Pawsitively Cats No-Kill Shelter

07/02/2025

Another way to help our kitties is to link your Frys card to our account (EY760) Frys will then send a donation based on your shopping. It's no cost to you, everyone benefits! Our donation for May is $186. With more shoppers enrolled we can increase that amount. Use this link to register
https://www.frysfood.com/i/community/community-rewards?msockid=2975a709d1c663ed183cb561d0b96247

Dear Pawsitively Cats Inc. (EY760),

The Kroger Co. Family of Stores is committed to bringing hope and help to the local neighborhoods we call home. Our stores are on a mission to not just part of, but to help create a stronger community. We recognize that every community has unique causes that need support. Thank you for being such an important organization in our community.

We encourage you to ask your supporters to link their rewards card to your organization. Community Rewards is easy to use, the more your supporters shop with us, the more money your organization will earn!

We are committed to carefully protecting our customer's personal information. In order to meet their expectation of privacy, we have adopted a simple policy to never share a customer's personal information. Our privacy policy applies to Community Rewards participation as well.

Thank you for being such an important organization in our community,

Community Rewards Staff

07/01/2025

One of the ways you can help Pawsitively Cats is to include us in your will or estate plans, your planned gift will help our cats have a safe and healthy future.
We can also accept stock donations now, or in your future plans. Contact us and we will give you the information for our Edward Jones account manager.

06/30/2025

Sweet little Angelique is ready to find her forever home.
A homeless person dropped her off to us a few weeks ago. He adopted her in Pennsylvania last year, moved here and things went bad for him. He and Angelique were living in his car, and he felt that wasn't in her best interest especially with summer heating up.
We got her vaccines updated and she has no known health issues. She is just 4 years old with a super sweet personality; she would love to have a home with people to shower her with affection which she will gladly return.
If you'd like to meet her, please fill out our adoption application online at our website, pawsitivelycats.org. Please send an email or text message to let us know you filled out the application.

06/20/2025

Please share this information. Pets are susceptible to heat stroke and burns even in milder temps.

FRIENDLY REMINDER: As many gear up for the impending heat wave, it's important to watch where you (and your pets) are walking. As air temperatures surge into the 90s, both concrete and asphalt temperatures will catapult to dangerous levels. That can burn your pups paws if you're not careful.

06/15/2025

UPDATE: The news is pretty good, the collapsed lung lobe has reinflated, no one expected that to happen. She still has opacities in her lower lungs so she has started a non steroidal inhaler. She hates it! But that's just Amelia, she doesn't like doing anything that isn't her choice. For now she is doing well, breathing normally and enjoying being at home again instead of at the shelter.
For now, her chronic diarrhea is under control with the low dose of steroids that helped heal her lungs.

Amelia is unhappily waiting to get xrays done to see how her lungs have improved.
Six weeks ago she began having difficulty breathing after a bout with an upper respiratory infection. She went in to the ER where she was diagnosed with asthma and a collapsed lung lobe.
She has finished another course of antibiotics and is weaning off of steroids.
Her breathing has returned to normal, you wouldn't know anything was ever wrong. We're hoping that lung lobe is back to normal and she won't have any more issues!

06/15/2025

Happy Father's Day to all you cool cat daddies!

06/10/2025

What does Summer mean to the Shelter Cats? - https://mailchi.mp/badb1a80df6f/shelter-action-videos-13845006

06/02/2025

Do you have a couple hours to spare during the week? We need more volunteers Monday through Friday. Most volunteers arrive between 9am and 10am and stay for 2 hours to clean the shelter. Once the cleaning is done some of the cats appreciate extra attention!
We have a volunteer application on our website www.pawsitivelycats.org or send us an email to [email protected] and we can email an application to you.

We have quite a few volunteers traveling over the summer, and some who aren't able to continue volunteering. Please share the post to help us fill in the gaps.

We really appreciate our volunteers!

05/31/2025

Just a bunch of cats having a lazy Saturday.
And one running on her wheel.

05/31/2025

Lazy Saturday cats part 2!

05/26/2025

Memorial Day is the time to remember our patriotic heroes who sacrificed their lives to help all of us live in freedom. This day is observed with families and friends visiting cemeteries and memorials to pay homage to their loved ones. Want to know more about this historic holiday?

Origin Of Memorial Day
Memorial Day was first celebrated on May 30, 1868. It was observed by placing flowers on the graves of Union and Confederate soldiers during the first national celebration. James Garfield made a speech at Arlington National Cemetery, after which around 5,000 participants helped to decorate the graves of the more than 20,000 Union and Confederate soldiers who were buried there. It now honors any service person who served in any war the United States has been involved.

Why The Last Monday In May?
Three years after the Civil War ended, on May 5, 1868, the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) established Decoration Day as a time for the nation to decorate the graves of the war dead with flowers. Maj. Gen. John A. Logan declared that Decoration Day should be observed on May 30. This date was chosen because flowers would be in bloom all over the country, no matter in which state you lived. (Remember, Alaska wasn't a state at the time.)

Making It Official
Memorial Day was not recognized as an official federal holiday until 1971. Typical celebrations include parades, dedications, and the placing of flowers and decorations on the grave sites of the fallen soldiers in every war. Originally, the official date of Memorial Day was on May 30th. However, when congress turned it into a long-weekend, many felt that it detracted from the spirit of the holiday. As the VFW stated in its 2002 Memorial Day address: "Changing the date merely to create three-day weekends has undermined the very meaning of the day. No doubt, this has contributed greatly to the general public's nonchalant observance of Memorial Day."

The Progression Of Things To Come
Technically, Memorial Day is not a national holiday in the strictest sense of the word. While there are 11 "federal holidays" created by Congress - including Memorial Day - they apply only to Federal employees and the District of Columbia. The original Memorial Day allowed Civil War veterans, many of whom were drawing a government paycheck, to honor their fallen comrades without being docked pay. For the rest of us, Memorial Day was decided upon by the state. New York was the first state to designate Memorial Day a legal holiday, in 1873. Most Northern states had followed along by the 1890s. The Confederate states didn't want a holiday memorializing those who, in Gen. Logan's words, "united to suppress the late rebellion." The South didn't adopt the May 30 Memorial Day until after World War I, when it included those who died in all the country's wars.

Stop And Take A Moment
In 2000, Congress established a National Moment of Remembrance, which asks Americans to pause for one minute at 3 p.m. (according to your own time zone) in an act of national unity. The time was chosen because 3 p.m. "is the time when most Americans are enjoying their freedoms on the national holiday."