1988-2008... 20 years of purrs... 20 years of purpose...
Good Mews
Finding good homes for good kitties…
Happenings
Camp O.P.P.
Good Mews had a wonderful opportunity to participate this summer with Our Pal’s Place, Camp O.P.P.
Each week in July we spent the day with a different group of kids ranging in age from 5th grade to 8th grade.
Fun was had by all as well as a great chance to educate the kids on cat behavior, the importance of spay/neuter, cat care and what it takes to run Good Mews!
Cat Alert!
As we are approaching Fall, it is overwhelming to realize a Fall kitten season is approaching when it seems this Spring’s kitten season has not yet slowed down.
We have many cats and kittens in foster care still waiting for room to enter our shelter.
Due to this we will be focusing our efforts until late September or early October in getting our foster kitties into the shelter, as well as some kitties already promised a space.
Anyone in rescue understands what a trying season this has been so we thank you for your support and patience with our efforts for the next couple of months.
Every adoption means another one saved!
Sloppy Kiss Cards
Isn’t it fun to send our email cards to your friends and family? And we can make it an added bonus for our kitties if you sign up for a year long membership!
We are teaming up with Sloppy Kiss cards which are animated ecards for dog and cat lovers. You get to choose and name the dog or cat that stars in every ecard you send. Join now for just $9.95 for a year of ecards and 25% of your sign up fee will be donated to GM!
Don’t forget that sending ecards can help you drive sales for GM:
If you send an ecard to a friend and they sign up for Sloppy Kiss Cards then Good Mews gets 25% of the sale. If your friend then sends an ecard to someone else who then signs up, we get credit for that sale as well. And so on, and so on…
When your friend clicks on the ecard link to view the ecard the charity code is stored as a cookie on their computer for 30 days. If they join Sloppy Kiss Cards at any time during those 30 days then the charity code field of the sign up form will be automatically filled in with your charity code. This means Good Mews will get credit for the sale and your charity code will be associated with that person’s account so when they send ecards your code will be included in their ecard links which will hopefully continue to drive more sales for GM.
Click onto Sloppy-Kiss-membership for more information and sign up today to send Sloppy Kiss cards! Our shelter code is entered into the enrollment form so GM gets credit for all memberships!
Squeak and her new baby!
Who says babies and cats don’t mix?
Here is the story of our GM kitty Squeak in her brand new home! This letter is from her new mom!
I recently adopted Squeak and wanted to provide an update about how she is doing. She is doing well and is settling in. She and our other cat have not completely warmed up to each other but they definitely do not have any problems with each other. On the other hand Squeak has adopted our 10 week old daughter, Annaliese. She usually wants to be in whatever room Annaliese is in and as you can see from the attached photos Squeak loves Annaliese.
The pictures where Annaliese is in the pink sleeper were taken 2 hours after I got Squeak home. The other pictures were taken the following day. Even if Annaliese is not lying on the play mat, Squeak loves to lie there.
Squeak is so sweet and loving and instantly became a part of the family.
Best Wishes,
Kimberly Geyerman
PSA
We are very excited to have our new PSA up online! Recently we had our shelter filmed so click on and enjoy!
Thanks to Amy Jackson and Mark Burch for working on this for us and doing such a fantastic job to show off our shelter!!
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Catistics
Adopted This Year: 202
Adopted Last Year: 263
Total Cats Adopted: 5,021+
Years Running: 20
Featured Kitty
Brendan
Hi There! I’m Brendan and I was rescued from a hoarder who had too many cats. Although quite shy and upset when I first got to Good Mews, I now seek out attention and follow visitors around. If you really want to hear me purr, just offer me my favorite treats! I’ve been told I’m a very handsome boy with giant fluffy paws! And, it’s important for you to know that I love the other cats. I am seeking a quiet home with my friend Lainie where I can continue my better life. I will take some time to acclimate in your home because new places make me very nervous, but if you are patient, I will become the sweet boy you see in the shelter!
Meet Your Match
Good Mews is very excited to announce we will be the first shelter in Georgia to roll out the ASPCA®’s Meet Your Match Feline-ality™ Program. We plan to have it up and running by late summer!
Meet your Match for felines was introduced by the ASPCA® in 2007. The launch of Feline-ality™ in 2007 is the latest addition to the ASPCA®’s Meet Your Match™ constellation of adoption programs that include research-based animal behavior assessments—all aimed at increasing adoption rates, and reducing return rates at shelters, thus combating the problem of pet overpopulation in shelters today.
According to the ASPCA®, “the key to developing successful adoptions lies in making good matches between adopters and pets, thus creating lasting bonds,” said Dr. Emily Weiss, the ASPCA’s senior director of shelter behavior programs, and researcher of ASPCA®’s Meet Your Match™. “Feline-ality™ is a tool that does precisely this; and everyone—adopters, shelter staff, and most of all, the cats—benefits from the program.”
Meet Your Match™ is a program of ASPCA®.