1988-2010... 22 years of purrs... 22 years of purpose...
Good Mews
Finding good homes for good kitties…
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Valentine Special!
Come to Good Mews during the month of February and find the new love of your life! All of our white and red cats will have a reduced adoption fee of $114 and will go home with a gift bag!
Donations Now Being Accepted for the Spring Flea Market
Spring Flea Market – Donation Drop Off Dates
Saturday, February 6th from 9AM - Noon
Saturday, February 20th from 9AM - Noon
Donations will be accepted at Uncle Bob’s Self Storage located at 1725 Roswell Rd, Marietta, 30062. The Good Mews storage unit number is 315. If you are planning on dropping donations off on one of these dates, or need additional information, please contact Kelly McNamara at (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
Donated items must be in good condition and working order. Types of items being accepted include, but are not limited to: jewelry, electronics, kitchen items, home decor and accessories, bed & bath, pet care items, books, movies, music, toys, tools, sporting goods, arts & craft supplies, and furniture.
Note: We are not accepting clothing (adult or children’s), large appliances, mattresses or box springs, ceiling fans, doors, overhead light fixtures, or holiday items.
Please hold off on bringing TV’s and large furniture items until we get the actual storefronts where the sale will be held. We’ll be scheduling additional drop-off dates in the future, so keep checking the website for updates.
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.
Large-Scale Cat Rescue in Florida
More than 450 cats are being relocated from a South Florida sanctuary to organizations throughout the state after a team led by the University of Florida’s Shelter Medicine program declared the sanctuary “unable to provide an adequate standard of care. Good Mews took in four cats from this case, Livingston, Peri, Lucia and Violet - check out their stories under “Adoptable Cats”.
Livingston
Peri
Below is a link to newspaper article describing the situation:
For more information, please contact University of Florida Shelter Medicine
Good-Bye Hondo
With a heavy heart, we had to say good-bye to our friend, Hondo, Thursday. Hondo touched everyone’s lives at Good Mews and we don’t think anyone will ever forget him.
Hondo came to Good Mews in 2004 when he was rescued from a fraternity house. He was adopted, but later returned when his family divorced. Hondo was with us for a while and everyone loved him. He was a great presence at the shelter and was a volunteer favorite. However, he was famous for one thing; he would sometimes bite people! But because it was Hondo, he was quickly forgiven. A long time volunteer, Lauren, always had a special fondness for Hondo, so she adopted him in October. Hondo enjoyed his new home and slept with Lauren every night. Sadly, Hondo suddenly became sick. His wonderful vet did all she could for him, but Hondo was not getting better. The decision was made to humanely let our friend go.
Good-bye, Buddy. We all love you and you will be greatly missed. See you at the Bridge….
Featured Cat of the Month
Max and Neil are the Featured Cats of the month for February! We have chosen this pair because both boys have been at the shelter for awhile, and we hope that someone (you, maybe?) will read this, and offer them the loving home they deserve.
Max and Neil were adopted from Good Mews the first week of January 2010 by a very loving family. Sadly, once they got home, it was discovered that one of the family members was severely allergic to cats! They were heartbroken, as in the short time the cats were there, they had fallen in love with the duo. They said if they had to rate them between 1 and 10, Max and Neil were a 20! These boys are looking for some serious loving; the family reports they were perfectly content to do nothing else but sit on their laps the entire time they were in the home.
Max and Neil were rescued from Douglas County Animal Control. When their time was up, a rescue volunteer pulled and fostered them in her home until an alternative home could be found. A plea went out to local rescue groups and we contacted the foster mom agreeing to take in Neil, since he was a special case. He was in bad shape because he had been hit over the head with a baseball bat, resulting in him being partially deaf and leaving him with a permanent head tilt! Left alone, Max was so depressed he stopped eating. His foster mom contacted us, explained the situation and asked if we could also take in Max. As it turned out, Neil wasn’t eating either,so we agreed to do so. Their reunion was joyous, not a dry eye in the shelter, as we watched them rub all over each other and kiss! They were so happy to see each other, it was touching to see two cats so bonded. Neil relies on Max, and Max likes taking care of his buddy, so we would never dream of separating them.
If you are looking for two wonderful boys that love to sit in your lap and be the center of attention, then come meet these wonderful guys soon! And because they are a pair, their adoption fee is 2 for the price of 1!
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Catistics
Adopted This Year: 30
Adopted Last Year: 188
Total Cats Adopted: 5,500+
Years Running: 22
Featured Kitty
Noelle
Fiaca and Noelle are two beautiful petite girls that were abandoned along with their siblings. All of their siblings have since been adopted, but Fiaca and Noelle are over-looked on adoption days because they are very shy. Since they were abandoned, we do not know their history, but my guess is something scary must have happened to them. We are hoping one day they will learn to trust us, but it is going to take a lot of time and patience.
These sweet girls are extremely bonded and are often found curled up in a bed together. It is rare to see one without the other. So we would never dream of separating them.
There are times when an adopter comes through our door looking for a “hard to adopt” cat because they want to give a cat a home that does not have the same chance as the more adoptable cats. Right now we feel that is the type of person that will have to adopt Fiaca and Noelle, because they are so shy.
We always hear back from these adopters and the stories they tell us about these “hard to adopt” cats are wonderful! Whether these cats come around in 1 month or 1 year, they do come around! And I truly believe Fiaca and Noelle are no exception, if given the chance. They have already made great progress since coming to the shelter, and I know once in a quiet home, with the right family, they will blossom to be lovely girls!
**Update** Fiaca and Noelle are in a special room so volunteers can work with them and show them that people aren’t so bad! And it is working. They enjoy us petting them and we brush them and they purr and purr and Noelle even leaned towards me and gave me a kiss. So I know once in a quiet home, these girls will come around and be wonderful companions. They just need a chance.
Cat’s Amore Fundraiser!
February 9th - 25% of the proceeds go towards Good Mews - click on the flyer below for details!!!
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!
