May 27th and 28th, 2016
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2015 Fundraisers
Cat Action Team 2016 calendars fundraiser
The Cat Action Team sold calendars in the weeks leading up to Christmas. The pictures in the calendar were of barn and colony cats, along with former stray or feral cats.
Thank you for your support!
The Donna Hickox Feed the Ferals Program
Thank you to Joe and Heather Millar of Colour Blind Boutique for their recent donation of several bags of cat food to CAT’s The Donna Hickox Feed the Ferals Program, a portion of the proceeds from their annual Art for Animals fundraiser.
Thanks to their continuing generosity, several outdoor cats in our communities will be provided with needed food.
Paula Connolly and Vicky Smith
“Feed the Ferals” Co-ordinators
Josh Binder of Global Pet Foods, Charlottetown, with CAT President Bob Stanley
Christmas Cheer Basket Draw Winners
The Cat Action Team would like to congratulate the winners in our Christmas Cheer Basket draw:
Grand Prize winner Sharon Pineau, Queens County,
and
Second Prize winner Cindy Johnston, Queens County
Congratulations!
Thank you to Josh Binder of Global Pet Foods, Charlottetown, for your assistance in picking the winning tickets.
Thank you to all who supported this fundraiser by purchasing or selling tickets!
October
CAT MEOW THANKSGIVING 50-50 DRAW
1st prize winner: Sylvia Durant, St. Nicholas
2nd prize winner: Cynthia Hickox, Stratford
Congratulations!
Thank you to all for your support of the Cat Action Team.
Tickets were drawn by Colin Scales, Blue Ribbon Pet Supply
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The Cat Action Team’s Veseys Bulbs Fall Fundraiser wrapped up in early October.
Thank you to those who placed orders, and to Veseys for providing this fundraising opportunity.
August
On August 15, the Donna Hickox Feed the Ferals Program held a food drive at Walmart in Charlottetown. We received a shopping cart full of canned and dry cat food.
Thank you to Walmart for allowing us to have the food drive; and many thanks, as well, to the generous donors.
June-July
The Cat Action Team’s Perennials Sale, held in Summerside, was enjoyed by several gardeners. Thank you for your support. Special thanks to Kathleen for all her efforts and to Ron and Linda for the lovely perennials donated for the Sale.
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Canada Day Draw Winners!
Canada Day Draw, 2015, at a Charlottetown garden party where the draw for all three prizes took place!
Table and Chairs set: Mary Harper, Tignish
Basket of Scentsy products: Valerie Paynter, Summerside
Basket of Cooking supplies: Cindy Outhouse, Souris
Congratulations!
Thank you to all who support the Cat Action Team.
Special thanks to all who donated items for the Draw.
75% of proceeds will be used for the DH Feed the Ferals Program;
25% of proceeds will be used for emergency veterinary expenses.
O’Leary & Area Spring Cleaning 100 km Yard Sale
May 22-24
Cat Action Team members participated in the 1st annual O’Leary & Area Spring Cleaning 100 km Yard Sale. Thank you to those who donated items for the Sale, to the volunteers for their time and effort and to the public who supported the Cat Action Team by making a purchase.
April
Pet Valu, Summerside, fund-raised for the Cat Action Team throughout the month of April, including a special event on the 18th that included pet nail-trimming and self-serve dog wash. This store and its staff’s efforts in support of PEI’s community cats is greatly appreciated.
The Cat Action Team and the co-ordinators of The Donna Hickox Feed the Ferals Program would like to thank Pet Valu, Staff and customers for your very generous donations of cat food and gift cards during a recent month-long fundraiser. Your kindness will provide meals for many outdoor cats.
Thank you for your support!
Vesey’s Bulbs Spring Fundraiser
Thank you to everyone who placed an order
Thank you to the volunteers for assisting with this fundraiser.
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2014 Fundraisers
December
Christmas Cheer Basket Draw
The Christmas Cheer Basket was a huge success this year. We would like to thank everyone who helped out with the basket.
Below are the winners from PEI
1st Prize – Maria Rodriguez, Queens County
2nd Prize – Cathy Ada, Queens County
3rd Prize – Roxanne Phillips, Prince County
Congratulations to the winners!
Colour Blind’s “Art For Animals” Fundraiser
Thank you to Colour Blind Boutique, Charlottetown, for your generous donation of cat food, realized from a portion of the proceeds from your recent “Art For Animals” fundraiser.
September 20-21
The 70-Mile Coastal Yard Sale was held Saturday and Sunday, September 20-21. The Cat Action Team had a site set up at Plough the Waves Centre in Wood Islands, tended to by members Sue and Donald Turner. They sold Christmas Cheer Basket raffle tickets, preserves, sweets and yard sale items.
September 13
Pet Valu, Summerside, held their Grand Opening Saturday, September 13th, and invited the public to donate funds and cat food to the Cat Action Team. Thank you to those who donated pet food, gift cards and cash donations.
August 23
Sunnybrook Farms Pet Supply held a campaign on behalf of the Cat Action Team’s “Feed the Feral’s” Program. The store donated a can of Blue Seal cat food for every can customers bought of that brand.
Thank you to Sunnybrook Farms Pet Supply and the customers who took part in the campaign!
Board members Harry Smith and Paula Connolly attended a fundraising event held on behalf of the Cat Action Team by Pet Valu, Summerside.
Thank you to the public for your generous donations of cat food and to Pet Valu for holding the event!
June
SUMMERTIME MEOW 50-50 DRAW WINNERS!
First Prize: $550.00 won by Cathy Grant (Meadowbank), who donated her winnings to CAT for Emergency Medical Expenses
Second Prize: Cat Krunchies (year’s supply) from Sunnybrook Farms Pet Supply, won byNorma MacLeod (St. Peter’s area)
Third Prize: Basket of goodies, won by Chris Snively (Summerside)
Congratulations to the winners! Special thanks to Cathy who donated her cash prize to our Emergency Expenses Fund, and to Chris who donated many items from his prize basket that will benefit CAT cats; and many thanks to all who supported CAT by buying or selling tickets for the past three and a half months.
Thank you to Josh Blinder of Charlottetown’s Global Pet Foods, who took time from his busy day to draw the three winning tickets of the CAT Summer Draw.
Paula Connolly
50-50 Draw Organizer
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PetSmart Charities
The Cat Action Team would like to express its gratitude to PetSmart Charities for its continued support of our efforts to improve the lives of feral, barn and un-owned, free roaming cats on PEI. Since 2008 CAT has received 5 grants from PetSmart Charities. The largest of these grants have targeted the West Prince area over the past 3 years, including a $19,800 grant in the O’Leary area in 2012 and a $23,040 grant in Lots 1 to 5 in 2013. The latest PetSmart grant of $22,500 has just been completed in the Tyne Valley and Lennox Island area, which allowed CAT to offer spay/neuter surgeries to 192 cats (105 females/87 males). PetSmart Charities’ support has helped CAT to stabilize many overpopulated cat colonies in the western most areas of PEI and to vastly improve the lives of hundreds of cats.
CAT would also like to offer a very special thank you to the West Prince Veterinary Service, Gayle Adams, Krista Adams and Virginia Moore. Without their commitment to CAT in the West Prince area, this project would not have been possible. The West Prince Veterinary Service continues to be very accommodating and supportive of CAT and did their best to ensure that, in spite of the cancellations of neuter days in the winter due to blizzards and road closures and clinic staff vacations this summer, their commitment to CAT, with respect to the completion of the grant be fulfilled. The veterinary clinic conducted 13 additional CAT neuter days during the latest grant period. Gayle, Krista and Virginia spent countless hours trapping and transporting cats, in all but the most severe weather conditions. There were several incidents where these dedicated CAT volunteers would have to meet a farmer, who had to travel by snowmobile to transfer empty traps/carriers or cat in traps/carriers to volunteers who were waiting at the end of the plowed highway.
Once again, “thank you” to all of the CAT volunteers, the veterinary clinic staff and PetSmart Charities for their dedication and commitment to improving the lives of all cats on PEI.
We would also like to thank Carol Ann Desjardin for all of her efforts with PetSmart Charities grants.
In June 2013, the Cat Action Team was awarded a grant of $23,040 by PetSmart Charities of Canada®. According to Dr. Patricia Srebrnik, who wrote the grant application, this is the largest amount CAT has ever received from PetSmart Charities, or indeed, from any funding agency.
The money will be used to neuter approximately 250 cats in the Tignish-Alberton area by August 2014.
In 2012, the Cat Action Team was awarded $19,800 by PetSmart Charities. In 2011, we were awarded $10,000. Our first PetSmart grant, in 2008, was for $5,000.
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CAT in the News
Cat Action Team gets more than $20K to spay and neuter feral cats, by Laura Meader, CBC News Prince Edward Island, February 6, 2017
Feline food drive planned to help nourish P.E.I. cat colonies, by Natalia Goodwin, CBC News Prince Edward Island, August 7, 2016
100 Women Who Care — Prince County support PCH Auxiliary, [Summerside] Journal Pioneer, March 21, 2016
The Cat Action Team in West Prince relies on grant, donations and community support, by Laura Mills, West Prince Graphic, October 28, 2015
Animal welfare groups working closely together to better the lives of Island companion animals, by Ancelene MacKinnon, [Summerside] Journal Pioneer, September 29, 2015
PET CORNER: P.E.I. volunteers join forces in impressive spay, neuter program, by Pat Lee, [Halifax] The Chronicle Herald, September 6, 2015
Doing Their Part to Control Cat Population, by Eric McCarthy, [Summerside] Journal Pioneer, June 19, 2013
Cat Action Team Receives Grant, The Buzz, June 2013
Cat Action Receives Large Grant, [Summerside] Journal Pioneer, June 8, 2013, page A5
Looking Out for Feral Cats, by Pat Srebrnik, [Charlottetown] The Guardian, March 16, 2013
O’Leary Feral Cat Population on Short Leash, by Zack Metcalfe, peicanada.com, March 13, 2013
Cat Action Team Declares Tentative Victory in O’Leary, by Colin Maclean, [Summerside] Journal Pioneer, February 27, 2013
Group Making Progress in Feral Feline Problem, CBC News, February 25, 2013
Keeping Feral Cat Population in Check, by Eric McCarthy, [Summerside] Journal Pioneer, October 14, 2012
Cat Action Team Receives Grant for West Prince, [Summerside] Journal Pioneer, March 4, 2011