CAT’s mission is to work with our community to save the lives of homeless, sick and injured cats and kittens by offering shelter, adoption, foster, hospice, and veterinary services to end needless feline euthanasia in our community.
CAT honored the hard work and dedication of its volunteers on Sunday, August 22, with an end-of-summer picnic. Volunteers work side by side with CAT staff to care for the cats. In fact, it is like CAT has double the employees with all the hours generously donated by our volunteers.
Top Volunteers Honored were:
Anne Rutledge (NW Portland) heads up CAT’s adoption center at the Hillsboro PetSmart, which means she provides care for the cats, adoption counseling, and training for volunteers.
Connie Snow (SE Portland) trains new CAT volunteers each month and manages CAT’s monthly cat food bank, which hands out over 2,000 pounds of cat food to struggling cat owners every month. Connie is also a lead volunteer at CAT’s largest fundraising event, Whisker Wonderland, held every November.
Lowry Stephensen (Hillsboro) is one of the hardest working volunteers at CAT’s shelter. He provides care for the shelter cats several days a week and can be found at CAT’s shelter early in the morning to help Spay & Save (low cost cat spay/neuter) surgery clients. He also helps out at CAT’s adoption center inside the Hillsboro PetSmart store. (Award named in honor of CAT’s Founder.)
Mary Gerlowsky (Beaverton) is always there to lend a helping hand. She has a knack for calming cats who are having a difficult time adjusting to being in a shelter, helping to make their stay at CAT enjoyable. She is also the first person clients see when they come to CAT on the weekends. She greets and helps visitors.
Sally Newton (West Linn) You know it is Friday when you see Sally at the shelter. Sally faithfully volunteers to socialize cats, help clients, mentor new volunteers, and adoption counsel on Fridays. She has a bright smile and a contagiously fun personality.
Barbara Pirk (Sherwood) is the right-hand woman of CAT’s very successful foster program. She provides excellent administrative help and is a kitten foster parent herself. Always finding room to help orphaned kittens grow to be loving cats. Barbara also shares her creative talents by hand making signs, awards, and cards.
Dana Gilbert (SW Portland) started volunteering with CAT shortly after the organization opened in 1998. She heads CAT’s adult cat foster program, which provides adult cats a home environment to heal from an illness or injury. Dana coordinates and mentors these foster volunteers as well as providing some of the adult cats a respite from the shelter in her own home. Dana is a regular at CAT’s in-shelter hospital every Friday. She provides gentle care to the cats and kittens receiving medical treatment.
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