Upcoming Events
Tra-la! Tra-lay! It's the Meowy Month of May! And the Feline Friends Network is making a spring tour of Stratford-area pet food stores and the Festival Marketplace mall. Weekly displays will feature FFN's many successful programs – from "Trap – Neuter – Return" and "Spay the Mama" to the "Cinderella" fund and spay/neuter vouchers for low-income families. Feline-friendly volunteers will be on hand to distribute free literature, provide expert cat and kitten advice, and explain the benefits of adding your voice and becoming a member of FFN. Keep your eyes peeled for the FFN mascot – a six-foot-tall grey kitty who is eager to greet both the young and the young-at-heart – and join us for some memorably meowy moments!
Saturday, 5 May, 11 am to 3 pm, Feed-All Pet Centre, 145 Erie Street
Saturday, 12 May, 11 am to 3 pm, Global Pet Foods, 684 Ontario Street
Saturday, 19 May, 9:30 am to 5:30 pm, Festival Marketplace, 1067 Ontario Street cancelled
Saturday, 26 May, 11 am to 3 pm, Pet Valu Better Pet Nutrition, 1060 Ontario Street
If you would like to volunteer for the Meowy Month of May, please contact Val Pinder [valerie DOT pinder AT gmail DOTcom]
Past Events
Guess who's coming to dinner …
Join FFN for dinner at Boston Pizza on Wednesday, 18 April 2012. Make reservations between 5:00 pm and 8:00 pm by calling 519.271.0074 and mention the Feline Friends Network when booking. Boston Pizza will donate 10% of food sales from the dining room to FFN!
City Council Proposal for Animal Welfare and Control Committee
Monday, 23 April 2012
7:00 pm
City Council Chambers
City Hall, Stratford
FFN member Larry Baswick will be making a presentation to Stratford City Council asking them to create a new committee to provide a voice for domestic animals and wildlife within the city's boundaries. FFN president Cheryl Simpson and vice-president Carole Huband will assist. The suggested Animal Welfare and Control Committee would advise city council, develop position papers, conduct and collate research material, and focus on current animal-related issues. Cities such as London have already established similar committees.
FFN is inviting all its members and other interested people to come out to the council meeting to support the presentation. Your attendance would emphasize the importance of this issue, give weight to the presentation, and increase the chances of the committee being formed. Help us make Stratford a leader in the field of animal welfare and control. Please come out and support us!
TRAP | NEUTER | RETURN
The Humane Solution to Feral Cat Overpopulation
What is TNR? How does it work? How can it help me? How can I help the cats? Get answers to all your questions at a free information session presented by the Feline Friends Network.
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
7:00 p.m.
Optimist Hall (upper)
72 Water Street
Stratford, Ontario
Upscale Yard Sale
Thursday March 8th 6–9pm
Selling Jewellery, Artwork and Books, all good quality, all in good condition
Where: 16 Fern St Stratford, ON (off Neil or Glendon)
Come for part or all of the evening, and shop in comfort as you sip a glass of wine, eat appetizers and share stories with other Feline Friends. ALL proceeds to Feline Friends Network.
Please RSVP to Pat Burnell at 519-271-0657
"Stop Feline Embarrassment" ANTI-WALK-A-THON
What It Is:
A fund-raiser for FFN! Cat owners will sign up to be sponsored NOT to walk their cat around Upper Queens Park. This is a "non-event" that is a humourous take on the many walk and run charity fund-raisers.
When:
Now until Sunday, April 1st, 2012.
Why:
Raise funds to continue the Feline Friends Network Spay and Neuter programs and education to end the over-population and homelessness of cats.
Click here for more information.
Update: Upscale Yardsale and "Stop the Embarrassment" Anti-walkathon each made just over $1,000, most of which will be used for s/n surgery.
Kitten Fostering 101
Sunday, 4 March 2012
2:00 p.m.
Kiwanis Community Centre
111 Lakeside Drive, Stratford
Have you ever wondered if fostering is right for you? Come to the Kitten Fostering 101, a free information session co-sponsored by FFN and the Perth County OSPCA and find out.
Click here for more information.
Update: 10 new foster families signed up to help the OSPCA and FFN during the upcoming "kitten season".
Annual General Meeting
The Feline Friends Network invites all FFN members and interested members of the public to our Annual General Meeting on Sunday, February 12, 2012. The meeting and a raffle will take place at 2:00 pm in Optimist Hall at 72 Water Street, Stratford, Ontario. Show your support by becoming a member or renewing your membership.
We look forward to seeing you there!
2011 Wine Raffle
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Click here to see this years winners !
National Feral Cat Day
As well as announcing the winner of the Wine Raffle Draw on Oct. 14Th, FFN will be celebrating National Feral Cat Day in downtown Stratford in a unique way...If you are downtown between 11:00 & 1:00 on Saturday Oct. 15th (Sunday rain date), you will encounter members in our famous "ca-toques" giving out free cat-shaped cookies along with information on FFN and Trap/Neuter/Return. Oh, and be sure to look out for the 6 ft. black and white cat!
For more information on National Feral Cat Day, visit the Alley Cat Allies website.
Catapawlooza -- August 28th 2011
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After a very successful day we would like to send out a huge Thank You! to all the volunteers, businesses and the Perth County OSPCA for all their help and support in making this event possible. We are proud to announce our best results yet as 24 cats were adopted into new loving homes! We hope everyone that came out had a great time and we look forward to seeing you all again next year.
Click here to see photos from this years event!
Click here for photos of the 2010 event!
Silent Auction & Providing for Your Pet
While the weather was not the best, and attendance was down, the "Fabulous Finds" silent auction netted FFN $2,200 -- that is enough for approximately 20 spay/neuter surgeries.
For those who missed Barry Seltzer's informative and important presentation on estate planning for pet owners, please visit his website www.fatcatsandluckydogs.com to learn how to plan for that special four-legged member of your family.
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