23Jul 2026 by Michelle N
Clear the Shelters – August 2026

Clear the Shelters – August 2026

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Join us all August long, and in person on August 15th!  We are excited to announce that Town Cats will be participating in Clear the Shelters for the 5th year in a row! We will be partnering with NBCUniversal for the pet adoption and donation campaign, which is Presented by Hill’s Pet Nutrition, and is scheduled for Aug. 1 to 31, with an extended fundraising initiative taking place now through Sept. 15.  As part of the nationwide initiative, NBC and Telemundo stations partner with animal shelters and rescues in their communities to promote pet adoption and raise funds that support their animal welfare operations. Since its 2015 inception, Clear The Shelters has helped more than 1.3 million pets find new homes and has raised more than $5.6 million for participating…
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15Apr 2025 by Michelle N

Still Here for the Cats: A Look at Our Work and Future

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Still Here for the Cats: A Look at Our Work and Future If you’ve been following Town Cats over the past few years, you know it hasn’t been a straight line. We've celebrated huge wins—saving over 600 cats in one year, creating new programs, going fully foster- and pet store-based, and expanding our outreach into schools and libraries. And we’ve also had our share of hard pivots—pausing programs, transitioning spaces, shifting our team. Right now, we’re in a new chapter. We don’t have a traditional shelter. We’re supporting 54 cats in foster homes, pet stores and the cafe. And we're asking ourselves daily: how do we keep doing the work in a way that’s sustainable, effective, and true to our mission? We know change can bring questions—and we want to…
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15Apr 2025 by Michelle N

Ann’s Spring 2025 Update

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The Town Cats Board and I are thrilled to officially announce that Megan Hasenauer has accepted the position of Director of Town Cats, and is responsible for all aspects of running the organization. She reports into the Board in this new role. We’re very happy that Megan has accepted this new challenge - she brings continuity to the organization with her almost 3 years of experience working for us, but she also brings exciting new ideas, and a passion for Town Cats and the people and cats that we work with. Congratulations to Megan! Over the past eleven years that I have been involved with Town Cats, I’ve had the privilege of seeing the organization evolve and change to meet the changing needs of the community, and adapt to external…
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19Jan 2022 by Megan Hasenauer
The (Kitten Foster) Book of 2021

The (Kitten Foster) Book of 2021

Cat Blog Articles, Current "Mews", Happy Tails, News & Happenings
By: Levi Fistori With each New Year, Town Cat's reflects on the previous year of rescue; the joyful adoptions, the happy endings, our new friends, and on the hardships, the losses, and the bittersweet goodbyes. We sort our files and catch up on cleaning; we close our book on the previous year and open a book for the next.   The book of 2021 wasn't quite what anyone expected it to be, the sequel to 2020 that no one wanted. But even while much of the world remained on lockdown, the world of animal rescue never stopped. As businesses wrestled with whether or not to open their doors, Town Cats continued rescuing and helping cats in need. Over 300 cats came through our shelter doors in 2020, and 85% of them…
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30Nov 2021 by Megan Hasenauer
Saving #FIP Lily – An Angel Fund Story

Saving #FIP Lily – An Angel Fund Story

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In early September 2021, the San Francisco Animal Care & Control contacted Town Cats about taking in a "behavioral case" - a troubled one-year-old cat named Lily. Lily found herself at the San Francisco Animal Shelter after giving birth to kittens, a familiar story for young, unfixed cats like Lily. After her kittens were weaned and adopted, Lily remained at the Animal Shelter with a brewing case of "Cage Rage" - a condition where ordinarily calm animals become increasingly frustrated as they spend more and more time in a cage, kennel, or animal shelter condo.  Confident that we could give Lily the space she needed to relax - Town Cats quickly said, "We'll take her!". Lily almost instantly settled in upon arriving at Town Cats and promptly made her way…
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