Counting Down: 4 days to our 1st Black Cat Ball
Tuesday, October 20th, 2009It’s getting exciting around here! Incredible prizes are pouring in from wonderfully generous people. We have some BIG prizes, including a TV and DVD player, and some beautiful jewellry, as well as at least 12 gorgeous gift baskets, door prizes and costume prizes. Plenty of shwag to go around!
We also have some WAY KEWL activities planned. Remember Rock ‘em Sock ‘em Robots? Well, we have the full size, grown up party version coming to the Black Cat Ball. We can all have a turn and try to “knock his block off”!
I get so involved in planning these events, that I sometimes forget that not everyone knows why we need the money. With that in mind, I thought I should make a list of what we’re planning to do with the $$$ raised, and why:
- pay the vets. We have some of the most understanding, generous vets ever. They let us run a tab, and never get upset when we can’t pay off the entire bill. That said, they need to eat. They have bills to pay. We need to pay them so that they can eat and pay their bills. Right now, we owe them A LOT of MONEY. The first thing we will do is pay them off.
- pay off other outstanding bills. Yep, we have them, and we have to pay them.
- stock up on medications and supplies. Things like ear mite, flea, and worm treatments, eye ointments, vaccines, syringes, fluid therapy, etc.
- buy a used van. We have been without transportation for several months, now, and it is costing us a fortune. When volunteers are not available to transport cats to the vet, or take supplies to fundraising events, we have to use taxis. This cannot continue. We are looking for a reliable used van, born in this century, to get us back on the road.
That’s it. A successful event will allow us to do those four things. Please come out to support us.
