Craig Street Cats

Yep, we’re getting down to the crunch here at our new adoption center, and need help from lots of people if we are going to get everything finished so that we can open on May 25th.  If you can help out for just a couple of hours it will be HUGELY appreciated.  This weekend we are hanging and finishing drywall in preparation for painting.

Friday, May 18:  4 pm to ???
Saturday, May 19:  noon-ish to ???
Sunday, May 20:  noon-ish to ???
Monday, May 21:  10 am to ???

Please bring your own work gloves and safety goggles.  If you have a drill that you can bring along, it will help a lot!

Our second Wolseley Walk for Wags and Whiskers is fast approaching.  If you haven’t already downloaded your pledge forms and started collecting, you’ll want to get started as soon as possible. 

This year’s walk will take place on Sunday, June 3rd.  The earlybird deadline has already passed, but there are still many prizes available for walkers.  Please check out the event page for details about participation and prizes!

Click here to sponsor a walker

Sat. May 5, and Sun. May 6
R.A. Steen C.C. 980 Palmerston
10 am to 4 pm

Bake Sale | Rummage Sale | Silent Auction | Snack Bar

drop off gently used items Friday May 4, 6 to 9 pm

We hope you’ll all join us this weekend for our 4th annual giant rummage and bake sale!  We’ve got all sorts of goodies for the bake sale, and lots of incredible  ’stuff’ coming for the rummage sale.  Of course we’ll have our usual assortment of great prizes, as well as pizza, coffee, drinks and goodies at the snack bar!  All proceeds support our work with Winnipeg’s free roaming cats.

Yep, you read right.  We are finally moving into a nice, big(ish) building and opening our adoption center.  No,  we didn’t get a grant.  No, we didn’t win a lottery.  We DID, however, receive a couple of very generous donations that allowed us to make a deposit on 2,400 sq. ft. of warehouse space, very close to Polo Park.

Of course, what we have now is a big, empty warehouse.  It will take a LOT of work and money to turn it into a cozy, safe place for all our critters.  Before we can open we will have to paint and decorate, construct cat enclosures, buy stock, organize our office, move all our equipment, and buy signage. 

Over the past few years many generous people have offered to help with our adoption center, or asked me to let them know when their help was needed to get the center operating.  Well, NOW is the time.  We plan to open in May, and will need donations of time, materials and money in order to make our deadline.  If you were serious about your offers, please send a donation to our buildng fund, go through the materials list and contribute what you can, and / or call to get put on a work detail.  Donations to our building fund can be made online, by phone at 223-6652, or by mailing a cheque to 487 Craig St., Wpg, R3G3C2.  Please click here for more information on our building fund.

Materials List

• nails
• drywall screws (1 5/8″)
• 3″ wood screws
• paint (semi-gloss latex, only)
• paint rollers, brushes, trays
• strong shelving units (for stock)
• strong wall mounted shelves (for cats)
• cubby units (for cats)
• computers (2)

If you have tools that you can lend to the project, we would be forever grateful.  Work will be starting the first week of April, and finished by May 15 (we hope).

Corporate Sponsors

We would also love to develop ongoing corporate sponsorships with appropriate businesses.  We can offer a variety of  sponsorship packages that provide exposure to a very appreciative audience.  Please call us at 223-6652 and let us build a package that works for you and your company!