You may remember that the donation from the Cat World Domination Day commenthon went to one of our favorite rescues, PAWS of Connecticut. When my human went to make the donation, she had several choices for where the money should go. She wound up doing one of her favorite things: she sponsored some kitties! She was donating $75, so $25 went to each of three cats.
Many rescues these days have sponsorship programs, where you can either donate a one-time amount to a cat of your choice, or you can make an ongoing monthly donation to help with the cat’s upkeep. Sponsorship is awesome because it’s more personal than just making a generic donation. You get to see the face that is benefitting from your money, and you find out about the cat’s story. I’ve heard of sponsors that actually travel to the rescue to visit their special kitty.
When it comes to human romance, long distance love affairs are usually not a good thing. But with cats, it is a great thing! Especially if you have cats of your own and can’t add to your family, aren’t able to foster, or if for some reason you can’t have a cat at all. Sponsoring one or more cats at a favorite rescue is a way to get your kitty fix — even if you are horribly allergic! You’ll still have a cat that is “yours,” and whose care you have a vested interest in.
Do you want to meet the three PAWS cats my human sponsored? Of course you do!
Patch had a sad start to life. He and his mother lived with a couple, but when the wife died, the husband didn’t want them anymore. When the two kitties were being taken to PAWS, Patch didn’t want to go in the carrier, and he was shoved in so violently that he tore all his back claws. He wound up spending a long time healing in the shelter’s medical room. Patch is now six and he has spent several years at PAWS. He is a sweet cat who should live in a quiet home with no children or dogs. What he does need is someone who will love him forever.
Oreo is a big, awesome guy! He had a human who cared a lot about him, but who became homeless. He is quite a character and loves nip and people. Want to know how much he loves people? Check out the video in this post about him at the Animal Shelter Volunteer Life blog. He is six years old, playful and attention-seeking and would do well in a home with older kids and/ or other cats.
Like so many other black cats, Sweet Pea is affectionate and outgoing and just an all-around cool kitty! This easy-going girl came to PAWS after her human died. She is seven and a half years old, and with her adventurous, adaptable nature, she would do well in just about any home, including one with kids. She loves to climb and survey her surroundings, so make sure you have a nice spot up high for her to hang out!
Isn’t it time you had your own long-distance love affair? Sponsor a kitty today!
That’s a great thing to do especially if you can’t adopt a cat yourself 😀
XOXO
This is a lovely idea.. (and I can’t believe I didn’t comment the first time I saw this.. if there are two comments from me, then, well.. um.. yeah.. n/m)
Let’s hear it for long-distance romance! Sponsoring a cat is a wonderful concept!
Sparkle yous mom is great..Miss Janiss is a pawsome cool lady..every kitty should has such a good Mama..
That is a fantastic idea! I’m hoping all three cats find their way to a new forever home soon. Sharing these 3 on Pinterest.
Thank you so much to you and your human, Sparkle! We are so grateful for your generosity and even more for your continued friendship.
Patch, Oreo and Sweet Pea are all wonderful kitties. We love them all! Patch is doing especially well these days; he has had some sort of epiphany, and has a new found confidence and a love for humans. How cool is that?
Headbonks to you and your human. And thank you again, from us and the PAWS cats. 🙂
What a great way to give back! All three of those kitties are beautiful! We are sending lots of purrs their way for the purrfect family to take them home very soon!
What a brilliant idea, paws crossed those three find their forever homes soon!
Love the sponsor a kitty idea! And so cool that you chose to sponsor 3 kitties at PAWS, what sweethearts they all are and huge purrs to each of them for finding safe forever homes where they are cherished. Thanks for showing us who you sponsored!
This is such a wonderful thing! One of the few things the Human does right is sponsor a kitty at Blind Cat Rescue. She is hoping once some bills get paid off to sponsor a kitty at PAWS, too. XOXOXO
what a pawsome thing for your human to do, Sparkle! sponsoring is a good idea. Patch’s story breaks our hearts. We are purring hard for these three to find their forever homes soon!
Pip, Smidgen, Minnie, HOllie
Those are three great kitties your Mom sponsors Sparkle! Mom donates to the vet bills of Catnip and Tails Rescue at the local vet here in town to help them out.
Marty
What a great idea, Sparkle! The mom sponsored a kitty one year but hasn’t since. Thanks for reminding her about sponsoring. We’ll make sure she does it again.
what a great idea Sparkle. our mom will look into that. thanks.
Sponsoring a specific cat is a really cool idea rather than making a blanket donation. We think of donations as going into a big bucket, but a sponsorship makes them feel more personal. Great idea!
Such a great idea! I am going to make mum foster a kitty!! As long as she doesn’t bring it back here 😉
What great kitties to sponsor! We are voting for you every day in the Petties.
We love the idea of sponsoring. Pop used to sponsor cows at the Popcorn Park Zoo in NJ. A few years ago, I mentioned sponsoring cats in a post and was shocked how many people didn’t know about it. I’m glad your human did that and you’re educating people about it. Sponsorship is pawsome! As soon as TW gets some money, she will be sponsoring again.
Great stuff Sparkle
Dad sponsors several kitties since he can no longer do the hands on work
(We like it better as now he does not come home smelling up the place)
Thanks fur coming to my birthday pawty
Timmy
Beautiful kitties. What a wonderful way to give the money.
That was such a lovely lovely thing for you to do. Those stories, wow, they kill you. If only we could give them all homes.
Sparkle what a dear and heartwarming post…..purrs to your human and we hope these precious kitties find furever homes
Hugs madi your bfff
Those kitties are very lucky to have your human. You can sponsor goats too!
We sponsor kitties in different rescues across USA. Patch is simply precious. Wish we could find his home for him. I will go visit the website and see if I can share him.
Sparkle, this is SO cool! And so many kitties have very sad sotries, I can’t believe someone would be so violent that thye would rip a cat’s claws. Then again, I probably would . . . The good things is, they are all at PAWS, the best thing would be their very own family!
You really made an impression on Mom, and she went to the PAWS web-site and is now sponsoring a cat named Swizzle. Thanks for prompting her to do this. XO, Lily Olivia, Mauricio, Misty May, Giulietta, Fiona, Astrid, Lisbeth and Calista Jo
Oh my gosh! Really? Thank you, dear friends. Swizzle is such a wonderful and loveable kitty, and we’re so pleased you are so sponsoring her. 🙂
Thank you, from the bottom of our hearts (and Swizzle’s, too).
Hugs!
That was a great post Sparkle and we highly recommend sponsoring as well. We sponsor several and we do love to see their updates.
I didn’t know they had sponsorship programs like that – what a great idea.
Mom Janiss, What a pawsomely great idea! These kitties look so adorable, Their stories are so sad. It amazes Mom that they have not been adopted. She checked out Oreo’s video. What a sweetie. Just voted for today. Really hope you win. XO, Lily Olivia, Mauricio, Misty May, Giulietta, Fiona, Astrid, Lisbeth and Calista Jo
KUDOS TO YOU! Michigan Humane and a few rescues here have programs where people may do the same. I think it is a wonderful initiative and KUDOS to you for doing it!
I wish them all good luck to find a good forever home. We also have quite some animal shelters and my cats came from a shelter, except Rosie and Kim.
That’s a wonderful thing to do to sponsor those three kitties! We sponsor kitties when we can with our monthly shop donations too.
Awww YAY! for you guys doing this! “Your” kitties are all lovely! Poor sweet Patch. I’d like to do a little shovin’ myself after reading that!!!
Purrz!
Selina
It’s so easy to fall in love with kitties from afar and really IS a great way to help them out, even if you can’t adopt. When one of the kitties I followed for months passed away recently, I was in tears on and off for hours. Kitties have the ability to touch a heart, even if they don’t know it. Thanks for sponsoring those little ones!
I sponser a kitty at my favorite shelter. I went to the shelter and picked him out. Sammy is a huge orange tabby that has to be a Maine Coon to be so big. If I was able, I would take him home, but Thunder is a one-cat, cat. This is the next best thing. They send me pictures each year, and I have them posted on my refridgerator.
He lives at Stay-a-While cat shelter which is a cageless shelter. In fact, the cats have a whole house to themselves! I got Thunder and his predecessor, Trickee, there so I owe them a lot.
This is absolutely a fantastic idea. I definitely need to look into sponsorship opportunities 🙂
yer mum found three lovely cats to sponsor…
what a wonderful idea!!! we love seeing those kitties 🙂
Sponsoring cats (or dogs) is a great idea, Sparkle. Our city shelter doesn’t do this, nor does the shelter we were adopted from, though our human often has thought of suggesting it.
We have our paws crossed for all three of the kitties your sponsoring, that humans will fall in love with them and give them wonderful forever homes.
Oh I so wish I could afford to sponsor some cats. I have always wanted to do this. You are so right, it is a great way to donate money and know where the money is going right to your own special cat or cats. Take care Sparkle
That’s a great thing to do especially if you can’t adopt a cat yourself!
Mum sponsors a cat here in the UK with the Cats Protection League – her first one got a new furever home a few weeks ago and she has got another one now.
Luv Hannah and Lucy xx xx
PS Our mug has arrived – thank you.
Sparkle, that is a very cool thing your Mom is doing 🙂
Those 3 kitties are so very cute and we purr they
will have a good life and get their own homes.
Purrs Georgia and Julie,
Treasure and JJ