Donating $1000 to cat and animal charities. If you are new to this story please read this page first as it contains links to earlier posts. In summary Marc, a PoC regular, has made a very generous donation to world cat and animal charities in honour of a cat he loved: Red.
Each of the five charities received $200 or currency equivalent as at exchange rates today, 5th July. $200 = £133 today. They change all the time.
This page simply sets out evidence of payment through screenshots. There are four collage or combination images on this page that evidence payment to four of the five charities. I show (1) the payment message before actually making the payment and (2) the confirmation of payment afterwards.
The fifth charity to receive a donation is Kays Hill Animal Sanctuary. They are being paid by cheque because they don’t have a PayPal account. I am dealing with that separately and will update the page once payment has been confirmed.
The Cat Network in West Allis
Cats Protection – Wear Valley & Darlington
Arc – Goa, India
Warm Fuzzy’s
I’ll be in touch with Kattaddorra about the Kays Hill payment because I want to make sure it is done properly.
So many thanks to all and particularly Marc and our love to Red who inspired Marc.
Update later in the day:
We made the donation to Kays Hill by buying cat food from Amazon You can see the confirmation below. Delivery is to Ruth and Barbara. Why? It is a more certain way of proceeding and the address is on my Amazon account. It’s about predictability.
Michael
This is one a number of confirmations:
Dear Mr Broad,
Thank you very much for making a One Off Payment of £133.00 to Wear Valley & Darlington; your generosity will allow us to help cat after cat!
Please check your Gift Aid status below. If you wish to change your status, please contact us.
Your donation details:
Reference Number: 12784
Donation Amount: £133.00
Gift Aid: Yes
Best Regards,
Cats Protection
Cats Protection
This is a nice email from the Goa charity we donated too:
Hi,
Just wanted to thank you for your donation especially now during monsoon when things are very difficult.
$200 will pay for the vet assistants salary for one month!!
Amazing bless you
Janie x
Joyce, I am so glad Marc and Michael from PoC were able to help you. I read your Facebook posts and I know your need is great, but I have not been in a position financially to help lately, but I (and Elisa Black Taylor) recommended Warmfuzzy’s. You work so hard to help cats in need. I know Facebook can be less than supportive of those trying to help animals in need through their posts, but keep posting. It does help. I live in Wisconsin and would never have known about your shelter any other way, much less Marc in Switzerland or Michael in England. When our checks start to come in from all the fireworks shows my husband and I worked I’m hoping I can send you something then. Lately if I have a little cash I drop it in the jar at the Cat Network. It’s easier to help local organizations in many ways, but the miracle of the Internet is really making it possible for us to do more for those beyond our neighborhood. PoC feels like a neighborhood, where we all gather on somebody’s virtual front porch in the shade and talk about cats. Marc really went above and beyond by getting up out of his virtual rocking chair on that imaginary front porch and reaching out across the globe to help cats in distant places. Wow.
Thanks a lot Ruth.
Keep talking about Red all you want, Marc! My late husband’s mother says that if we stop talking about those we have lost then it could become like they never lived. The best thing is to keep those memories alive, but not comparing one cat to another because Red was special, but your other cats are equally special, in their own unique ways. Red lived, he was here. Honor his memory by talking about him. I talk about my late husband, but I don’t compare one husband to another. That would be wrong. But to just stop talking about someone as if he never lived– my late husband’s mother is right. We do no one a service by pretending someone never lived. Grief is a part of life that can be shared and eventually the grief fades and you are left just with the memories.
Great to hear from you Joyce. So pleased that the money went direct to a cat in need. That makes me feel good and I am sure the rest of the gang feel the same way. Take care.