Macy's Pleasanton Community Shopping Day
Macy's Pleasanton Community Shopping Day Thursday, October 26
Enjoy a day of shopping while giving back to the animals! All
proceeds from ticket sales benefit FOFAS spay/neuter and medical
programs. Purchase your ticket for $10 at our Volunteer Office
Mon-Sun 12pm-4pm. Each ticket entitles the bearer to discounts of up
to 20% off of Macy's merchandise as well as entry for a $500 Macy's
shopping spree. FOFAS will also receive a portion of the stores
total days sales.
Charley Plummer's 17th Annual Dogleg Tournament
Charley Plummer's 17th Annual Dogleg Tournament Sunday August 27th
COME WISH SHERIFF PLUMMER A HAPPY RETIRMENT WITH US!
Golden Tee Golfland 2533 Castro Valley Bvd. Castro Valley Check-in @
12:30pm Start: 1:00 pm Bar-B-Que dinner to follow at 3:00 PM at
Rowell Ranch along with silent and live auctions and a raffle of fun
goodies. Tickets are $50 for dinner and golf or $25 for golf or
dinner only. To purchase tickets please contact our Volunteer Office
at 510-352-0598. All proceeds to benefit programs offered at Alameda
County's Fairmont Animal Shelter.
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Send an email with the attached picture to:
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or mail it to: MyCastroValley.com 3056 Castro
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Kittens adopted at the expense of black cats
“Kitten season,” that time of year when cats begin reproducing at
astonishing rates, has begun. If you live in an area populated with
unaltered, homeless cats, you already know this.
While baby kittens are irresistible and adopted quickly, every
shelter worker in the East Bay offers a big “sigh” when asked about
kitten season. The demand on our resources, and the impact on the
adoption opportunities for our existing cats are considerable. It
nearly always includes sad endings for all the older cats that don’t
make it as the shelters fill up.
At the top of the list of cats pushed aside are those eponymously
named black cats like “Stormy,” “Blackie,” or “Midnight” and the
tuxedo cats called “Mittens,” “Jeeves,” and “Socks.” Black and white
are dominant colors in the feline world, so these cats are often
over represented in shelters where the offspring of homeless cats
end up.
Black cats are sleek and mysterious. Black cats are considered to be
friendly and unflappable characters. Cat aficionados even swear that
black cats are healthier than other cats because of the heartiness
of their genes.
“Tuxedo” cats are affectionate lovers of people and other cats
alike. They are always properly dressed for the occasion. The black
cat with white mittens loves to show off his moves just like a
conductor leading a symphony. The bibbed white cat looks like she is
ready for a good meal.No one
really knows if these things are true or not, but nearly everybody
carries with them the memory of a special all black or tuxedo cat
they have known.
But when you look into the cat rooms of nearly every shelter in the
country, you may see cage after cage of black or mostly black and
white cats. In fact, they are hard to tell apart from one another to
the casual eye.
That is why from April 10th-17th, most of the public and private
shelters across the East Bay are hosting special “black and white”
promotions to encourage adoptions of black, and black and white
cats. You may walk into a shelter this week and find volunteers
wearing formal wear, or kennels decorated with black and white
streamers, or adoption gifts accompanying black and white cat
adoptions. You might even score a bottle of bubbly or sparkling
cider.
We figure the audience for the black or black and white cat is the
more discerning pet owner. This would be the person who looks beyond
a common coat to that unique personality that every cat has. If cat
ownership required a license, a fancy-looking cat might be for
beginners. This would be the people who haven’t yet begun to think
like a cat, but are in awe of flashy fur.
But a cat who makes his distinctiveness evident by his one-of-kind
personality, while visually blending in the background with the rest
of the crowd due to his color, is the cat for the caretaker with
experience.
The black cat provides a challenge because you have to get to know
him first. You don’t get a read on him just from sight. Like the
plain people of the world, black and black and white cats don’t get
an automatic “pass” based on their looks. Their beauty is relative,
dependent on the goodness, or mischievousness, of their soul.
It is the cat who can even fit in any décor – who can’t accommodate
a black and white accessory in even the most orchestrated living
room?
You have a lot of choices this week if you are embarking on your
search for the perfect black or black and white cat. Over ten
shelters or rescues will be showcasing their black, and black and
white cats and will be offering special adoption gifts. You can find
them at Alameda City Animal Control, Berkeley Animal Care and
Services, Berkeley East Bay Humane Society, Contra Costa
CountyAnimal Services, East Bay SPCA (in both Oakland and
Tri-Valley), East County Animal Services, Friends of Fairmont Animal
Shelter, Hayward Animal Services, Oakland Animal Services, Tri-City
Animal Shelter and Tri-Valley Animal Rescue. More information is
available at eastbayspca.org/events
You might find yourself ready for the next level of advanced cat
caretaking.
Blankets Needed
THE FAIRMONT ANIMAL SHELTER IS IN NEED OF BLANKETS (FLEECE
PREFERRED),
TOWELS, AND NEWSPAPER TO KEEP KEEP OUR DOGS AND CATS WARM AND
COMFY. DONATIONS MAY BE DROPPED OFF AT THE FAIRMONT ANIMAL SHELTER
MONDAY-SUNDAY 11:30 AM - 5:30 PM.
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