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*Paws on the Promenade
Public Event · By Duncans Place, A Cat Sanctuary
Saturday, May 19, 2012
9:00am until 4:00pm
We ARe hosting a booth at this popular event! We found someone that graciously donated the $100 for the booth fee THANK YOU SR!
The Promenade Shops at Centerra
5971 Sky Pond Drive, Loveland, CO 80538
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*LOW COST Vaccine clinic
Public Event · By Duncans Place, A Cat Sanctuary
Sunday, May 20, 2012
12:00pm until 3:00pm
Location TBA
Dr. Dayna Edwards is graciously hosting this event for us- THANK YOU Dr. Edwards!

Upcoming events- we need more awesome volunteers.
Sat, April 14th 2-8 PM- A “Dog Diva” Casting Call- A Fundraiser for Elder Pet Care- we have an info booth for DP- need help 4-8 PM. (Loveland)
Sat-April 28th- Johnstown-Milliken Chamber Children’s Festival (booth)- we will be hosting an interactive activity and/or craft-supplies & ideas appreciated. Volunteer times are: 9:30am-12 and/or 12-3:30 (Johnstown)
Sat-May 19th- Paws on the Promenade (booth & bring adoptable kitties) Volunteer time frames- 8:30-11, 11-2 or 2-4:30 (Loveland)

Our last vaccine clinic, at D.O.G.S. in Loveland on January 8, was funded by a grant from the Animal Assistance Foundation. We vaccinated 50 animals for rabies, 50 dogs for DAPP2, 35 dogs for Bordetella, 3 cats for FVRCP, and 2 cats for Feline Leukemia.

We gave information and contact information for spay/neuter assistance for unaltered animals, and will be paying for the spay of a chocolate lab that was rescued from being chained to a car and forced to have litter after litter, ’til her person rescued her.

This is what animal welfare is about–getting out there into the community and helping the underserved. They are usually the people on SSI or unemployment who made room in their hearts to help another living being. The people who are off the radar for any help like this, and want to do right by their pets. We had one lady pay in quarters for her dog. All grateful and kind, and liked that we did not make them go through paperwork to see if the qualify, we went in and helped and that is what the grant was intended for.

Many thank yous to: Dr. Dana Edwards, Cat Kuhlman, Jan Link, Leslie Vogt, Marla and Paulie Stone, and Christy Chernow for their enthusiasm and help. And definitely huge thank yous to Christina and Marilyn of D.O.G.S. for hosting our rag tag event.

I have had a hard time finding foster homes, especially for adult cats, and put out an S.O.S. InterMountain Humane Society answered by saying they would take up to 8 adult, friendly cats for me if Duncan’s Place took 3 feral brothers and found a safe placement for them, so done deal. Stopped and chatted with Zach at Poudre Feed and he said he would take the brothers. So 11 cats will be saved in one day, thanks to networking and a shelter that had the room, and is a no kill.

So that is what I have been up to this week so far. Never a dull moment!

This year has brought some fantastic highs and some sad lows for all the kitties that have come through our doors and hearts here at Duncan’s Place, but the good always outweighs the bad.

We have taken in 70 adult cats and kitten this last year! We reached and passed 200 official rescues thanks to our small band of fosters, volunteers, and supporters, so thank you all!

Spayed and neutered 56 “owned” pets throughout Larimer County with our Spay Mommy Program (we spayed and neutered any cats that were in a household, at no cost to their human guardians, some weren’t preggers or of the right sex, but we just wanted to cut down on the overpopulation problem in our small corner of the world).

We fed 123 humans this year through our partnership with Larimer County Food Bank. We also fed 364 cats, dogs, birds, and a ferret with our pet food bank, Dudley’s Delectables.

We do not make people fill out forms and demoralize them by that–they come to us for help and we just do, we just hope that when they are on their feet again that they pay the kindnesses forward to someone else who needs help, plan and simple. That is what all our programming to help animals and people is based on.

Our low cost vaccine clinics have helped 360 cats and dogs get the vaccines they need at a fraction of what a veterinary office would charge. Again we did not require paperwork–as long as a animal is being helped then we did our job!

We received 2 large grants from LCVMA and Animal Assistance Foundation, which helped fund our Spay Mommy Program, Dudley’s Delectables, and our low cost vaccine clinics.  We also received monetary gifts from the Linnea/Pure Heart Foundation, and the CSU Student Chapter of Feline Practitioners. 

We have had some very generous people help us this year, so we could help more animals:
Joan Campbell
Rose & Don Caroll
Skip Freeman
Jan & Bob Link
Leslie Vogt
LaShelle Lyman
Linnea/Pure Heart Rescue
Sam Uberman (Duncan’s Place East)
Cheryl Stravis, Pumpkin Puddy Katz
Susan Malonne (Breeders Choice) 
Poudre Feed South-Zach
D.O.G.S. at Centerra
Dr. Dana Edwards
Dr. Jack Worthington
Dr. Smith
Dr. Love
Dr. Welsh
Dr, Rustigi
James Christofferson
The Hoffman family
The Cortese Family
Beki Newok
Chris Head
The Iffeninger Family
LCVMA 
Animal Assistance Foundation
CSU Student Chapter of Feline Practioners
Ian with Target

Each year we seem to get more recognition and support which is wonderful, and we hope it continues.

I thank you all for all the help, support, friendship, and love you have given both to the kitties and I, we are truly grateful and happy we have the people we have in our lives, THANK YOU!!

Cathy