VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU'S!
Thanks to the following who support and help us so much:

• We are grateful for the continued support from the Healy Foundation!  Their partnership helps us to pay our cats' medical bills every year.
• It is with great appreciating that we thank the PETCO Foundation for their support of our spay and neuter efforts!
• Altadena Animal Hospital  
• The Cat Doctor in Valencia
• Special thanks to the Caltech CAT team for their collaboration in helping homeless kitties.
• We thank our partners at Heaven on Earth, particularly Pamela Geisel
• We give a "shout out" to Dorothy who sews wonderful carrier pads so that each adopted kitty gets a new blanket to take home!
• Our volunteer and foster, Linda, who goes above and beyond!  She uses her professional talent to take the great photos of our cats and kittens for their online adoption profiles!
• Thank you to Dr. Ellen Freiberg for her help.
• We had terrific fundraisers in Laurie Hahn, Alexandria Wiercigroch, Hien Tran, and Juliet Salazar who have all run triathalons and selected us as their fundraising group!
• We especially thank Girl Scout Troop 943 from La Crescenta!  They presented us with a check for $250 which has been used for the spay/neuter of kittens!  
• Hip, Hip, Hooray for Girl Scout Troop 702!  The girls collected spent three Saturdays fundraising and collecting pet-related items for the rescue in July!  We are so grateful for their assistance and hope they've earned that special pet badge!
• Three cheers for Lauren and Gracie who were chosen by Sunkist to "Take A Stand" for a cause they believe in.  They hosted a lemonade stand/sale in July and raised $230.15 in cash and cat-related donations!

DO YOU SHOP AT RALPHS OR
FOOD 4 LESS?
This is a free and easy way you can donate to Happy Strays.   The Ralphs club dollars really do assist our organization with spay/neuter and other expenses!

Simply register your Rewards Card and Ralphs donates up to 4% of your shopping bill! Sign up on Ralph's secure site and edit your "Community Contribution Program Information" to designate Happy Strays Rescue.   

In addition, Ralphs shoppers can take a print out of the barcode below and ask the cashier link our account to your rewards card.  This is a one-time enrollment which will be effective through August 31, 2010.


Your Ralph Contributions:
June 1- August 31, 2009: $527.54 [A RECORD!]
March 31-May 31, 2009: $351.84

Your Food 4 Less Contributions:
June 1- August 31, 2009: $7.06
March 31-May 31, 2009: $24.25
Dec 1, 2008-February 28, 2009: $16.13 


REGISTER FOR eSCRIP
eScrip is proven to be a fantastic resource for fundraising where participating businesses contribute a percentage of your grocery loyalty cards, credit card, and debit card purchases to Happy Strays Rescue!

Participating merchants will make contributions to your chosen group, based on purchases made by you, just by using the cards you have registered. 

Register your support on eScrip's secure website.  Happy Strays can be searched by group name or by our code 500020532. Grocery stores include Food 4 Less and Hows.  Unfortunately, we are not eligible for the Vons program.  

Donations from shopping as of July 2009: $13.36