As was on a facebook page-- We did it! We did it! We did it! The Solar Panel Project is done. A thousand million heartfelt thanks for making this possible! We have enough to pay the solar panel bill, pay a year of insurance on the panels and put some funds towards our medical needs! I am so very grateful and in awe of our FFRCNation!
As of today, the energy being produced by the panels has saved 31 trees and 315 gallons of US gasoline! We are actually anxiously waiting for our next electric bill!
Joan was adopted on 5/9. She was loved on the spot here at FFRC by her new mom.
On 5/11, Sven was adopted. He was so sweet. When his new family came to adopt him, he immediately remembered them and was waiting for them. The way he would sit and look up at them just melted my heart. And then when he was shown the crate, in he went, all by himself. Lucky kitty, lucky family.
The Lilac Festival went great. I am grateful to Edna Gem and Mary Braid for organizing this event. And many thanks too for the volunteers that helped on the Lila Festival day--Connie D, Peggy S, Bill D, Jamie D and Faithy M. This was a day for good PR to our community--lots of talk of spaying and neutering. It also brought in $582! It was nice to have an event be carried through during this Covid time!
And speaking of Covid........the latest for Ohio, effective now, is: " people who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 no longer need to wear masks in most situations. Those who have not been vaccinated should still wear a mask and socially distance. "
What does this mean for FFRC? Most of our volunteers have already been vaccinated. Those that have not still need to mask inside the rescue center, We will now let people into the Main Area while looking for a kitten or cat to adopt, which makes things a bit easier for me and will give the cats/kittens even more hands on TLC.
But, this does not mean we are open for the general public yet. We will use the "wait and see what happens" in regards to Covid numbers before we rush into anything more than letting those in that are interested in adoption. And those folks will have to have their applications completed so I know they are serious. We also will only allow one family group in at a time for now.
We had a Quickie Flash Sale this week. We sold blanket/cat toys/premium catnip and a cat magnet for $18. This QFS brought in $450! This sale is designated to help us pay for another box of Idexx leukemia/fiv/heartworm test kits. That cost is $569 (with our discount). All cats and kittens, upon admission has a test and also repeated on each one in 3-4 weeks after arrival. Thank you for helping us get a good chunk for that bill.
We have taken on 3 new kitties. These kittens were abandoned in a house and brought to FFRC. Their birthdate is 4/1/21 and they arrived at 6 weeks of age. Their names are from the Name a Cat name list.
Taffy--grey/cream torti, female
Tenshi--(name means angel), brown tiger, female
Nano--black/white, DMH, white stripe down the back, male
Steve and my anniversary is coming up soon. We usually go to Shipshewana for a few days to R&R! This year we will go up a week early--leave this Monday and come back Wednesday. During this time, I will not be answering emails, etc. I'm really going to try and not be on the phone except for the volunteers and mods. We enjoy going to Shipshi and just do everything at a slow pace!
This next Thursday is HumaneOhio--it's a packed full schedule.
Today was a light load FFRC surgery day. Many of the kittens we were hoping to get done did not make weight. So, we did 2 neuters and 1 spay. Chief Cleo and Coco were neutered and Indigo was spayed.
She also looked at Coralie and said she is doing fantastic!
Sevaun had a physical--her geriatric-ness is catching up with her. She had a brushing too!
Janie had her heart checked--no worse, no better, still a 4/5 heart murmur.
Low surgery numbers gave us time to do outside physicals:
The Covies that we were able to do: Mayor Anony, Azreal, Dollop, Dude (needs a dental), Frank, Glory (grade 3 heart murmur), Sevaun, Victor and Walter. All were good and behaved nicely for Dr. Darcy.
We only did 2 porchies--Cliff and Hopper. Both good. Hopper has a continued middle ear infection which we have a new plan of action.
Shamballie's physical was god.
Enola--good physical
My Zap and Zara both need dentals. We pulled one canine tooth that was very loose for Zara.
Thanks to Sue, Lynnette, Amber for their morning help. And a big thanks to Dr. Darcy for being our vet.
It was a good day. Have a wonderful weekend! And the sun is shining and producing energy for us!