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Open for Tours Next Open House: June 7
The shelter is open for drop-in tours and adoptions on the first Saturday of every month. Please come by with your friends and family any time between 11:00 am and 3:00 pm on these dates to tour the shelter, visit with the cats or speak with a shelter representative. See below for directions to the shelter. HART selected Shelter of the Year! HART is pleased and proud to announce that we were selected by the Maine Animal Control Association as Shelter of the Year for 2006! Receiving this award is truly an honor. The award recognizes the dedication of all of our volunteers who work tirelessly for the well being of our cats and the operation of our shelter! Joann Wallace , a HART volunteer, Treasurer, and member of the Board of Directors, was chosen as Shelter Worker of the Year for 2006 by MACA. Joann performs a multitude of tasks for HART, from Treasurer of the Board to fund-raising coordinator to foster parent for many of our cats and kittens. We congratulate and thank Joann for her endless hours of contribution and devotion! Chuck Burnie, Animal Control Officer for Cumberland and Falmouth, presented the annual awards on behalf of the Maine Animal Control Association at a ceremony in the shelter on April 25, 2007. You Gotta Watch This!
HART is a volunteer organization that provides a safe refuge to hundreds of homeless cats each year. We rely primarily on the support of individual donors to help us rescue and provide shelter for these innocent animals. Please help the shelter cover the costs of food, veterinary care, supplies, and other expenses by sending a donation. We must also raise significant funding to finish paying for our new shelter building. You can help by sending a donation to HART's Capital Campaign. Please let us know if you would like your donation to go to the capital campaign (shelter building), or to operational expenses (food, medical care, etc.) Mail all checks to: HART, P.O. Box 351, Cumberland, ME 04021 All contributions are fully tax deductible.
SECOND HAND CAT Give us a chance who are not brand new
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Litter and Canned Food Shortages HART is gladly accepting donations of cat litter and canned cat food, such as Friskies, Fancy Feast and 9-Lives (cans or pouches). Donations may be left at the shelter door (see directions, below). The kitties and volunteers thank you! Our supply of kitty litter is very low because our supplier is unable to fill our order at this time. Additionally, HART's source of canned cat food is experiencing a shortage due to the pet food recall. Our kitties rely on wet food to supplement their dry food diet as well as an aid in taking their medications. Thank you in advance for any donation you can provide to help us meet these needs! YOU can help raise funds for HART... ...by simply grocery shopping at Shaw's! Shaw's has very graciously agreed to give HART 1% of all the receipts we can gather from their stores. All you need to do is save your grocery receipts from Shaw’s and send them to HART. Every time you shop at Shaw’s and give your receipt to HART, you help us to buy food and to supply veterinary care for our cats. You might also consider collecting receipts from friends, family and co-workers. This is an ongoing fundraiser, so please keep saving and sending HART your Shaw’s receipts. Receipts can be left in the mailbox at our shelter on Range Road in Cumberland (directions, below) or mailed to:
We appreciate the difference you and Shaw’s can make to support HART and all of our cats in need. Please contact Mary Lindholm (cell: 632-7386) with questions.
...by saving empty ink jet and laser printer cartridges! Instead of tossing these in the trash and hurting the environment, they can now be brought to HART where we will turn them into cash for the shelter. Most cartridges are accepted, except those made by or for Epson printers, or those that have already been recycled. The original manufacturer's label must still be on the cartridge and it must not have been previously recycled. If you're unsure whether your cartridges meet this criteria, bring them to HART anyhow. We'll sort them out, so bring them all! Please contact Marcia Carr with questions.
..by searching the web (GoodSearch) or shopping online (GoodShop)! Click here to begin raising money for HART! GoodSearch.com is a new Yahoo-powered search engine that donates half its advertising revenue, about a penny per search, to HART when you use the above link. Use it just as you would any search engine, get quality search results from Yahoo, and watch the donations add up! GoodShop.com is a new online shopping mall which donates up to 37 percent of each purchase you make to HART! Hundreds of great stores including Amazon, Target, Gap, Best Buy, ebay, Macy's and Barnes & Noble have teamed up with GoodShop and every time you place an order, you’ll be supporting HART. Calendar of Events
WANTED: VOLUNTEERS! Do you love cats? Do you have two or three hours to spare one or two mornings a week or every other week? Is your significant other allergic to cats, but you’d would love to spend time with some wonderful, beautiful, friendly felines? Are you retired and have some extra time on your hands? Would you like to fulfill a passion that you have for animals? Would you like to be part of a great volunteer organization and give something back to the community? If so, HART needs your help!!! Volunteers are needed mornings, especially Monday – Friday to:
Our cats are not confined in cages, but are free to roam nice big rooms that have places for them to jump, climb, explore, and bond with the other cats. It’s a fun place!! If you are interested, call 829-4116 or e-mail us at info@hartofme.com. We’d love to have you join our wonderful group!! Also seeking volunteers to... ...help with bottle redemption and many other tasks:. DONATION JAR COLLECTION: We are in need of new donation boxes, decorated with lots of kitties, to put into area stores AND someone to collect from those boxes at least once a month then deliver the proceeds to HART. If interested, please contact Sharon Lewis at 846-3038 or e-mail her at slewis10@maine.rr.com. TRANSPORTERS FOR SPAY/NEUTER APPOINTMENTS: We need volunteers to take our kitties to the vet for their spay/neuter appointments. We go to Dr. Beury in N. Bridgton (1 hour from shelter) and to Poland Animal Hospital in Poland (30 minutes from shelter). If interested, please contact Joann Wallace at 233-8101. SHELTER CLEANERS: We are always in need of help to keep our shelter clean and to put ample food and water down for the kitties. The cleaning teams work mornings, 7 days a week. If interested, please contact Sharon Lewis or Laura Edgar at 829-4116. FOSTER FAMILIES FOR KITTENS: We are looking for families to help socialize our kittens. Kitten season has grown from spring through fall to all year long. This is a fun and rewarding experience for the entire family. If interested, please contact Suellen Clark at 233-7889 or e-mail her at sclark3@maine.rr.com. FUNDRAISING EVENTS: We are continually staging events to raise funds to maintain our "friendships" with all our wonderful vets. If you're interested in learning more about these events and/or want to get involved, please contact Sharon Lewis at 846-3038 or e-mail her at slewis10@maine.rr.com. Click to learn more about our volunteer opportunties or send us an e-mail any time!
The HART shelter is located at 302 Range Road, on the corner of Range Road and Route 26/100 in Cumberland. ...from Maine Turnpike Exit 53: Proceed 4.3 miles north on Route 26/100, turn right onto Range Road, HART is the first building on your right. ...from Gray Center: Proceed 6.2 miles south on Route 26/100, turn left onto Range Road, HART is the first building on your right.
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cats are not confined in cages, but live in an open environment where
they are free to play, climb, nest, and form bonds with one another.
