Volunteer of the Month-December

Congratulations to Stephen Q., our volunteer of the month!  Stephen has been volunteering for an extraordinary seven years.  He began volunteering after a random stop at Petco and a wonderful conversation with Dorothy.  Stephen’s favorite part of volunteering?  Seeing the cats get great homes and hearing from the adopters about how their lives have changed as a result.  Simon and Felix are brothers, ten years old, who are lucky enough to have their forever home with Stephen.  One who is still looking for their chance at a home is Valentina.  Stephen would like to take this opportunity to get word out about this amazing cat, she’s super sweet, loves to sleep with you, but not too fond of her feline friends so shows poorly at the adoption center.  If anyone is interested in meeting her please contact 212-726-2652 or cat.info@kittykind.org.  Stephen, you’re one in a million!!

This month’s nominations included another superb Adoption Rep, Dawn B., the wonderful Katie B. for the many projects she does for KittyKind, Beth A. for her dedication to the Meds team, and cleaners Meredith B., Kat W., and Belinda B. for their never ending hard work.  Thanks!!

***Winners are chosen at random from all nominees

Yulia, Volunteer of the Month-November

Congratulations to Yulia I., our November’s volunteer of the month! Yulia has shown pure dedication to every cat at KK, she is always happy to help, hard-working and caring. She has been with KittyKind since September 2008 and started because of her love and concern for homeless cats and kittens. She adds ‘I wanted to participate in helping homeless animals; there are a lot of people here that care, unlike Moscow where the situation is much worse.’ Yulia really enjoys volunteering at KK and feels the best part is when the cats get adopted. Knowing that they are cared for and loved is the best thing of all she says. Yulia has 2 kittens she originally fostered from KK, then she adopted them when she knew after a week she couldn’t put them in cages, ‘it’s the best decision I have made’ she adds.  Thank you Yulia for your dedication and hard work for KK over the past year, you have been great. Yulia would like to thank her fellow volunteers she has worked and currently work with, she says: ‘it’s an honor to be part of this work. I can honestly say KK has changed my life for sure. Well done!

This month’s nominations also included: Gina H, for being wonderfully flexible all the time, Nicole S for being super efficient and thorough, Michael T for being a really hard worker, Valerie V and Jamie K for helping out with Intake and Dan R for the joy he brings to every shift. Thank you all.

***Winners are chosen at random from all nominees.

Volunteer of the Month-October

Volunteer of the Month- September

Congratulations to Ken W., our new volunteer of the month!  Ken is a true veteran, volunteering since 2005.  He began volunteering not for his love of cats (though he does) but because he was afraid of them…while still a bit nervous, he enjoys them.  His favorite part of volunteering?  Watching his co-volunteers play with the cats, “They really enjoy being around the cats and the cats enjoy the attention.   It’s usually a good way for us to unwind from the work day, hear about each other’s lives and get updates on how their favorite cats are doing.”  Thank you Ken for your dedication the past few years, we couldn’t ask for anything more!

This months nominations included Lisa K. for her wonderful work as Asst Adopt Rep, Kiri B. for working her tail off every Sat PM, Claudia G. for her dedication to cleaning and designing our 2010 calendar, Yulia I. for her constant dedication, Andrea P. for her hard work at KK and w/her rescues, and Marissa P. and Deep B. for having the biggest hearts!!

***Winners are chosen at random from all nominees.

Volunteer of the Month-KittyKind

Congratulations to Nadine K., our August volunteer of the month! Nadine has showed wonderful devotion to the Friday AM shift and to her crew. Nadine has been with KittyKind since last August and started because she had some free time in her class schedule and wanted to help out because the love she has for cats.  She enjoys spending time with the wonderful volunteers who she says have taught her a lot. Nadine adds, “I enjoy volunteering so much, whenever I spend time with the cats at KittyKind, I feel relaxed and forget about anything that may be stressing me out at the time”.  Nadine has 2 tuxedo cats, a brother and a sister she adopted from Bidawee 2 years ago, they are her first cats and she says they are wonderful companions.

Thank you Nadine for your great devotion and all the hard work you do on the Friday AM shift, you are a great member of the crew well done!!!

This month’s nominations also included: Toni. and Safia H. for the wonderful work they’ve done on the Cat of the Month and Foster Care Favourite, Mariah B. for falling in love with every KittyKind cat and Kiki O. for being an endless joy to the Wednesday AM crew, thank you all.

Broadway Barks 7/11/09

On Saturday, July 11th, KittyKind participated in the annual Broadway Barks event hosted by Mary Tyler Moore and Bernadette Peters. Here are a few pictures form the event.

Christine Ebersole and KK Volunteer Josey

KittyKind Volunteers Katie and Josey with Hope Davis

KK Volunteers Janette, Katie and Josey

Volunteer of the Month-July 2009- KittyKind

KittyKind Volunteer of the Month

KittyKind at West Village Street Fair

On Saturday May 16th, KittyKind participated in two West Village Street Fairs. The Christopher Street Block Association Annual Fair and the Bedford, Barrow Commerce Street “Ye Olde Village” street fair. By late afternoon the sun was shining. There were a lot of people out on the streets and KK raised money from all the generous donations from people walking by.

We sold donated items such as jewelry (thank you Bev and Miriam), a hand-made stuffed animal and apron from Colorado Comfort (thank you Janette’s mom), high quality design products for the home (thank you Nancy), make-up (thank you Kiri), an artist’s print (thank you Coralie) and a handful of other items.

Daisy Dog Studio donated water bowls for us to sell to raise money- THANK YOU.

Many volunteers came out to help. Nancy, Safia, Lori, Coralie, Jessica, Billie, Claire, Cathy, Miriam, Janette and Ann.

One added benefit/delight was all the people who came over (there were probably nearly a dozen) who said, “Oh, I adopted my cat(s) from Kitty Kind” — some as long as 10 years ago — and every one reported how happy they were.

Volunteer of the Month-May 2009