Every Christmas Day we have fresh roast turkey crowns which we have cooked and dish out to all of the cats in our care. They love it! We are asking you to donate to our turkey fund so we can buy as many turkeys as we can in the run up to Christmas. You can do this by stuffing our turkey on our counter in the reception with any loose change, by sending a cheque or via PayPal stating Cats Turkey Dinner. Your donation will be very gratefully received. Thank you.
We have been asking for a minimum donation of £50 per cat for the last few years and that does not even cover what we have spent on most cats.
Every cat has been spayed/neutered, vaccinated and de flead and wormed.
Whenever people donate more, we are so very grateful.
We have now had to increase our minimum donation to £60 per cat. This now includes a micro chip in adult cats.
Thank you for understanding.
The total amount raised for our Christmas Fair on Saturday 17th November was £1,865.
It was a little down on last years record but it was still a great day with all of our favourite people. Special thanks to everybody who volunteered their time to help us and to everybody who attended.
Our Christmas Fair is to be held on Saturday 17th November.
10am – 1.30pm.
Entrance is free.
It will be at the Holy Trinity Church Hall on Sandgate Road in Folkestone.
There will be presents for you and your cat
Homemade cakes and jams
Cards, books and bric a brac
Hamper raffle
Tombola
Tea, coffee and cats
Please come along. We look forward to seeing you. All proceeds will go towards feeding the cats over the Christmas time.
Please save the date for our Quiz night which is on Saturday 20th October. It will be held at Etchinghill Village Hall and will start at 7pm. There will be a home made supper of bangers and mash with onion gravy. A vegetarian option is available. Pudding will be sponge and custard. Teas and coffees will be provided but please bring cold drinks. There will be a raffle. Tables of 6-8 people and it costs £10 per person. We look forward to seeing you there.
Please book your tickets early. Call us on 01303 862243.
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Claire raised £275 for braving the zip wire. Thank you to everybody who donated.
On Thurs 6th September, Co Manageress Claire is going to do a sponsored zip wire and Mega Drop to raise money for the cats here at Rhodes Minnis Cat Sanctuary.
She will whizz past the city’s world-famous skyline during an adrenaline-pumping zip line adventure. It is one of the world’s fastest urban zip wires with Zip Now London at Archbishop’s Park.
She will feel the wind in her hair while zooming past some of London’s top attractions, including The Shard, Big Ben and the Coca-Cola London Eye.
A true adrenaline seeker, Claire will climb to heights of 35m (115ft) above south London, before making an exhilarating 225m (738ft) descent. The zip line experience goes to speeds of up to 31mph (50km/h) and promises to give riders the ultimate thrill.
THE MEGA DROP is a freefall jump which is 15 meters high. It requires riders to take a step into the void, with a stomach-flipping freefall followed by a gradual slowing towards ground. It’s a bit like a bungee jump without the bounce.
The grand total raised for our open day on Sunday 22nd July was £4,720.
Not quite an all time record but perhaps the many events in Folkestone, including the Red arrows took a little of the attention later in the day. Still a splendid result for a one day fundraiser and a lovely crowd to see what we do and enjoy our home made fare. As always a great big thank you to all of the staff and supporters for all the hard work making, baking and preparing in the weeks before, pulling out all the sales stops on the day and then putting it back together afterwards. all on a very warm day!
We had a great day and we were so happy to see so many of you.
Save the date for our Open Day which will be held on Sunday 22nd July.
There will be-
Homemade cakes, jams and produce stalls
Huge Tombola with a great variety of prizes
Hamper Raffles for people and cats
Barrow of Booze Raffle
Reflexology
Veterinary demonstrations from Burnham House Vets
Frandham kennels – dog rescue
Snowy’s Canine Therapy Centre
Shetland ponies
B.B.Q, Teas, Coffees and refreshments including the ‘famous ’meringues! With strawberries or raspberry’s & cream, Pimm’s (optional extra)
Live singing from Sophie Peers
Admission – Adults £1.00 Children & Pensioners 50p
If you are unable to attend, then please spread the word and share our event. Or you can send donations in the post stating Open Day Donation on the envelope. Alternatively you can donate raffle and tombola prizes which would be gratefully received.
