1988-2010... 22 years of purrs... 22 years of purpose...
Good Mews
Finding good homes for good kitties…
Happenings
Multiple Dates Set for Flea Market!!
Spring Flea Market Update
The dates have been set and the location is confirmed! The Spring Flea Market will be held FOUR Weekends with New Merchandise Each Weekend!
Saturday, April 10th – Sunday, April 11th
Saturday, April 17th – Sunday, April 18th
Saturday, April 24th – Sunday, April 25th
Saturday, May 1st – Sunday, May 2nd
Shop 8am – 5pm on Saturdays & 12pm – 5pm on Sundays
East Lake Shopping Center
2145 Roswell Road, Ste. 40, Marietta, GA 30062
We’re a few doors down from Aldi Foods.
We need your help collecting donated items to make it a success! This is the biggest fundraiser of the year, so please help us spread the word! Download the flyer located below to share with family, co-workers, friends, etc. We’ll be accepting donations at the storefront every Saturday and Sunday between the hours of 10-3 starting Saturday, March 13th. The last date donations will be accepted is Saturday, April 24th.
Donated items must be in good condition and working order. The flyer includes all the details about the types of donations we are accepting. There are some thing we are not accepting, so please check the flyer.
Contact Kelly if you have questions at (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) .
Updated_flea_market_flyer.pdf
Birdies for Charity
Charity begins on the golf course at the Regions Charity Classic. You have the opportunity to make GOOD MEWS a big winner by participating in the Birdies for Charity program. We will receive every single penny of the donations generated on our behalf! Additionally, you have a chance to win great prizes when you pitch in to help us! Simply make a pledge of $0.02 or more per birdie or make a flat pledge of minimum $10.00 or more. And, the good news is…..you don’t even have to be a golfer or know anything about golf to participate. The attached flyer gives all the details.
Good-Bye Marshmellow
We had to say good-bye to one of our best friends today. Marshmellow passed away suddenly this morning and we are all heartbroken. Marshmellow was a very special presence at the shelter and he will be sorely missed.
Marshmellow was abandoned at Good Mews in March 2009. When we found him he was in horrible shape. He had hardly any hair on his face and he was very sick. At first the vet thought he might have had cancer, but as it turned out, he didn’t! They suspected skin allergies so they put him on a special diet and Marshmellow got to be our new kitchen cat. He loved this because that meant he got to spend a lot of time with the volunteers and got tons of special treatment.
Marshmellow was a very sweet boy that welcomed hugs and kisses and he would often place his paw on your shoulder and give you a hug right back. He never got his forever home and a family to call his own, but we at Good Mews were his family and we loved him and he knew that. There is a special place at the Bridge for this sweet boy and we know we will all see him again.
Good-bye, Marshmellow. We love you and we will miss you.
Pins for Pops
Join us on Sunday, April 11th from 2-4 PM
Brunswick Zone
2749 Delk Rd
Marietta, GA 30067
$20 per person (or 3 for $50) gets you two hours of bowling + shoe rental and the chance to win some fun prizes!
Purchase your tickets now by clicking on this link: Pins for Pops
Please note: Tickets MUST be purchased by Friday, March 26th so we can get a count to the bowling alley
Enter Your Pet’s Photo for a Chance for Good Mews to Win $10,000!!
Enter your pet’s photo (cats or dogs) to the BISSELL Most Valuable Pet (MVP) Contest at http://mvp.bissell.com. Our friends at BISSELL are accepting pet photos from the public through March 25, 2010. In addition to having their pet featured on BISSELL pet product packaging, the lucky winning pet parents will receive a $500 shopping spree AND a $10,000 donation to the pet cause of their choice. That could be YOU!
Four runners up will also be featured on BISSELL packaging and have donations of $5,000 or $1,000 made to their favorite pet cause. Here is your chance to BE that favorite pet cause.
Reach out to all your friends and fanmily, and encourage them to submit a photo of their most valuable pet at http://mvp.bissell.com and then encourage everyone they know to vote for him. Let them know that not only can their pet be named MVP, he could be responsible for helping many more pets like him by selecting YOU as their favorite pet cause. Winners will also receive a BISSELL pet-cleaning product.
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Featured Cat of the Month
Ruby is our Featured Cat of the Month for March! We have chosen Ruby because she and her siblings came to Good Mews when they were 5 month old kittens and Ruby is now a year and a half, but she is still here! Her siblings were recently adopted, but nobody has picked Ruby yet.
OK, I will admit, Ruby wasn’t the sweetest kitten in the world when she arrived at Good Mews, so she was over-looked. But who can blame her? Ruby had every right not to trust us humans, so when she hissed and swatted at us, and told us to go away, we just quietly told her that we understood and tried to explain to her that we were not all alike.
You see, Ruby and her siblings were born outside and once they were old enough to run around and start caring for themselves, a not so nice person thought it would be fun to shoot at them with a BB gun! Well, Ruby and her siblings did not think that was fun and it scared them. And this made them very afraid and untrusting of humans. A volunteer saw what was going on and asked if they could come to Good Mews where it was safe. Thank goodness we had room, and we welcomed them with open arms!
All of these kittens were very scared and were over-looked on adoption days so they were not adopted as kittens. But the volunteers worked with them and they eventually gained our trust. They finally came to understand that not all humans are alike, that we love them and would never dream of hurting them! Ruby’s siblings have been adopted into wonderful homes, and now Ruby is praying that her forever home will come soon!
Ruby is a very sweet girl that is also very unique looking. She has a cute round body with a little tiny head. She is also very sweet and enjoys pets and also loves to play. Her favorite toys are feather toys and the laser light. One of her favorite things to do is to look out the window. Guests always make comments that they see her sitting on the bench, watching all the activity outside. So whoever adopts her has to have plenty of windows for her! Ruby gets along great with other cats, so she would like to go to a home with other kitty friends. Come by and meet Ruby soon!
Donate Now
Click the paw to donate financially to Good Mews programs. Or read about the Programs you can donate to first.
Catistics
Adopted This Year: 58
Adopted Last Year: 240
Total Cats Adopted: 5,592+
Years Running: 22
Featured Kitty
hannah
Hannah and some of her friends came to Good Mews from a shelter in Alabama. That shelter was shut down and some of their former volunteers contacted us and asked if we would be willing to take in some of their cats. They had 80 cats to place and were struggling to find placement or homes for all of them. We feel it is important that all rescues need to work together so we were more than happy to help them. We went to pick up the kitties and they did very well on their long trip back to Good Mews. Now we have promised all of them that we will find them a wonderful new home to call their own.
Hannah is a very sweet girl, but is still a little unsure of her situation. She has gone through a lot of changes in the past few months so she is still warming up to us. I know once she starts to feel more comfortable, she will come around. She is a beautiful girl and deserves to have a nice family of her own. Once we learn more about Hannah, we will give updates!
2010 Winter Newsletter Now Available
Check out the most recent newsletter with additional information on upcoming fundraising events under the “News” drop down menu!
New Adoption Hours Starting in 2010!
As always, we will be open every Saturday from 10am-4pm.
Starting in 2010, we will be open the 2nd ,3rd, and 4th Sunday of the month from 1pm-4pm.
Check out our Adoptable Kitties on the website!
Good Mews on Facebook
We are now officially listed as a Cause to Support on Facebook.
If you have a Facebook account, please join the cause, Good Mews. You can recruit friends, donate and spread the word about the wonders of Good Mews.
Even if you do not have a Facebook account, click CAUSES to support the kitties of Good Mews.
Happy endings!
Check out our section on Happy Endings to see some of our recent adoption stories!
