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”
Author Archives: Buck Hamilton
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”
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,
Incidentals
Last week was busy and I didn’t spend much time on social media. Having eight kittens chasing their tails and falling off of counter tops at Kitten Day Care (KDC) in the office kept us on our toes. In addition, we’ve been dealing with two fairly sick cats: Cody and Carmello. Cody is not quiteContinue reading “Incidentals”
Tabz
Tabz had been hanging around our backyard for what seems forever. She would always come around to be fed when Mrs H brought out the food bowls. Our colony of about eight feral cats had gradually taken over our back yard especially after we added kitty tubes and a covered litter box (it’s hard toContinue reading “Tabz”