Meet Patty Guthrie – our own cat whisperer!

Meet Patty Guthrie – our own cat whisperer!

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Patty Guthrie has been a faithful Town Cats volunteer since October of 2003. Back in Chicago, Patty had a cat in her cradle and she grew up loving cats and dogs with a wonderful, loving mom who taught her early on about giving back, fostering animals and volunteering in the community. Thanks to the blizzard of ’99 and 22” of snow, Patty and Dave migrated to California with their four cats, including their beloved cat Myriah. Patty was tired of the snow. Patty believes, “It is sort of my job to give back if I can.” For years Patty has volunteered at the Town Cats’ shelter on Wednesday nights. She has also worked as a Town Cats ambassador, doing outreach at public events and festivals. She has fostered and adopted…
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The Story of Jack

The Story of Jack

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One of our families who opened up their hearts and home to an FIV positive cat named Jack created this wonderful video to share the love they found with this special cat.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHPZruu2gm8
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Introducing – Town Cats Strategic Plan

Introducing – Town Cats Strategic Plan

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Dear Friends of Town Cats: We are happy to share with you our firstever Strategic Plan. The creation of this document has been a collaborative effort, an adventure and a learning experience. Through this process we did an assessment of where we are today and we dared to dream of how we would like to succeed in the future. This Town Cats Strategic Plan 2015 – 2017 is our roadmap, a thoughtful analysis of our programs and our goals. We thank you for your vital participation in this process and we encourage your feedback and ongoing participation and partnership. Town Cats is an amazing, diverse group of people dedicated to the welfare of cats in our community. Our supporters, volunteers, donors, staff, adopters and partners work together to improve the…
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Fantastic Adoption Results

Fantastic Adoption Results

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Events and day to day! So far 2015 has been a fantastic year for adoptions at Town Cats, we have participated in two large scale adoption events and have had wonderful adoption results in each of our adoption centers. On  May 30th and 31st, we participated in Maddie's Pet Adoption Days which were an absolute whirlwind of activity. In the end, the team at Town Cats found 129 good cats good homes -- including some sweet, older cats such as Sophie, Tigger, and Velvet, and many darling, little kittens -- and we made many, many people happy. As a results of our efforts Town Cats has received a grant of $67,200 which will help us tremendously with our expenses.We are so grateful for the opportunity to participate in this lifesaving program again this year. The people at Maddie's Fund…
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