CRAN News
Happy Tale – Awe
Awe was transferred to CRAN from the local humane society because she had become very fear-aggressive in the shelter setting. It took several months for Awe to decompress and learn to trust again but she did. From her adoptive mom:”Sweet Awe has added a new joyful dimension to my home and heart. I celebrate every baby step she takes towards feeling more secure and confident. I let Awe set the pace and encourage her with talking and singing to her, belly rubs, combing and brushing, and Churu treats.Awe is still afraid of anyone coming to the front door or inside and zooms to hide under the bed. She has graduated from being solely in the bedroom to having full rein around the house. It’s endearing to see Awe’s progress and that she has become my fur shadow joining me in whatever room I am in: rolling over and making air biscuits and purring.Awe loves watching the birds and squirrels outside our bedroom window, playing “catch and release” with catnip toys up and down the hall, and relaxing before bedtime listening to jazz piano with me swishing her tail to the music. I am so grateful for Awe’s prior foster mom who believed in her and patiently nurtured her from a traumatic history. This truly paved the way for Awe to transition to her forever home with me. I am delighted to be Awe’s cat mom, she’s a treasure!”
You can see Awe’s progress in this video: Awe’s Progress
April 2022 Volunteer of the Month: Lisa Cassidy
Congratulations to Lisa Cassidy, CRAN’s Volunteer of the Month for April 2022!
Lisa originally started volunteering when we were West Coast Dog and Cat Rescue in 2016, helping with photos and marketing.
She has done photography AND videography for the WCDC and CRAN kitties for several years, helping our adoptable kitties present their best selves to the public.
Lisa has also helped with multiple behind the scenes tasks – scheduling photo sessions, editing photos and videos, and assisting with software.
Since the end of 2020, Lisa has worked with Lyllian on the Monthly Adoptions report, tracking all adoptions in any given month, organizing photos of the adopted kitties, and providing all of this information for monthly adoption statistics.
Lisa also audits the statistics, to make sure no one is left out.
Her work is invaluable to CRAN, making her a great nominee for Volunteer of the Month.
Thank you, Lisa!
Exciting News!
across from Costco) will now be open for public access to view the cats who
are there. Our cattery at PetSmart in South Eugene (2858 Willamette St.)
will be open for public access when a volunteer is present. If you’d like to be preapproved to
adopt a CRAN kitty, you can fill out an Adoption Application: https://catrescues.org/forms/cat-adoption-contract/
March 2022 Volunteer of the Month: Sandy Hafdahl
Sandy started volunteering in August 2020, behind the scenes first by editing cat pictures, then recording status updates of various cats and kittens, and now she is the cat promotion lead, bringing our CRAN kitties to the attention of the adopting public, on their way to their forever homes. From Sandy about her experience with volunteering: “I became aware of CRAN when it was West Coast Dog & Cat Rescue. I have been a friend of Louanne’s forever and at the time I was working for her when she started fostering cats. I would get to know some of the cats she was fostering while I was at work. Some of them were very talkative and cute so I would have to visit them. I had been retired for a while when Louanne asked if I wanted to help with cat photos. I said yes. I really like being able to help behind the scenes getting photos and bios up on the website and it makes me feel good when I see the cats are finding homes”.
Thank you Sandy for all you are doing to help CRAN cats!
Volunteer of the Month – February 2022
Emily Schnabel
Congratulations to Emily Schnabel our February Volunteer of the Month!
Emily has been a fostering since 2020 and has also volunteered as an adoption counselor, TLC volunteer and an Advocat and she does all of this on top of being a full-time student! We asked Emily how she got started with CRAN and what she enjoys about volunteering: “As for what brought me to CRAN, a friend of mine Rebecca, had been fostering a mom and babies for you all (Macaroni and kittens- Orzo, Ziti, etc). Rebecca asked me if I would be interested in fostering Macaroni because she felt she wasn’t getting enough attention. I said yes, Kim quickly approved it, and the rest is history!
It’s been a joy to work with CRAN and in the past year I really have felt like a part of CRAN’s volunteer community. It’s inspiring to spend time with people who are so committed to a mission and who care so deeply and advocate for beings that don’t have the power that we do.”
Thank you so much for all you have done and are doing for CRAN!
February 2022 CRAN Cat Stats
A huge thank you to all of our volunteers, partners and donors who make our work possible!
February 2022 Adoptions
49 cats and kittens found their forever homes in February. Thank you to all of our volunteers, partners, donors and of course the wonderful people who adopted. We could not do what we do without you.
