— 25th Anniversary Stories —
In celebration of Cat Adoption Team’s 25th anniversary, we invite you to share a favorite memory from your involvement with CAT.
Every success over the past 25 years has been possible only because of each and every person who is part of the CAT family.
And that means YOU!
Enjoy heartwarming stories and fun memories from your fellow cat lovers and be sure to submit your story to be included on this memory wall.
Thanks for celebrating with us!

Elisa’s Story
I adopted weezer about 15 years ago. I had just moved out of my moms house and took my cat to her new home. Immediately

Mary Beth’s Story
So I took S’more home as a scared, grumpy guy right after his FVRCP shot… It was a long afternoon… he laid in my bathtub

Jeffrey’s Story
We were heart broken after our beautiful cat Midnight Star had a sudden heart attack and passed away. She was a fun loving cat and

Danielle and Glen’s Story
Our family moved to Oregon in 1997, of course with our adopted tuxedo cat Johnny. In fall of 1998, I was homeschooling our middle school-aged

Kathy’s Story
I started volunteering at CAT a month after the shelter first opened. It was a long drive from the far east side of Portland to

Juanita’s Story
Being an adoption counselor I have many favorite adoption stories. This goes from adopting out the 3 black kittens together (Crash, Cody, and Remington) two

Belle’s Story
This morning as I was cuddling my favorite kitty cat in the world, I kept thinking about how grateful I am for The Cat Adoption

Robin’s Story
We adopted our first cat from CAT in 2003. She was a great cat and has since passed on. More recently, in September 2022, we

Laura and Kevin’s Story
In 1998 we adopted Max from CAT. He was one of the first cats to be adopted out of the shelter. Back in the day,