Head on over and comment on Pumpkin’s blog post by Friday, November 18, and DP’s will get 25 cents for each comment. How fun is that?

Thanks, Pumpkin Puddy!

We have paved the way for DVMs and other groups to bring affordable preventative care for companion animals in our community, so you all should be proud of what we accomplished!

With that said, I would love to have a blow out on both volunteers and cats and dogs lined out the door, to send off our last vaccine clinic.

We need volunteers to help people the tables and get the word out to the press/community, so we leave JAX with empty boxes and lots of cash donations to help keep Duncan’s Place going.

It has been a tough year for all, and with larger groups giving away cats and reduced kitten adoptions, it has made it more than difficult for any of our little charges to be seen or considered. We cannot compete with the larger groups, but, I am happy to say, I will not join LHS as others have, we have stayed and always will stay independent of those type of collaborations. The cats and kittens are way too important to me and I believe the majority of DP supporters agree. So we will struggle on and work our magic for the kitties that we can help, until forever homes are found.

It is a long, hard road to follow but our feline charges are better off due to this–we have had only 2 returns in 3 years after 277 adoptions. It might be the wrong thing for others, but I think it is the best we can do for our furry friends. I do not want them placed in worse situations than where they came from, so our matching the right kitty with the right people has worked!

If anyone knows anyone who would help in fostering, PR, community events, fund raising, anything that can take a lot of the work off my plate so I can work for more sustainable programming, please step up! Or if someone wants to take over for a few days so I can go away, before my last nerve fries, that would be appreciated too.

Target in Ft. Collins will be donating pet food and cleaning goods to us once a week. Thank you IAN!

Poudre Feed south donated quite a bit of food to us to keep going. Thank you, ZAK!!

We are working with Petsmart on becoming an adoption partner, that could bring grant opportunities, discounts, and free goodies. I will not place our cats in cages there, though; I guess that is either very anal retentive or micro managing, but our cats should never know what a cage is, in a strange place, and with strange people. We will do adoption events and they will have to be kenneled but that is as far as I want our furry friends close to cage.

So that is the news for now, thank you all for all you do!!!!

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We also have 10 large Orange Lubie Cats that need homes for the holidays! They are valued at $25 a piece, and only available to rescues like ours. You may not have room for a real furry kitty, but don’t you need this guy?!

Contact Cathy today to get your kitties before they end up under someone else’s tree!

On the Border restaurant in Loveland, located in the Promenade Shops at Centerra at I-25 & Hwy 34, will be hosting a give back night for Duncan’s Place:

November 30
3-10 pm

They’ll be donating 10% of all dinner checks to the kitties! Wow! I’ll go have dinner and a marg, for sure.

Instead, thanks to an innovative friend of Duncan’s Place, we have come up with an alternative plan to raise funds, put smiles on your faces, and keep our fundraising efforts low key and manageable. So, what is the plan, you ask?

Ryan Peters is a friend of Duncan’s Place and she is also an Avon Representative. Now how does this help? Well, Avon has a very lucrative fundraising program that requires minimal time commitment, large financial rewards, and puts a smile on your face and a product in your hand!

Duncan’s Place has the opportunity to earn 40% of every ’sale’ using the attached flier at the end of this e-mail. We have chosen the Skin So Soft Bug Guard flier for our first fundraiser and we believe that this is the perfect time of year for it!

Skin So Soft Bug Guard is amazing! There are multiple types; Disappearing Color for the kids, Gentle Breeze for the adults, Expedition for you active folks, all with Sunscreen and Bug Repellent, and straight Bug Spray with Picaridin (the deet level of protection without the deet!).

Although not endorsed by Avon, horse owners have been known to google about their successes in using Bug Guard Spray with Picaridin to repel ticks, mites, midges, and mosquito. These formulas are long wearing and safe for persons of ALL ages; you should be protected all summer long!

On the Duncan’s Place Bug Guard Flier, you can see that there is a special deal for Duncan’s Place customers. We can order 2 for $12 (and NO TAX) on all Skin So Soft Bug Sprays/Sunscreen products and Duncan’s Place will earn 40% per order!

That means if we ’sell’ $1500 worth, we earn $600; this is an awesome deal and there is no minimum or maximum. We are super excited to get the word out about this fundraiser and we hope you’ll help, too! Our fundraising goal is: $6000. This means we take home $2,400 for the kitties!!

Please consider e-mailing the flier to your friends and family or printing it off and taking it to your work, networking meeting, kid’s soccer game, school, etc… The fundraiser runs from July 1 – July 31 and all orders and payments are due to Cathy Campbell by July 31, 2010! Please make out your check(s) to Duncan’s Place and if you’d like to pay by credit card, please plan to give your credit card information to Cathy as soon as possible.

We are also offering an incentive to those who help Duncan’s Place reach our fundraising goal: we have massages, products, and tons of goodies (and kitties…kidding!)!! Just contact Cathy to get more details.

So, instead of begging for handouts, we are putting much needed and usable products into your hands and still reaping the rewards! Yay for us! If you have any questions, please contact Cathy Campbell at duncansplace at yahoo dotcom or Ryan Peters at msryansavon at gmail dotcom.

Thanks for your help; you make the difference in the lives of so many furry felines!

Thank you also to Brandi for taking over medical operations, vaccine clinics, etc… Brandi has helped us all along with vaccine clinics and is also a vet tech, good friend, and good people.

There will be a new shelter challenge starting soon on the Animal Rescue Site, so please vote for us every day, who knows maybe we will win some money that way!

The Linnea Dick Memorial Pet Walk and Adopt-a-thon is coming up on June 5th and we need help with this great event. They will need help in running the walk so please think about that as well and tell people to come, it is a worthy cause and a lot of fun for the whole family!

The NOCO LOCO Cat Show is June 19. It is an all day event and we could use any and all help to make this another great event.

Thank you all for helping Duncan’s Place be such a great little rescue and resource center, so we can help keep pet with their families!

Here is one of our fabulous foster moms:

Don’t you have a little extra space for a homeless kitty?

She’s raising $7,000 for 7 different animal charities, including DPs… and, if she raises more than $7,000, Duncan’s Place will receive any excess!

Please head over to www.holycowproject.org and make a donation–she’s only asking for between $1 and $5–which most everyone can spare–then forward the website address to all your animal loving friends.

Thanks, and Happy New Year!

November 22, 2009 from 2-4 pm

Let us know if you can help!