Carin' About the Strays

25/12/2025

🎄🐾 Day 12 of the 12 Days of Christmas with CATS! 🐾🎄

If you’re just joining us — this is part of our 12 Days of Christmas giving series with Carin’ About The Strays (CATS)! Each day we’ve highlighted how your donations help care for the amazing cats and kittens in our rescue… and today we’re wrapping it all together with love. ❤️

Today we celebrate every cat in our care — from tinier-than-your-hand kittens, to playful teens, to sweet, calm adult kitties, and wise seniors who still have so much affection to give. Every age, every size, every personality matters. Every whisker deserves safety, warmth, full tummies, medical care, and the chance to know what a forever home feels like.

Your generosity helps provide:
🐱 Nutritious food for growing bodies
🐾 Litter & clean spaces
🩺 Vet care, vaccines & spay/neuter
🏡 Foster support
💖 Love, enrichment & comfort

Because of you, lives are being changed every single day. Thank you for helping us care for the babies, the teenagers, the mamas, the seniors, and every wonderful cat in between. 🎁✨

If you’re able, please consider giving as we finish our 12 Days strong. Every dollar truly helps save lives.

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❤️ Ways to Donate:

💵 Cash
✉️ Check payable to: Carin’ About The Strays
📬 Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 51
Cookeville, TN 38503

🤳 PayPal:
https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/PWF8VKRQQENNC

🌐 Website:
www.cookevillecats.com/donate

Thank you for loving, supporting, and believing in rescue. You make Christmas magic happen for cats. 🎄🐾

23/12/2025

✨ HELP TWO SHY SWEET HEARTS BLOSSOM✨

Fosters needed for two amazing girls!
Fosters to adopt also available!

We have two beautiful, sweet, but very shy girls who truly need a calm home to help them blossom. Shelter condos can feel scary, and we’d love to see them settle somewhere cozy where they can relax and learn to trust.

🌼 Dandelion
This fluffy brown tabby beauty is soft, gentle, and melts when you scratch her lower back. She loves gazing out the window and taking in the world quietly. She has such a tender soul and just needs patience and love.

🌼 Ada Lovelace
Ada is still learning confidence, but goodness does she want to be brave. She adores ear and chin scratches and loves “joining” conversations to remind you she’s there. She’s shy, but you can already see the sweet, silly personality waiting to shine.

Both girls will do best in a calm, compassionate foster home that can give them time, reassurance, and kindness. They truly have so much love to give — they just need someone willing to help them feel safe. ❤️

If you’re interested in fostering or fostering-to-adopt, please reach out! These gorgeous girls deserve their chance to bloom. 🌷

23/12/2025

Cookeville Petsmart

23/12/2025

🎄 12 Days of Christmas with CATS – Day 11 🎄

Each day until Christmas, we’re highlighting a special cat and sharing how your donations help care for the cats and kittens of Carin’ About The Strays. Your support helps with food, medical care, comfort items, foster supplies, and so much more!

Meet Mamacita! ❤️

This beautiful girl came to us pregnant, covered in fleas and ticks, and despite everything she had been through, she was grateful, trusting, and sweet from the start. She has been an incredible mom, but now she’s officially retired from motherhood and ready for a forever home of her own.

Mamacita loves to relax, cuddle, and enjoy life at a slower pace. She’s sweet, gentle, good with dogs, and has a soft spot for Temptations treats 😻 Now she deserves to be the one spoiled and loved!

Your donations help moms like Mamacita get the medical treatment, food, comfort, and safe space they desperately need when they arrive — and help them thrive until adoption.

🎁 Because of you, second chances are possible.

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💝 Ways to Donate

💵 Cash
✉️ Check payable to: Carin’ About The Strays
📬 Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 51
Cookeville, TN 38503

🤳 PayPal:
https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/PWF8VKRQQENNC

🌐 Website:
www.cookevillecats.com/donate

22/12/2025

🎄 Day 10: 12 Days of Christmas with CATS 🎄

If you’re just joining us, our 12 Days of Christmas series highlights different needs your donations support for the cats and kittens in our care. Every dollar helps us provide food, medical care, comfort, and love to cats who deserve a second chance. ❤️

❄️ Meet Snowflake — The Sweet Mother Cat ❄️

Today we’re celebrating our wonderful mama cat, Snowflake, pictured resting peacefully beneath the Christmas tree. This beautiful girl brought two precious kittens into the world, and now we’re making sure she and her babies have everything they need to thrive.

Mother cats and their kittens require nutritious food, safe shelter, warmth, vet care, and enrichment to help little fluffballs grow healthy, strong, and playful. Your support helps us give Snowflake the cozy, secure motherhood she deserves and gives her kittens the best possible start in life. 🐱💕

🎁 Give the gift of care, comfort, and healthy beginnings this Christmas!

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❤️ Ways to Donate

💵 Cash
✉️ Check payable to Carin’ About The Strays
📬 Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 51
Cookeville, TN 38503

🤳 PayPal:
https://www.pal.com/ncp/payment/PWF8VKRQQENNC

🌐 Website:
www.cookevillecats.com/donate

Thank you for helping us care for mamas, babies, seniors, special needs cats, and every whiskered soul in between. 🎄🐾

22/12/2025

🎄Meow Monday — Christmas Week Edition!🎄

Ho ho ho! Bob (Our Santa Claws) says “Merry Christmas to all!”

Christmas is just days away, and the cats are definitely preparing… mostly by knocking ornaments off the tree and sleeping in gift boxes. 😹🎁

To celebrate the holiday week, here’s a fun festive question:

🎅✨ Christmas Cat Poll:
What kind of holiday helper is your cat?
1. The Ornament Thief — Tree décor is just… too tempting.
2. The Gift Inspector — Sits on every present as if it needs “approval.”
3. The Wrapping Paper Destroyer — Shreds paper like it’s their full-time job.
4. The Cozy Christmas Napper — Found asleep in the warmest holiday spot.

Comment the number — or share a holiday cat photo! 🎄🐱💕

21/12/2025

🎄✨ Day 9 of CATS’ 12 Days of Christmas ✨🎄

Each day from now until Christmas, we’re sharing a special cat and a special need your donations help support here at Carin’ About The Strays. Even if you’re just joining us, this series highlights the everyday and lifesaving care that your generosity makes possible. ❤️

Meet Tairn! 🐾

This handsome boy is bonded to his sister, and the two of them are absolutely inseparable. They’ll be ready for adoption soon — but first, his sister needs her spay so they can move forward together into their forever home. 💕

Today we’re focusing on one of the most important gifts you can give:
🎁 The Gift of Spay & Neuter
Spay and neuter prevents future unwanted litters, keeps cats healthier, and helps bonded pairs like Tairn and his sister move one step closer to the loving homes they deserve.

Your donation today helps cover surgery costs and ensures sweet kitties like these get their happily ever after—together. 🥹🎄

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❤️ Ways to Donate

💵 Cash
✉️ Check payable to Carin’ About The Strays
📬 Mailing Address: P.O. Box 51, Cookeville, TN 38503
🤳 PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/PWF8VKRQQENNC
🌐 Website: www.cookevillecats.com/donate

Thank you for helping us make Christmas brighter for cats in need!

21/12/2025

🐾 Happy Caturday… and here’s your friendly reminder! 🐾

Our next Adoption Event is TOMORROW (Sunday!) from 12–4 PM at PetSmart on Interstate Drive in Cookeville, TN! 🎉

Come meet all of our sweet, playful cats and kittens who are hoping Sunday is the day they find their forever families. Whether you’re looking for a snuggly lap cat, a curious explorer, or a bouncy little kitten, we’ve got the purrfect match waiting for you. 💛

📍 PetSmart – Interstate Drive, Cookeville
🕛 Sunday, December 21st | 12 PM – 4 PM

Stop by, say hello, and maybe fall in love 😻

20/12/2025

🎄 𝟷𝟸 𝙳𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝙲𝚑𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚖𝚊𝚜 - 𝙳𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝟽 & 𝟾: 𝙿𝚒𝚙𝚎𝚛 & 𝙿𝚊𝚒𝚐𝚎 🎄

Look at these fluffy holiday beauties! Piper and Paige may look alike, but each has her own special sparkle. Paige has found a wonderful foster-to-adopt home (yay Paige! 🎉), but Piper is still waiting for her happily ever after. She’s calm, gentle, loves treats, and is such a snuggly sweetheart.

When our kitties are in fosters, CATS supports them — food, litter, medical care, and supplies all come from donations. Your kindness helps supports fosters and gives each kitty the chance to thrive while they wait for a forever home.

If you love fluffy faces, kind hearts, and happy endings… these girls are what Christmas magic is all about. ✨

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Ways to Donate & Support Our Cats:
💵 Cash
✉️ Check made payable to Carin’ About The Strays
📬 P.O. Box 51, Cookeville, TN 38503
🤳 PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/PWF8VKRQQENNC
🌐 Website: www.cookevillecats.com/donate

18/12/2025

🎄🐱 Day 6 of CATS’ 12 Days of Christmas 🐱🎄

Each day during our 12 Days of Christmas, Carin’ About The Strays (CATS) highlights a different way donations help our cats and kittens while they wait for forever homes.

💚 Meet Cindy 💚
Cindy is a 3-year-old blind kitty with the sweetest soul. She was part of a TNR program, but because of her gentle nature and vision loss, it was clear she deserved the safety of indoor life. Cindy doesn’t need much—just a quiet home, consistency, and lots of love.

Today’s focus is supporting special-needs cats like Cindy. Donations help provide food, litter, routine care, and a calm, comfortable environment where cats like her can thrive.

✨ Cindy may not see the world, but she sure feels the love.

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Ways to Donate:

💵 Cash
✉️ Check made payable to Carin’ About The Strays
📬 P.O. Box 51, Cookeville, TN 38503
🤳 PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/PWF8VKRQQENNC
🌐 Website: www.cookevillecats.com/donate

Thank you for helping cats like Cindy live the life they deserve 🐱❤️

Interested in Cindy? Message us for a meet and greet!

18/12/2025

Thank you to anyone who donated. Frankie will undergo surgery today. A tripod kitty will be coming into our foster care today. Thank you to Roberta Ventura and Cat Trap Fever for saving this stray colony that Frankie is apart of. Wonderful things can happen when we have community and combine resources!

Frankie is having her surgery at Flatt Veterinary Clinic in Cookeville today. Our friends at Carin' About the Strays is helping Frankie by providing aftercare and a foster home. 🙏🏻😸
Amazing things can happen when we all work together! A special thank you to Frankie's caregiver for being so passionate about helping her. We have raised $600 already to help cover Frankie's medical bills. A huge THANK YOU to all who donated!💕