Cat Adoption Team in Sherwood Oregon
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.
2009 stats
Year-End Report
CAT weathered the economic storm pretty well thanks to the dedication and hard work of volunteers and staff. And a huge thank you to CAT’s donors for their continued support.
Adoption:
- 3,298 cats/kittens
- 2% increase over 2008 adoptions
- 21,878 total adoptions since founding in 1998 (through December 31, 2009)
Intake:
- 3,153 cats/kittens from other shelters and the public
- 1% less than than 2008
- 1,206 kittens were fostered
- 165 adult cats were fostered, including pregnant or lactating cats with kittens
Spay/Neuter:
- 3,263 total surgeries
- 11% increase over 2008 spay/neuter surgeries
- 952 were low cost/subsidized surgeries for owned cats
Cat Food Bank:
- 20,777.60 pounds of cat food distributed
- 24,522.35 total distributed since opening in June 2008 (through December 31, 2009)
- 2,949 cats fed
- 931 cat-owning families helped
- First organized pet food bank in the Portland-area
- Started cat food delivery partnership with Washington County Loaves & Fishes in September and delivered 630 pounds of cat food to feed pet cats of home-bound seniors
Volunteerism
- 434 active volunteers touching all aspects of CATs operations
- 11 offsite adoption centers staffed and run by volunteers
- Over 59,000 hours of service donated, which is equivalent to 29 full time employees
New Donation Programs:
- 80 new Meow Team Members - monthly automated giving program
- 83 virtual fundraisers brought in $10,540 through CAT’s new peer-to-peer fundraising program
- 1st annual CATnip Friday 5k on August 14, 2009 - the only 5k raising money just for cats - had 462 registrations and the fastest 5k time (15:14.4 minutes) of any Portland-area 5k
Internet Networking:
- CAT’s Facebook Group and Fan Page were launched and by the end the year had 832 group members and 288 fans
- CAT’s new Twitter page caught on and CAT had 484 followers by year end
- CAT’s web site had 65,577 visitors
