Fundraise
Love and $1.25 gets you a cup of coffee. Love and considerably more will save a cat. We have an abundance of love
but we also need to pay the vet bills. Perhaps you could host a fundraiser in your office, at your school, or on
your street and help us raise the funds to help more needy cats.
Cat Rescue Network is grateful to ...
Franciscus van Boxtel, popular artist specializing in animal photos,
www.franciscus.ca for his ongoing fundraising efforts on behalf of support
of the Cat Rescue Network. Franciscus has held several raffles whereby he will paint a portrait of the winners’ pet.
Through his efforts Cat Rescue Network has been able to save several seriously injured cats, including Ollie and
Franchesca.
Heather Toner, a very talented wildlife and pet photograher for photographing Cat Rescue
Network cats, avira.smugmug.com. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of Heather’s wildlife photographs will be donated to
Cat Rescue Network if the purchaser ordering the photograph states that they have been referred through
Cat Rescue Network.
Darrell Thomas Textiles, darrellthomas.com
a high end fabric store on Preston Street, who contributes the proceeds for the sale of exquisite fabric samples
to the Cat Rescue Network through its Alex Fund described below.
Lounging T-Shirts for Sale
$10 each or 2 for $15
All proceeds will go to the Cat Rescue Network to help cover veterinary care of
our animals. These comfy name-brand, short sleeve shirts are 100% heavy cotton and pre-shrunk. One size
fits most, measuring 36.5 inches in length and 50 inches in total hip circumference. They can be worn as
a T-shirt or as a night shirt.
Variety of humourous and striking images on the front
For more information contact us!
The Alex Fund
A cat named Alex, Cat Rescue Network’s greatest supporter
Alex, looks and acts very much like a Maine Coon. Nobody would suspect that beneath that magnificent fur
collar beats the heart of a philanthropist; yet Alex has been the Cat Rescue Networks major fundraiser.
His roomates, Darrell Graham and Thomas Speckman own Darrell Thomas Textiles on Preston Street. Cat Rescue
Network introduced them to Alex and, ever since, the store has been actively raising funds for the network
through its 'Alex Fund'.
Alex was not always a beautiful pampered feline. He was once a starved, abandoned, and sickly kitten,
and he has never forgotten his humble roots. The Alex fund is Darrells' and Thomas’ way of thanking the
group of people who saved Alex. Through the fund $4100 has been raised and all of the donations has gone
directly towards the vet care of other abandoned cats.
A $600 donation in the spring 2008 made it possible to save Janna, Momma, Isabella and Taylor. A $1000
Christmas 2008 donation is being used for Ramsay, Peaches, and Taffy. All of these cats needed more medical care
than the Cat Rescue Network could afford, but they are getting it because of the Alex fund.
A further $1000 donation made in January 2009, enabled us to save Sammy, Willow, Charlie, Abigale and Edward
from a horrendous sitauation (see our press release on the barn cat joint effort). These were wonderful cats
who were in desperate need of protection and medical interventions, which included medical tests, major surgery,
extensive dentisty, antibiotics, respiratory therapy and intensive care. In January 2010 the largest ever cheque
for $1500 was given to the Cat rescue Network. It will be used to make a life saving difference for cats needing
special attention this year. We will update the list of cats assisted through the fund as the year progresses.
Some cats require more medical attention than adoption fees will cover. With so many healthy abandoned
cats also needing homes, rescues cannot always afford to take in many of the most needy cats. Alex was
one of the needy cats who was taken in. Now, through the "Alex fund" other cats, like Alex, also get the
extra help they need.