Coastal Cat Rescue

12/06/2024

Thank you for all of your support during and this giving season in general. If you haven't already donated, here is our Givebutter campaign - we are 40% to goal, having raised over $1,000! That amount is impactful for a smaller rescue like us, but if you break it down, it only covers the cost of us taking in, caring for, and ensuring three kittens are prepared for adoption, and that is with no unexpected medical needs. Every dollar donated will impact the number of felines we can rescue!

We're leveraging Givebutter as our fundraising platform because it allows donors to pay through credit or with debit card, Venmo, PayPal, and check, and provides the option for donors to cover the processing and credit card fees. It also allows for recurring donations, which we would greatly appreciate, as one of our biggest issues right now is our lack of predicted fundraising dollars which is making it hard for us to plan for the future.

Thank you for your consideration and support! We will proceed with more cat content shortly – we have some very cute kittens and an expectant mom cat who is due to give birth any day now, and we’re going to need help naming her kittens – get ready with name ideas!

Please consider donating to Coastal Cat Rescue during this season of charitable giving. Every dollar supports our mission of finding loving homes for felines in need.

12/03/2024

For , we wanted to highlight some of the cats in our care so you could see the impact of your donations!

😻Meet Darcy
Darcy is a 3-year-old playful girl that came to us as a surrender - her owner wanted a kitten, so they let her outside, and not back in. We’re providing her a safe and happy temporary home until she finds her forever home! She’s currently available for adoption at www.coastalcatrescue.org/adopt.

😻Meet Lady Sophia
Lady Sophia is an expectant mom who was let outside after her owners moved and they didn’t take her with them. We will provide a safe environment for her to have her kittens, and then care for and find homes for them all when ready, including Lady Sophia!

😻Meet the Santa’s Reindeer Kittens
These kittens were surrendered to us - the mom was pregnant and found under a porch. They kept the mom but couldn’t keep the kittens. We will provide medical care and keep them fed and socialized until they are adoptable. Kittens eat 3-4 meals per day - imagine how much food we go through!

We are a 501(c)3 non-profit and do not receive any state or federal funding, so we operate solely on your tax-deductible donations. Your generous contributions help us pay for medical supplies, veterinary care, food, litter, and other supplies. As an all-volunteer, foster-based rescue, we are not paid any salaries, so every dollar goes directly to the felines in our care.

Unfortunately, our adoption fees do not cover the costs of each cat and kitten in our care and we currently lose money on every adoption, so we have to be mindful of our intake and are constantly having to turn away cats in need. The more donations we receive, the more cats and kittens we can help, and there are so many that are in similar sad situations like Darcy, Lady Sophia, and the Santa's Reindeer Kittens.

You can donate through our page, via our Givebutter page https://givebutter.com/coastalcatrescue2024, or by visiting https://www.coastalcatrescue.org/giving to explore other options, such as purchasing items off of our Amazon and Chewy wishlists. Please don’t forget to follow along on our Facebook and Instagram pages and like and share our posts - the bigger our network is, the more felines we can help! Thank you for your support this GivingTuesday, and always!

12/02/2024

We need your help! Support Coastal Cat Rescue this !

Since June of this year, we have had 36 successful adoptions! This puts us on pace for close to 80 for our first full year - our original goal was 25 for the year! We're thrilled about our success, but we've hit a roadblock - our adoption fees do not cover the costs of each cat and kitten in our care and we currently lose money on every adoption.

We are a 501(c)3 non-profit and do not receive any state or federal funding, so we operate solely on your tax-deductible donations. Your generous contributions help us pay for medical supplies, veterinary care, food, litter, and other supplies. As an all-volunteer, foster-based rescue, we are not paid any salaries, so every dollar goes directly to the felines in our care.

Your Support Can Change Feline Lives! Here’s how your contributions can help:

$25 – a can of kitten milk replacement
$50 – a case of cat litter
$150 – x-rays for an injured cat
$225 – a bottle of dewormer treatment
$300 – standard veterinary care for 1 cat in our care, with no medical issues
$500 – an unexpected medical procedure for a sick or injured cat

Four ways to support CCR: Giving www.coastalcatrescue.org/giving

1. Donate Money: our fees do not cover the costs of each cat and kitten in our care and we lose money on every adoption. We need your dollars to ensure we can continue to rescue felines in need! We accept cash and checks, and donations via Paypal, Venmo, Givebutter, and Facebook/Instagram.
2. Donate Supplies: We go through food and litter quickly and are always in need of medical supplies/treatments. Please consider purchasing off of our Amazon & Chewy Wish Lists to help us keep our fosters fed, healthy, and entertained!
3. Donate Appreciated Securities: By donating appreciated stocks, ETF’s and mutual funds to us you can receive a tax deduction for the value of the securities donated. It is a great way to avoid paying capital gains taxes on the sale of these securities while supporting our mission!
4. Host a Fundraiser: Some ideas are sharing our donation pages, taking advantage of Facebook's birthday fundraiser option and selecting CCR as your charitable organization, and collecting donations for CCR at your next event.

Four ways to support CCR: Volunteering www.coastalcatrescue.org/volunteering

1. Foster a Cat: As a foster, you provide a safe and loving temporary home for cats in need. By opening your heart and home, you give them a chance to heal, socialize, and prepare for their forever homes. As a foster parent, you will work closely with us to ensure your foster is ready for adoption, both medically and socially.
2. Fundraising and Event Help: If you like planning events or have project management skills, please reach out. If someone steps up to plan a single fundraiser for us, it is a significant step toward achieving our goals! We are open to any and all fundraising and event ideas!
3. Help with Transport: We are looking for those in the South Shore who can help transport cats to/from vet appointments and deliver supplies to foster caregivers.
4. Join Our Board: We are working on reorganizing our Board of Directors for 2025. Our two most pressing needs are a Vice President and Fundraising Coordinator. Reach out if you’re interested!

Our main campaigns are through Facebook/Instagram and https://givebutter.com/coastalcatrescue2024 if you are interested in donating. Please don’t forget to follow along on our Facebook and Instagram pages and like and share our posts - the bigger our network is, the more felines we can help! Thank you for your support this GivingTuesday, and always!

12/01/2024

We have a new foster - Lady Sophia. And she’s pregnant! She’s a rather big girl and is not looking very comfortable but we have no idea when she’s going to have her kittens.

We thought it would be fun - guess the day you think she’ll give birth and how many kittens you think she’ll have by commenting on this post and we will give a Coastal Cat Rescue hat to the winner(s)!

We’ll keep everyone updated and will look to you all to help us with the kitten’s names! 😻

11/30/2024

The Hull Holiday Showcase by Hull Nantasket Chamber of Commerce has started and we will be here until 4PM! We got a great spot and have some items for sale we think you’ll love - merch, shell ornaments & jewelry dishes, cat kickers and wands, raffle baskets, and more! All proceeds will be in support of Coastal Cat Rescue. We hope to see you!

11/30/2024

We have new kittens!! These lovelies arrived earlier this week, 4 females and 2 males, and we are going with Santa’s Reindeer for names: cupid, dancer, prancer, v***n, donner and blitzen. 🎅❄️🎄

They won’t be up for adoption for a bit, but we will keep everyone updated. In the meantime, there are a lot of sales and discounts this weekend and we’d appreciate it if you shopped off our Chewy and/or Amazon wishlists. We’re always in need of more food and supplies!

😻Amazon wishlist: https://a.co/gDXgFLj
😻Chewy Wishlist: https://www.chewy.com/g/coastal-cat-rescue_b124365210
😻For more information on other ways to support us, visit https://www.coastalcatrescue.org/giving.

11/29/2024

Tomorrow, we will be at the Hull Holiday Showcase from 11AM - 4PM at the Nantasket Beach Resort. Stop by for some of our cat themed crafts that will make great gifts, and Coastal Cat Rescue merch!

Current foster, Darcy, loves the catnip kicker her foster mom purchased at last week’s craft sale. They’re homemade with organic catnip & organic cotton!

11/28/2024

Since June of this year, we have had 33 successful adoptions with more in the pipeline! This puts us on pace for close to 80 for our first full year. We could not have done it without the support of everyone who donated money, food, toys and medicine. We are all so proud of what we have been able to accomplish and so grateful to everyone who has supported us and continues to support us.

In rescue, everything is an emergency, nothing ever goes according to plan and if there is a plan, it will surely change. There are many moving pieces like foster care, medical care, transport to and from the veterinarians, medicine, health records and that doesn’t even include when the felines in our care get sick! We are foster care only, so we tend to take in mostly kittens. While kittens are very cute and sweet, they are the most expensive because they are fragile and more susceptible to sickness – when one gets sick, the entire litter gets it and must be treated.

Unfortunately, our fees do not cover the costs of each cat and kitten. We lose money on every adoption and sick kittens get expensive quickly. Money is necessary to achieve our goals, and we need more of it to support our mission of finding loving homes for cats in need. We’ll share more as we approach , but we ask that you please consider Coastal Cat Rescue as you make your charitable donations during this giving season as we look to create a nest egg that will allow continued and sustainable growth.

You can learn more about giving options here: https://www.coastalcatrescue.org/giving or donate through our page! We also accept donations through Givebutter https://givebutter.com/coastalcatrescue2024 which allows for recurring donations and donors to cover processing fees.

Reminder: Donations to Coastal Cat Rescue are tax deductible and donation receipts can be provided upon request. Your generous contribution helps us pay for medical supplies, veterinary care, food, litter, and other supplies. As an all-volunteer, foster-based rescue, we are not paid any salaries, so every dollar goes directly to the cats and kittens in our care!

11/25/2024

Exciting news - we just published our first newsletter! Our President, Ellen, provided an update on our last six months, and what we have planned in the months ahead.

Click here to read it, https://coastalcatrescue.org/so/b7PDWExMe?languageTag=en and subscribe to our mailing list on our website https://www.coastalcatrescue.org/ if interested in receiving future newsletters!

Some highlights:
😻Since June of this year, we have had 33 successful adoptions and two more ready to go! This puts us on pace for close to 80 for our first full year - our original goal was 25 for the year!

😻Our fees do not cover the costs of each cat and kitten in our care. We lose money on every adoption, so we're "soft launching" our next giving campaign, through Givebutter, a platform that allows for reoccurring donations and donors to cover processing fees. More to come on the campaign in the week ahead as we prepare for Giving Tuesday next week, but please check it out! https://givebutter.com/coastalcatrescue2024

😻We have some fun fundraisers planned in the months ahead, and filled two of our open board positions. We are still looking to fill the Vice President & Fundraising board positions and increase our foster and volunteer lists - let us know if you're interested!

We are all so proud of what we have been able to accomplish and so grateful to everyone who has supported us and continues to support us. We ask that you please consider Coastal Cat Rescue as you make your charitable donations during this giving season.

November 2024

11/23/2024

We’ll be at the The Hingham Holiday Fair at Hingham High School today from 9AM - 4PM. Come on down and visit us! We have cat themed crafts that will make great gifts, and Coastal Cat Rescue merch!

11/22/2024

Onyx and Sabrina are on their way to a new home! When their adopter arrived, Onyx got into his carrier like he was ready to go, and stayed there until they left!

Onyx initially arrived with his siblings who all got adopted, so we got Sabrina so he would have a friend, and they’ve been attached at the hip since they met. We’re so happy they have each other as they embark on this new happy journey!

11/21/2024

We’ll be at the Hingham Holiday Fair at Hingham High School this Saturday, 11/23, from 9AM - 4PM. We’ll have cat themed crafts and merch for sale, as well as information about how to get involved with Coastal Cat Rescue and our adoptable cats. We hope to see you there!

11/19/2024

Adoption Update & Foster Fail! Emily, a CCR volunteer and foster, and her family, fell in love with Tilly while they were fostering her. Now, Tilly’s foster home is her forever home! And she has gained two new best buds - a dog and a cat brother! We’re thrilled for Tilly!!

Let us know if you’re interested in fostering! You could help a cat have a place to land before their forever home, or be our next “foster fail!” https://www.coastalcatrescue.org/fostering

11/17/2024

Adoption update! Look at Samwise & Bilbo living their best lives. 😻

11/15/2024

We’re so excited to be attending the Hingham Holiday Fair on November 23rd. We’ll have more information about our organization as well as some cat themed crafts for sale. We hope to see you there!

11/10/2024

Carrie and ZuZu off to their forever home with their wonderful new family ! We’re thrilled for them! 😻

11/05/2024

Join us this Thursday for the Sip & Shop at the Hingham Community Center! We’ll be there from 7-9 to share more about Coastal Cat Rescue, and we will also have some merch for sale as well as some fun cat-themed crafts we’ve been working on behind the scenes! We hope to see you there!

11/04/2024

We could not be more thrilled that Dylan has gone home! He has been with us for months with multiple inquiries but no adoptions, and we were so sad for him because he’s such a great cat. He has now found a wonderful family that looks forward to lots of playtime and cuddles with him. Yay for Dylan! 😻