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Highlights from Recent Events
June Open House Update
 
Furkids is pleased to announce that our Open House was a tremendous success! Thank you to all of our visitors and new friends that came out to tour the shelter and meet our adoptable animals. We are very proud and appreciative of our wonderful volunteers that so worked hard throughout the weekend and leading up to the event. A big thanks to Lauren Johnston and the good people of Boneheads and Doc Greens for donating the delicious food for our event!
Spring 2008 CAT’S MEOW MARKETPLACE
Our Marketplace team just finished three successful weeks of selling! We have a lot of wonderful
merchandise still available and will be selling one final weekend on May 30 – June 1. Please
email sale@furkids.org if you have items to donate or can help with the sale efforts! Thanks to all of
you that have donated your items to the sale and those that volunteered. A special thank you to
these volunteers that have given so much time to making the sale a success: Renae Glass, Doris
Godwin, Johnny Williams, Gail Gaither, Nancy Mingo, Terri Brunson, Beverly Littlefield, Patty Moore,
Diane Littleton, Patrick Mearns, Bryan Roberts and Any Gutter Cleaned, Beth McCauley, Lisa Senn,
Deb Field, Maritta Allison, Valerie Ernst and Holly Shaw!
Update from Birthday Bash!
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Furkids friends and supporters came out strong on Saturday, March 29, to celebrate our Sixth Anniversary! It was a great night of fun and auction bidding! Thank yous go out to The Pavillion for hosting us, Lisa Loewenstein and Dori Wirtz for the amazing job on the auction, Sandy Hartman, our Honorary Chair for her efforts, our Host Committee members: Suzy Berliner, Paulette Heaphey, Anita Lynn, Darren Margolias, Rubye Reid, Bryan Roberts and Kami Sharifi for their contributions, Pat Krebs for the delicious birthday cake, AND all of our wonderful auction contributors, donors and attendees. Thank you for celebrating with us six amazing years and over 3,000 lives saved!
Live Art Auction
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The Second Annual Live Art Auction and Social was a success for Furkids! It was a great night of bidding and visiting with our good friends and supporters! Thank you to everyone that donated to our auction and especially to our volunteers for organizing a great night!
Photos with Santa 2007
2007 Santa photos was a great success this year! We had a wonderful show of support and really appreciate all of our terrific volunteers that gave so generously of their time! Thanks to everyone that came out and purchased a photo package!
Punchline Event
The Fourth Annual Comedy Benefit and Silent Auction was a great success! Thank you to Jamie Bendall and the Punchline for hosting us and thanks to our terrific comedians, Jerry Farber and Al Ernst! Thanks to all of our wonderful donors, attendees and the Furkids volunteers for making it a wonderful evening. And a special thank you to Lisa Loewenstein for her incredible work on the silent auction!
Fall Cat's Meow Marketplace
The Furkids Fall Cat's Meow Marketplace was a tremendous success! Thank you to everyone that donated items to our sale and to all of our customers, and especially to Mimms Enterprises for donating our sale space! Thanks to all of the wonderful Furkids volunteers that gave so generously of their time to make it a great sale. And a very special thank you to Doris Godwin and Renae Glass for the incredible amount of time and care they put into making this sale the best ever!
Third Annual Celebrate Animals Walk-Run a great time and great success!
Saturday, September 29, Furkids volunteers and friends walked and ran to celebrate our animal companions! Team Furkids finished in first place raising over $5,000! Congratulations to Kyla Jones for being Top Individual Fundraiser and thank you to Vanessa Banks for leading our team. Thank you also to our wonderful volunteers for being on hand with our cats and dogs to speak with the community regarding adoptions and pet ownership. It was a beautiful day and 80% of the money raised will go towards our veterinary expenses. The other 20% benefits the Atlanta Animal Alliance and the spay/neuter programs they operate such as Project CatSnip. Thank you to all who donated towards our walk-run!
Pictures coming soon!
PetSmart National Adoption Weekend
Furkids is celebrating over 30 adoptions from our national adoption event, Sept 14th-16th! Thanks to all who turned out to support us and to all of the volunteers for their hard work. Below are some highlights from the event...Enjoy!
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Hipbone Pets
Thank you to our friends at Hipbone, our supporters, and our volunteers for the great turnout, June 30. We raised $500 from the dog wash! Please support Hipbone by visiting this great new pet shop for people! hipbonepet.com.
Students raise $1000 for Furkids
Furkids would like to thank Stephanie Contreras, the students of Autrey Mill Middle School and The Dog Spot for a fun and successful dog wash on May 5! Over $1,000 was raised for our shelter.
6th Annual Cat's Meow Marketplace
The 6th Annual Furkids Cat’s Meow Marketplace was a GIANT success! Thanks to our many wonderful volunteers, donors, our team leader Doris Godwin, Mimms Enterprises, Marvin Brown of Moving, Etc., Any Gutter Cleaned, Slope's BBQ and our many patrons, Furkids is celebrating over $35,000 raised for our shelter!
Anniversary Celebration a Success!
The Furkids Fifth Anniversary Celebration was an outstanding success! Over 225 friends gathered together to celebrate five incredible years and over 2,300 lives saved! Furkids would like to thank everyone that made this event a great success! From our auction donors, to our friends that sent in donations and our friends that attended and participated in the auction, we thank you all for your incredible contributions and your support. Thank you to our wonderful volunteers for their amazing love and care. Together, we raised over $60,000 so Furkids can move forward with opening a surgical clinic at our shelter. We are very excited about our future and our ability to make a greater impact in the community!
Sketchworks Comedy Update
Furkids had a sold-out show at Sketchworks on February 25. Thank you to Jen Kelley and the entire crew at Sketchworks for generously donating the proceeds from Sunday’s Matinee!
First Art Auction A Success!
Thanks to everyone that came out to our First Live Art Auction, January 20! We had a great night and raised $10,000 for our shelter! We appreciate all our friends that donated towards the event in lieu of attending and those that donated to the silent auction. A big thanks to Fox 5’s Brett Martin and Blaze for the terrific live interview. Thank you to our friends at DAVEFM for spreading the word about our event.
Punchline Comedy Benefit & Silent Auction
Furkids 3rd Annual Comedy Benefit & Silent Auction, held at the Punchline Comedy Club, was a huge success! Furkids friends, family, adopters, and volunteers shared great laughs and bid on $17,000 worth of donated goods during the silent auction! A big thanks to The Punchline and our comedians: Jamie Bendall, Special K and Al!
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Second Annual Walk-Run a Success!
Despite a cold, windy start, Team Furkids finished in First Place at the Walk-Run October 28, 2006! Under the leadership of Melissa Mathews, Furkids raised $3,000 towards our veterinary expenses!
The team took first place and Heather Grafton took second place overall top individual fund-raiser. Kerry Meyers finished in first place for the women’s run with a dog. Congratulations to the entire team! What a great effort by everyone: Stephanie C., Jayne Z., Vanessa B., Cindy Z., Sid W., Sara C., Heather G., Kyla J., Melissa M., Sam S., Trenda I., Andrea A., Pat B., Mike L., Kerry M., Tracy N., Brint S.
Grand Opening Weekend brings Grand Results!
April, 2006- Furkids would like to thank our volunteers, supporters and new friends in the community for such a WONDERFUL weekend at our Grand Opening Event! We need the community's support now more than ever. Please consider helping us by adopting, volunteering or donating! Check back to see pictures from the event!
Fifth Annual Cat's Meow Marketplace a Success!May, 2006- Furkids would like to thank our wonderful supporters who gave donations for this year's sale and to everyone who came out to shop! Also, Slopes BBQ, Mimms Enterprises, Marvin and Matt Brown of Moving, Etc. and to all of our wonderful volunteers for a great Cat's Meow Marketplace. We raised $15,000 to help with the operational expenses of our new shelter. Thank you!
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