

CAT-A-THON 2026 BASKETS WINNERS

Here are the winners of the Cat-A-Thon baskets! I apologize if the name spelling is incorrect, I tried to capture as much information as possible.

Winner of this basket was Kristen F. Consolation Prize winner: Sara B

Winner of this basket was Lindsay SW. Consolation Prize winner: Park Bon Yu

Winner of this basket was EH Power. Consolation Prize winner: Amanda BR

Winner of this basket was KB TX. Consolation Prize winner: Kathy WV

Winner of this basket was Kitty Francis. Consolation Prize winner: Richard R

Winner of this basket was Jabberwocky. Consolation Prize winner: Mary SE

Winner of this basket was Peggy SO. Consolation Prize winner: KB TX

Winner of this basket was Teresa V. Consolation Prize winner: Bonnie BE

Winner of this basket was Sandra ST. Consolation Prize winner: Trisha CO

Winner of this basket was French Bluebird. Consolation Prize winner: Mike & Becky H

Winner of this basket was Richard R. Consolation Prize winner: Denae W.

Winner of this basket was Krista SP. Consolation Prize winner: Jabberwocky

Winner of this basket was Brian WA. Consolation Prize winner: Kim CO

Winner of this basket was SonJa. Consolation Prize winner: Stripey D

Winner of this basket was Sherri R. Consolation Prize winner: unknown

Winner of this basket was Lynda D. Consolation Prize winner: Diana HA

Winner of this basket was Jude's Mom. Consolation Prize winner: Oliver P

Winner of this basket was Pat D. Consolation Prize winner: Megan's Mom

Winner of this basket was Ethyl Wings. Consolation Prize winner: Daisy, Soli & Pipp's Dad, Craig

Winner of this basket was Jean SA. Consolation Prize winner: Loretta ST.

We had a bit of a mishap when awarding our prizes, so there are several mystery baskets that are being put together to make sure that all that participated had a chance to win a basket. Winners of the Mystery baskets were: WonderWoman, Richard R, Corine G, Jessica BL, Jean W. Consolation prize winners were: Susan WA, Thomas ME, Laura SI, Brenda Z, Robert DE, and Midi 208. One Mystery basket was revealed and won by Cindy W. It was a Diamond Painting of Magic.

The GRAND PRIZE WINNER was WonderWoman. She won an IPAD that was donated by Beth. Thanks to Beth!!!!

FFRC Chatters Weekend:

Here is the link for the hotel block to get discounted rates at the Hampton Inn! Make your reservations soon! [https://group.hamptoninn.com/lqhld7](https://group.hamptoninn.com/lqhld7)

Current Needs:

We are out of almost food!!!! Please check the FFRC website for our most needed items.

Other:

The Valentine's Day Date videos are nearly ready to be sent.

If you haven't looked at our Instagram page, please do!! There are great pictures of our center's kitties. Thanks so much!

Please make sure that you have a plan for your pets in the event that you are no longer able to take care of them. The best plan is to have both a primary and a secondary backup.

2026 Calendars are now available and are being offered in two sizes: 8 1/2 x 12 or 8 1/2 x 14. Orders for calendars will be through the FFRC Store and also on the FFRC website. We are unable to take orders via the phone or e-mail.

Photos by Dawn and friends.

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This week is all about gratitude. We are so thankful to have such a wonderful giving FFRC Nation.

"Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more."

Melody Beattie

"Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others."

Cicero

"Joy is the simplest form of gratitude."

Karl Barth

And from all of us at FFRC....

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