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Flea Market Donations!
We are beginning early this time to get ready for our second Flea Market event which we will be having in the Fall.
We will be collecting donations throughout the summer months so we expect a lot of great merchandise by the event!
Donations can be dropped off at Uncle Bob’s Storage. 1725 Roswell Road in Marietta beginning this Saturday 6/20 to collect for the fall Flea Market. Please come by and drop off the items you have collected so far.
There will be additional collection days each month until the event. Please hold off on bringing in TV’s and bring clothing only if gently worn. The hours for drop offs are from 9 am- 12 pm.
Additional dates are as follows:
Saturday, July 25th
Saturday, August 8th
Saturday, August 22nd
All times for drop offs on the designated days will be 9 am- 12 pm.
June is adopt a cat month!
Spread the word!
June is adopt a cat month in conjunction with American Humane. According to American Humane, approximately 4 million cats end up in shelters every year.
One of them is sure to be a perfect match for you!
Each year, thousands of kittens are born during spring and summer—and many end up in animal shelters, waiting for loving homes. To promote adoptions of these playful, affectionate animals, American Humane celebrates Adopt-A-Cat Month® in June. Come visit the fabulous felines at your local animal shelter, and take home your new best friend!
When you come to visit Good Mews you will find for the rest of the summer our wonderful adoption special: adopt two cats for the adoption fee of one! Even if you cannot take home two, now is the perfect time to add a new family member to your household.
Our foster kittens are slowly beginning to enter the shelter and getting spayed and neutered and ready for adoption. If kitten antics are too much for you, don’t forget to check out our wonderful adults who often get overlooked during “kitten season”.
To find your perfect new family member, come see us every Saturday for adoptions from 10-4 and we are now open every Sunday except the last one of the month from 1-4.
Fun, Food and Laughs!
4 Funny Cats Featured at Good Mews Laugh Night at Nancy G’s Café & Neighborhood Bistro!
On July 18th, join us for a night of good food and lots of laughs.
From 8 -9:30 pm, enjoy the comedy of Jed Fearon “The Reformed Feminist”, Nicole Chiles “The Weimaraner Whisperer”, Scott Williams “The Tech Geek” and Richard Conklin “The Strapping Cat Surgeon”.
Make reservations to dine before or during the show at Nancy G’s, 4920 Roswell Road, Atlanta, in the Fountain Oaks Kroger shopping center in North Buckhead.
A local café serving up contemporary Southern cooking in a relaxed at home atmosphere, unwind at Nancy G’s and share great conversation over dishes that are as fresh and interesting as they are affordable. If you have never eaten at Nancy G’s, you are in for a real treat!
For more information on Nancy G’s, click Good-Eats!.
Tickets are $15 cash at the door. For both show and dinner reservations call Nancy G’s at 404-705-8444. Ticket proceeds benefit the kitties of Good Mews.
For a close-up of our flyer, click here: GM_Comedy_Show.pdf
The Joy of a Senior Cat
This is the time of year when the shelters are overflowing with cute little kittens and we sometimes forget about our wonderful adult kitties, especially the seniors!
Enjoy this story of one of our most recent Senior adoptees, Rama.
Just wanted to update and thank everyone for all their help in picking out Rama. He’s been with me 7 weeks now and has been “free” in the house for 4 weeks. His introduction to Simba was pretty uneventful; I attribute that to the great help and direction I got from everyone on picking out the right personality (thank you for all the hours I spent there).
I really was anxious about introducing a 9 year-old to a 13-year old. But everything went very smoothly after following all of your instructions. After some head butts and rubs, Rama just laid down on his back in front of Simba. How perfect! They are great company for each other, which is exactly what I was looking for. I haven’t seen any turf issues at all.
He’s one of the sweetest cats I’ve ever owned; I couldn’t have asked for more. I encourage anyone to consider a “senior”. Just choose the right personality and be patient with introduction and socialization.
If you are a senior citizen interested in adopting a senior cat, please click Golden Companions and read about our new program!
Flea Market Success
Thank you to everyone who made our first flea market of 2009 a huge success. We made close to $23,000 for the cats and kittens of Good Mews.
We could not have achieved such a successful event without our volunteers, donors and customers. Our bake sale alone made close to $1300….. that is a lot of tasty treats!
A huge thank you to our team of volunteers who put in over 800 volunteer hours to get everything sorted, priced and set up for our wonderful sale.
A special thank you to Mimm’s for donating 2 store fronts for our event!
Please remember to check back in the fall as this year we are planning another flea market. With your support, we hope to surpass 25k!
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Featured cat of the month!
Meet Crystal, our featured cat for June!
Crystal is by far one of the sweetest cats in the world. She is affectionate, loving and the ultimate lap cat. She will purr at the drop of a hat, will shower you with unconditional love and be a great companion for any family! Her looks are also unique with 2 different colored eyes, one green and one blue. Crystal is 8 years old, adorable and talkative.
She is also a favorite among the volunteers and is often seen on many volunteer’s laps. The one thing missing from Crystal’s life is her own person. This is what she wants more than anything else in the entire world.
With such a glowing report, you may wonder why she is still available for adoption. We wonder that too!
Crystal is looking for that special person who won’t mind that she is on some medicine for her allergies and some medicine for the inflammation she has in her bladder. In her previous homes, her families didn’t medicate her on a regular basis which led to problems with her bladder and ultimately she had issues with sometimes missing the litterbox. She even had to resort to living in the basement.
Being back in the shelter we make sure we give her the medicine for her allergies and her bladder. Her medications are inexpensive and they really work. She still struggles with allergies, as the shelter isn’t the best of conditions for a cat with chronic skin issues and her bladder issues are totally under control.
Crystal is looking for someone who wants the ultimate lap cat and someone who doesn’t mind a few medications. She is extremely easy to medicate as she will eat them all in her wet food.
What an agreeable girl!
Are you the perfect person to adopt our sweet Crystal? Come visit her and we are sure you will fall in love!
Remember if you are 65 you can enjoy our Golden Companions offer for seniors adopting a senior cat! Click Golden-Companions for more information.
If you are interested in finding out more about adopting Crystal, please email (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
If you cannot adopt at this time and would like to make a donation in her honor, please click DONATE!
Donate Now
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Catistics
Adopted This Year: 86
Adopted Last Year: 312
Total Cats Adopted: 5,305+
Years Running: 21
Featured Kitty
Isabella
Hello, my name is Isabella. My life has been a bit of a roller coaster ride lately, and I’m still adjusting to shelter life. You see, I was at Good Mews a long time ago before getting adopted, and I was recently returned- no fault of my own, though! I was very scared and overwhelmed when I first came to Good Mews, but I’m beginning to really enjoy one-on-one attention! I am seeking a quiet home with a family that will be very patient with me and allow me time to adjust. As you can see, I love to sit in the window and observe the world around me! Will you be the one to uncover my heart of gold??
Microchipping clinic
Due to scheduling conflicts, our microchipping clinic which was originally scheduled for Sunday June 14th has been postponed.
Our new date will be sometime in the fall, so please check back on our website for future plans!
Kitten Season
Our foster homes are filling up with lots of kittens!
Check them out by clicking Foster-Cats/Kittens!.
We are busy!
Good Mews is so busy this Spring/Summer we couldn’t even fit everything on the home page!
Click our Event-Calender to see what we are up to!
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