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This Giving Tuesday, we would like to share with you some of the stories of this past year. Stories that will show you that our mission is more crucial than ever before. 🧡

Our first story is about Sergeant, who was just recently rescued among a few other cats from an uninhabited house in Albany. He was in rough shape. As soon as we took him into our shelter he must have known he was safe because he immediately was a total sweetheart to our volunteers. You can see in his picture how happy he is now that he is warm, fed, and received medical attention.

Our next story is of a major rescue that began in April 2021, where we were contacted by a man in Nassau that asked for help with a couple of cats that needed to be spayed and neutered. When our team showed up there were dozens of hungry cats around the property. This massive rescue effort lasted months, and in total 97 cats were rescued! 70 were kittens; 27 adults with 15 of the adults being unspayed females. Of these cats, 46 have been adopted.

Our most recent major rescue operation is ongoing, although reaching its conclusion very soon. To date, we have 38 cats and kittens from this situation, with at least two cats that still need to be rescued. Thanks to Whiskers and your generosity, six pregnant mamas gave birth in the safety of their Whiskers foster homes. If Whiskers had not intervened, these particular situations could have easily rivaled that of the colony in Nassau.

These stories show just a small window into the work we do here at Whiskers. In 2021 we rescued a total of 249 cats - almost 100 more than in 2020, many of which needed intense medical intervention. So far, in 2021, we have 234 adoptions and 330 total cats in our care between our shelter and foster homes. The financial weight of this work is heavy, and without donors like you, none of this work would be possible. 🙏

As we are an all volunteer organization, every penny donated to us goes directly towards saving these precious lives. We are so very thankful for the financial support we receive from generous donors just like you...thank you! 🥰

Forever home needed! 🏡 Manhattan is only one years old and a very sweet girl who loves to cuddle and be pet. She is playful and loves to hang out with humans, she even greets her foster family at the door! 😻

Manhattan is positive for Feline Leukemia Virus but is otherwise in good health. She could live with other FeLV cats as well as dogs. 🐶

Please visit https://www.ewhiskers.com/adoption to learn more about our adoption process and fill out an application! 🧡

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We’ll be at @crossgates_mall today and tomorrow selling some cute items to benefit our rescue! 🧡 Feel free to stop by and say hi, and get some holiday shopping in! 🛍 (inside, second floor by Best Buy)

Black Friday deal alert! 🤑 Our annual fundraiser calendars are now 30% off with coupon code SAVE30 at checkout, good through 11/29! 😽

https://tinyurl.com/Whiskerscalendar

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Brecken & Blue already ate the 20 pound turkey! 🤣 Talk about a #whiskersbestlife 🦃

Here at Whiskers we are so very thankful to all of our supporters; donors, volunteers, adopters, and community partners that make our work possible. 🙏 We wish you the most peaceful Thanksgiving. 🧡

📸: @brecken_blue_ (on Instagram)

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The 2022 Whiskers fundraising calendar is now available! 🗓 This beautiful calendar makes an amazing gift and all proceeds go to Whiskers! 🧡 Thank you to one of our volunteers, Jenn, for all of your work on this! 🙏 You can purchase your calendar at https://tinyurl.com/Whiskerscalendar 😻

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THANK YOU to everyone that attended our auction fundraiser last evening. 🧡 It was an incredible turnout and we’re so grateful to all of our incredible supporters. 🙏

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Our volunteers are so talented! 😻 The “stuff” tables for our auction tonight are stocked with some amazing cat toys and gifts! 🎁 Every penny earned goes to our rescue and in exchange you get some really cute items! Can’t go wrong with that, right?! 🎉

Please join us TONIGHT our Annual Auction to support Whiskers from 5-9 pm!
🧡 Location: Marriott Hotel, 189 Wolf Rd, Albany NY 12205 😻
🧡 There will be a Silent Auction with a light vegetarian dinner buffet. 🥗
🧡 The theme this year is Autumn Harvest Celebration! 🍂
🧡 Great art, wonderful gift baskets and much much more. 🖼
🧡 Whiskers asks that everyone wears a mask unless seated at their table no matter what their vaccination status is. 😺
🧡 Tickets are $50 in advance and $55 at the door. 🐱
🧡 WE CAN ACCEPT CREDIT CARDS! 🤑

Can't wait to see you there! 😽

Maxx, Luther, and Mamacita are the Three Mouseketeers of our Senior Room! 🐭

#seniorcats #adoptdontshop #catrescue #mouseketeers

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Our auction fundraiser is this weekend! 🧡 This is just a tiny preview of some of the baskets you can bid on to support our shelter. 🙏 We can even accept credit cards as payment this year! 🤑 Tickets can be purchased at the door or in advance at www.ewhiskers.com 😻 Can’t wait to see you there! 😽

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Everyone at Whiskers can’t stop talking about it. THOSE CHEEKS! 😻

Sargent (who also happens to be very sweet) was trapped this month and came in with an injury. 😔 He’s already healing up, playing and loving life indoors. 🙏

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