We have some new handmade zipper pouches in the shop now. Some feature cat prints; all are cute! They are lined in coordinating fabrics and measure about 8.5″ x 6.5″. Take a look!
Zipper Pouches Added to the Shop
We Did It!
And you did it! Together, we have raised over $10,000 this year! In fact, we’re closing in on $12,000, which is simply astounding. Thank you to everyone who has helped us realize this goal. Cassie’s Cats will always be fundraising, whether it’s admission to the cat lounge once it’s open, special events, or selling merchandise. To have a solid foundation to start with gives us the confidence to know that when the time is right, we’ll be ready to lease a space, get it ready, and bring in the cats!!!
If you want to contribute and be a part of bringing this dream to life here in Ventura you can shop in our online store or simply make a donation. At the bottom of every page is a PayPal button and using that, you can donate with a credit or debit card (or PayPal, if you have an account). If you use Venmo you can donate to cassies-cats.
THANK YOU!
December Updates
It’s kind of hard to believe the final month of 2020 is here. I know January of 2021 won’t magically be all better but I have hope that overall, 2021 will be better than 2020!
Some updates to the data I like to track:
- We’ve had 70 people (that we know of!) support us through financial donations, participating in fundraisers, and/or in-kind donations.
- We started with seed money of $130 the day we opened our bank account and now have about $5400 in there.
- We’ve sold at least 125 masks since August.
- We have over 350 Facebook followers and over 350 Instagram followers.
- We’ve fostered 19 cats and kittens.
- We’ve had 3 newspaper interviews.
- We’ve spoken to 1 volunteer mentor from SCORE and 1 commercial real estate broker for advice as we move forward.
So what’s to come? We’re making a big push to raise $3000 by the end of the year. Donations to Cassie’s Cats are tax-deductible so we hope our supporters will consider that as they make end-of-year donations. We need our mission to be shared with others in Ventura and the surrounding communities as well as further out, to anyone who shares our values and wants to see cats and kittens finding their “fur”ever homes! Rent in midtown Ventura is not cheap but we want to be visible and attract as many visitors and potential adopters as we can.
Ways to donate:
- Use the yellow PayPal button at the bottom of any page
- Mail a check (use the contact form for our current mailing address)
- Send us a donation through Venmo (Jennifer-Thompson-75)
- Make a purchase in our fundraising shop
As always, thank you for your continued support as we work to make this dream a reality!
Holiday Prints in the Shop
We’ve added a variety of holiday prints to the shop for masks, kicker toys, and bow ties. Take a look!
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Feeling Thankful
It’s the day after Thanksgiving and I wanted to take a few moments to say thank you. Storm is doing well, eating a lot, recovering from her surgery, and looking after her babies. Rain, Cloud, and Hurricane are one-week old today and doing fantastic. They’re gaining weight just as they should be and look like healthy, roly-poly kittens. I’m grateful for that. I’ve been posting photos on Instagram and Facebook.
Our fundraiser last weekend went really well and brought in almost $400. There are lots of new masks out in the community now and several kitties got new toys to play with. Two former fosters even got the two crocheted cat beds! My daughter is home now (and is also a board member) so together we may do one more pop-up for a couple of hours on December 12th. Stay tuned for details about that. Chris Frost wrote up a nice article about us and the event, too.
We’ve been pushing to bring our total fundraising up to $10,000 by year’s end so that we’re more than ready to launch our retail space as soon as it’s safe to do so. As of today, we have a little over $5500 in the bank and in cash and another $1650 promised to us. We’re hoping that one donor’s $1000 donation will be matched by their employer. All said, that would bring us to about $8000! That is so amazing and we are humbled and inspired by the support and generosity shown by our community.
Thank you for supporting us, for following us, and for helping our dream come true. We can’t wait to open our space and start helping more cats find their furever homes!