Ash’s Post about the Contest

Hey guys! I’m trying to win $1000 for the feral group I volunteer for, Central Texas Feline Rescue. It’s a contest being run by Maddie’s Corner. All I have to do is send them the most twitter followers or Facebook fans between now & January 31st. CTFR is a small group run by maybe 20 different people. We’re a Trap-Neuter-Return-Manage (TNRM) group that operates in Central Texas, mainly Round Rock, Austin, Pflugerville & Wells Branch area. We feed roughly 300 cats all 365 days of the year. Since we’re so small, donations are slim to none so it all comes out of the volunteers’ pockets – most from our founder. It would be great to be able to ease the financial burden on the group. As well as feeding different colonies we also trap almost every Tuesday night. The cats we catch are then taken to the Austin Humane Society where they are spayed or neutered & given rabies shots. We then take them back & re-release them into the colonies. Of course, any cats that are strays versus feral, we take in to foster until we can adopt them out. Our foster, Mika, was one such cat.

Anyway, to help us win, you can either follow them on twitter & tell them we sent you or you can fan them on Facebook. Either way, let them know that @RescueAnimals sent you. The official rules can be found here: http://www.maddiescorner.org/events.htm

So for instance, follow them on twitter & then tweet something like “@MaddiesCorner I’m following you because @RescueAnimals sent me over” or you can fan them on Facebook here & write pretty much the same on their fan page wall.

Thanks guys! The feral kitties appreciate your vote!

Nikki’s Post About the Contest

So, I have a favor to ask of you: there’s this group on Facebook called Maddie’s Corner (also found on twitter @MaddiesCorner), founded by Kristin Chenoweth (Galinda of Wicked, in tons of movies, was on American Idol tonight for those of you who don’t know her). They’re a pretty amazing organization that celebrates animals and the people who love animals. Well they’re holding a contest right now. The person who sends the most fans their way wins $1000 for any non-profit animal organization they want. We want that to be us.

Of course we want to try and get the money for the feral cat group that we volunteer for. It’s called Central Texas Feline Rescue and we’re a Trap-Neuter-Return group. We go out everyday, 365 days a year and feed the feral colonies that live in Austin and the Austin area. Almost every Tuesday we are out there trapping feral cats to have them spayed or neutered and given rabies shots before returning them to their colonies. We’re also an extremely small group, completely volunteer run. Most of everything we do comes out of our own pockets – our founder, Elizabeth spends the most to keep the group running. This year we TNR’d over 300 cats. Ash and I fostered a kitten we found on the streets and named her Mika. On Christmas Eve, she was adopted by some really wonderful people and they tell us she rules the household now.

$1000 would go far for this group. But we need your help. Here’s what you can do. Go to the Maddie’s Corner fanpage on Facebook and fan the group, or you can start following them on their twitter. Then post a comment/reply and tell them that Ashley Niels of @RescueAnimals sent you (Ash is in charge of the twitter account so they know her name). Make sure you add the RescueAnimals part since that’s the common name we’ve been using (on twitter and facebook). The more people the better so feel free to share this note.

Come on guys! With your help, we can win Central Texas Feline Rescue a much-needed $1000. They really deserve it. Thanks to everyone who helps us out! If you have any questions, please ask us and we’ll get back to you ASAP.

Help the kittens! =^..^=