A staff member of Cat Town, the one and only Jay Ruiz, is in the middle of walking 60 miles in 24 hours to raise money for Cat Town! He is dedicating every 10 miles to a current Cat Town cat and you can follow his progress on Instagram. GO JAY! 

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Walk a Mile in an Abandoned Cat's Paws

It's tough on the streets if you are a cat. Usually they eek out an existence dumpster diving and catching vermin. Cats who have been abandoned or lost often end up in a feral colony, but they are not wild cats. They are  domesticated cats who are down on their luck and a helping paw. 

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We had a super 2nd week of the Saving Pets Challenge, with individual team members raising over $5,000 last week (and that doesn't even include the money donated to the general Cat Town fundraiser!) That puts Cat Town's total over $33,000 so far!  But we can't stop yet...we want to make sure we keep pushing to the finish line to meet our goal of $120,000. 

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In the first week of Saving Pets Challenge, including some offline donations, we have raised over $30,000 to help the cats who need us most! That is simply incredible!

Here's a story which is quite a common one at Cat Town - the transformation of a scared and shy cat to a confident pet. Boone was adopted from Cat Town cafe just a couple weeks ago.

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Before I started volunteering at the Oakland shelter, I didn’t know that it is really challenging to socialize kittens once they are three months old or older. Around this time of year, the shelter starts to fill up with these older kittens. Try as they might, shelter volunteers usually make little progress since the kittens are so scared in that environment. Add to that the fact that kittens are really vulnerable to illness, because their immune systems aren’t fully developed.  That means they often get sick and are super difficult to treat. Taking these guys in, often means extra vet bills as well.

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