All for Sammy and Tori: Anastasia’s Artwork Auctions Benefit Shelter and Rescue Animals

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adoption, Anastasia, animal shelter, cats, Dogs, Helen Krause, HOKAFI, make a difference, volunteer

Hello, friends!

If you haven’t already heard about Anastasia and the inspiring work she is doing on behalf of animals, I’m delighted to tell you about her today.   Nine-year-old Anastasia was eager to figure out how she could help animals living in shelters and rescues.  Since she is too young to volunteer, she came up with a creative way to make a difference in the lives of animals.  She is painting, drawing, making jewlery and other crafts that she then sells through auctions on Facebook to benefit shelter and rescue organizations.

100% of the money she earns through her sales goes toward the organization tagged to the item auctioned.  The response to her work and the support for her initiative have been wonderful. Here is a link to Anastasia’s Facebook page, so you can check out some of the items currently for sale.

When I asked Anastasia what has motivated her in this creative endeavor, she told me that her adopted shelter kittens Sammy and Tori inspire the artwork she creates.

Sammy and Tori are former residents of HOKAFI (the shelter where I volunteer) and are now very fortunate to have become members of Anastasia’s family.  But Anastasia wanted to do something more.  She explained that she is selling these works on behalf of shelter animals “because I love animals and I feel bad for the animals in the shelter so I do this and it helps out the animals that need medicine and food so they will then be healthy and then get adopted.”  She decided to devote her summer to this project, using her skills as an artist  to raise money to help animals.

Here are some of the works she has sold so far:

For Helen Krause (HOKAFI)

For Tuft Tails Animal Rescue

For Anarchy Animal Rescue

For Woodbridge Animal Shelter

–”Drawing”

Such a wonderful initiative!  We, at HOKAFI, are deeply grateful for the work she is doing on behalf of the animals.  If you have a chance, please check out Anastasia’s Facebook page.  You’ll be able to see all the different organizations  she is helping.  If you’d like to support and follow her efforts, you could “like” her FB page, and perhaps even place a bid!

Thank you, Anastasia! You are an inspiration to us all!

~ Lemony

Serina and Calvin

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abandoned animals, Animal Cruelty, animal shelter, Calvin, Dogs, Helen Krause, HOKAFI, Serina, starvation, volunteer

Well, friends, all is well with SP#1 at the moment, so I would like to share a little bit about these two pups who arrived at the shelter several days ago:  Serina and Calvin.

They’re a very sweet pair of red Rhodesian Ridgebacks (mixed): shy, friendly, seemingly good with other dogs, familiar with a few simple commands,  and very, very hungry, since they’ve been undernourished for quite some time. There is a bit of mystery about these two: who their owners are, how it is that they  were left on their own to starve, etc.  If anyone in Central PA has an idea about who might have a connection to these two dogs, don’t hesitate to post a comment.

A few shots of Serina:

Calvin: 

Thank you for your help!

~Lemony

Just a Quiet Day

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aging cat, Anika, animal shelter, Bailey, cats, Clara, Helen Krause, HOKAFI, Katarina, Lucky, Nutmeg, purr, Rascal, Rusty 2, senior cats, special needs, Tiara, volunteer

Hi, everyone!  Lemony here, back with an update from SP#1.  Thank you ALL for your lovely comments from the past couple of posts.  I feel so grateful to you for sticking with me.  As Sammy’s mom (of onespoiledcat) said in her comment on my last post “Resting,” “sometimes just LIVING is exhausting,” and that’s the truth, not just for cats, either. . . .

But all is well with our little SP#1 gang.  Most of you are aware of the “situation at the sink.”  It seems that Gentleman Russel (aka Rusty 2) and Lady Tiara have worked out a compromise:

Little Bailey Pie was content to wait his turn (for a good ten minutes) while Russel and Tiara enjoyed their drink:

Meanwhile, Katarina was sacked out on the porch, completely unaware she had missed her turn!

Nutmeg put in some good lap time today and then rediscovered an old favorite toy:

Our resident “Wild-Thing,” Anika, was in her usual exuberant mood.

Clara-Belle (well, her real name is simply Clara, but I just can’t stop myself from calling her Clara-Belle), did finally emerge from her kitty cave to go out onto the porch, but this is inevitably where I find her whenever I come into the room:

And then, of course, I must include a shot of Lucky, who continues to purr and be her adorable, precious self:

There really isn’t too much happening, which is actually very nice.  Hope you all are enjoying some nice quiet days, too.

~Lemony

Resting

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animal shelter, cats, Finn, Helen Krause, HOKAFI, Lucky, Nutmeg, Russel, Rusty 2, special needs, Tiara, volunteer

Hi, everyone!  Just a note to let you know we’re still here. We’re just very busy resting.

Here are some iPhone pictures of us taking it easy.

Best wishes to everyone!

~Lemony and the kitties of SP#1

An Update on SP#1 Situation Sink

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animal shelter, cats, Helen Krause, HOKAFI, Rusty 2, senior cats, special needs, Tiara, volunteer

Today, I was eager to see how things have sorted themselves out in SP#1 with the “situation at the sink” (see yesterday’s post for more info). As you can see, Tiara is completely stressed out.