Happy first day of May! Bring on the flowers, the tree leaves, the sunshine, the beginning hint of summertime!
What it also means is many births happenings. It's well known that there are simply not enough homes for all the cats (and dogs) being born. Please, do your part, get a cat or dog spayed or neutered! Even if you do not own a cat or dog, you can donate to make it possible to do another stray! Wouldn't it be so wonderful if every pet born had a home.
Many thanks for our Flash Sale that we had this week. It brought in $861! And more thanks goes to all those that donated the items for the sale, to those that bought those items and to all who made this sale happen! Lots of people involved........makes for a fun, lighter way of doing these sales!
As you may know, we are doing a Solar Panel Project! All monies given to FFRC this week and next is applied to this project! Everyday we do an update on the cam, usually around 3:00 ish. We have installed 32 (sorry, earlier info said 34) solar panels! These are now in place, way down on the lower area of land, in full sun! Our electricity bills are always so so high and we wanted to do something positive in helping ourselves with this problem. The company's name that installed this is Super Energy Solutions.
FFRC's electric bills frequently are over $1,000 a month (this is an actual FFRC cost--this does NOT include the percent of what electricity the house and barns use). These 32 panels have a cost of $37,000. That is "all-in" cost.
The company we chose is reputable, very helpful and will remain with us through all the question s and help we may need.
We have already received our first bill and have a decline! These panels should see a return of the cost in 12 years. We need to be active in doing something to reduce our electric bill for FFRC. Solar panels should be thought of as an investment.
Of the $37,000, FFRC's share is $27,750. We had a friend come and figure the percent of our electric use for the house versus the rescue center. It's 75% for FFRC. So, that is how the $27,750 came to be. The remaining cost is Steve and my responsibility.
Steve and I also realize that it is very probable that FFRC cannot fulfill that $27,750. We will figure something out later of how we can cover that. We have stepped out in faith that all will work out, one way or another.
If you'd like to make a donation to help with this, we are grateful. If you cannot, it's ok too! We truly understand the shortness of funds.
If you'd like to help, you can send a PayPal to FFRC (go to our website at fofrescue.org and click on PayPal), OR you can send a check--mark it for solar panels OR you can do Venmo OR you can send a money order. We are grateful as can be and sincerely appreciate any help given for this huge project.
As of this moment, we have brought in:
4/27--$4,160
4/28--$2,286
4/29--$1,750
4/30--$1,637
5/1--$3,251
This comes to $13,084! Isn't that just an awesome amount? I am always so astounded at what our FFRCNation can do. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Ruby Love LittleBit is now an FFRC kitten and is now known as Ruby. She and Sven are great friends. Sparrow too!
Zayvan, that cute sweet big orange boy, now has his sutures removed. He is such a big boy with a big heart and personality. I love how he talks to us!
The Barnie Babies are doing better. They all had severe diarrhea upon arrival but doing better now. Their names:
Vlinder--female, brown tiger
Goldie Pearl--female, calico/tiger
Bobo--male, black tiger/white
Gunner--male--gold/white All are Name a Cat Names
The R1 litter is now up in the Main Area. They are all doing wonderful and will be able to have Holds put on them starting next week.
Spring, our pretty calico tiger girl arrived very pregnant and had her babies just a few days after arrival. She had 4 kittens, all are healthy. Their little tummies are nice and round! They all weighed 3.8 to 4 ounces at birth but each has gained at least an ounce already. Their birthdays are 4/27.
Their names:
Viola--female--black tiger/white
Ju-in-Ji--female--calico tiger
Quill--male--gold/white 1 gold ear patch
Quiller--male--gold/white 2 gold ear patches
Sazaz, the orange tiger that was surrendered after the owner decided they couldn't care for her medical issues, is doing awesome. She responded so quickly to her meds and is feeling great.
We also took on another new cat. My heart hurt for him. He has massive bite wounds on his left hock and right hip and thigh. He also has a small bite wound on the side of his neck. As large as the other bite wounds are, this surely has to be from a dog. His pain level was so bad that just to put a finger on him produced much crying. So, this sweet boy was given pain meds and antibiotics before we did too much with him. His wounds were clipped, debrided, flushed and packed with antibiotic ointment. He was also famished. He is about a year old. We gave him the birthday of 4/13/20 and only weighs 6 pounds. He sure likes his food and wants to be touched now, petted and have his head rubbed. He has been given the name Yoey, another Name a Cat name. Welcome, Yoey!
Have a great Sunday and let the sun shine!