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Author Archives: Buck Hamilton

It’s Been One Year!

Posted byBuck HamiltonJuly 23, 2024April 20, 2025Posted inOdds & Ends

It’s Saturday

It’s a touch after 1200 and I’m tired. It’s been a busy week with two trips to the vet and more than a few hours spent working on financial reports for the El Paso Foundation grant. This is my first time submitting for a grant which requires our financial history and I’m not sure whatContinue reading “It’s Saturday”

Posted byBuck HamiltonJuly 16, 2024April 20, 2025Posted inCaturday Feature, Odds & EndsTags:Grant writing

1st Year Anniversary

23 July is the first anniversary of our approval as a 501c(3) organization and the “official” date of the founding of Mandarin’s Retreat. If you’ve read through the material on the website, you would know that as a cat rescue, we’ve been caring for cats for much longer. Mrs H and I got our firstContinue reading “1st Year Anniversary”

Posted byBuck HamiltonJuly 8, 2024April 20, 2025Posted inThoughts and musingsTags:funding, rescue

Best Friends

I’ve been working through some trial software to identify grant opportunities for the Retreat and found the Rachael Ray Foundation works specifically to save domestic animals. It looked like a nice fit for us so I started to investigate further. One of the requirements for grant application submission is to be a member of BestContinue reading “Best Friends”

Posted byBuck HamiltonJune 30, 2024April 20, 2025Posted inOdds & Ends

National Foster A Pet Month

#MyFirstFoster @petloveco @mrhwcats While these guys are definitely NOT our first fosters, they follow in the footsteps of Winston, Pumpkin, Cody and many others,

Posted byBuck HamiltonJune 16, 2024April 20, 2025Posted inFoster A CatTags:Pet Co Love

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