2011 Cat-Feline Calendar

If you are looking for a great gift for someone this holiday season, please check out the wonderful calendars from our very good friend, Mary Johnson. Mary is donating part of every sale of these calendars to the Branford Compassion Club. If you would like to place an order, please go to her website - http://www.maryjohnsonphotography.com/ for ordering information. If you are local to the Branford, Connecticut area, you can pick one up at the Branford Book & Card Store in Branford Center.

You can enjoy looking at all the little loves on the pages of the calendar while helping our little loves!

A great big THANK YOU to Mary Johnson!

Holiday Breakfast Buffet

Our All You Can Eat Holiday Breakfast Buffet is three days away! It will be held on Sunday, December 5th, 2010 at St. Therese's Church Hall in Branford, CT.  This year's menu includes: pancakes, eggs, bacon, ham, sausage, oatmeal, pastries, muffins, bagels, fresh fruit, juice, and coffee!

Tickets will be available at the door! Adults $9, children $4, and kids under 3 are free!

Branford Compassion Club Merchandise ON LINE!

Hello Everyone! We have some news to share! Our webstore is online! You can order clothing and accessories that sport our new logo! Support the Branford Compassion Club with your purchases! The link is... http://www.campuscustoms.com/branfordcompassionclub/ You can also purchase our short sleeve t-shirts, small tote bags and hats on our website as well... http://www.branfordcompassionclub.org/merchandise.html Don't forget about our cookbooks! You can make our wonderful recipes while wearing our great, new aprons! We thank each and everyone of you for your continuing support!

Holiday Breakfast Buffet

We hope to see everyone at our annual Holiday Breakfast Buffet! GREAT FOOD FOR A GREAT CAUSE!! We hope to see all our friends from the blogosphere there! It will be tons of fun!

National Feral Cat Day!

Oh Boy!

National Feral Cat Day!!

As you can probably tell NFCD is a wonderful day for us here at the BCC as feral cats are one of main concerns!

We strongly believe in the humane treatment of feral cats, because it's not their fault they are in their situation. We have Trap-Neuter-Release programs, we take out eligible cats and socialize them to be adopted!

We know many of you out here in the Cat Blogosphere are formerly feral!

What we would like to do is have many many more cats be just like you! Formerly feral in ultra loving homes!

If you would like to assist the BCC in this goal we take donations year round, just click our firstgiving Donate button on the sidebar, remember no amount is to small it's the thought that counts and those ferals out there need all the love they can get!

Here's some of our previous kittens now all Formerly Ferals in action!

Happy Harvest Adoption Day!! October 24th 11-3

Hey Everyone out there in bloggersville! The compassion club has a fantastic new event coming up soon and we would LOVE to see you there!

Happy Harvest Pet Adoption Day!!

Looking for a loving ball of fur to being home?! Not only are the BCC kittens going to be making an appearance but other rescues will be there as well!

Already have a cat? Don't want to add an extra tootsie roll to that litter box? Looking for some woof?

We're gonna have that and a number of types of rescues too!

There's also going to be free face painting, nail painting, crafts refreshments etc it really will just be fun for the whole family!

Also, if you bring a donation of pet food you get an extra free raffle ticket!

You can visit the official Happy Harvest site here or you can follow us on Facebook here or here.

The BCC would like to give extra special thanks to the Branford Rainbow Girls for setting up this event!

Featured Adoptables

These two lovelies have been getting good amount of attention from potential adopters, but it's all about finding the right home. Could that be you?

Animal Awareness Day: A Success!

Here's a photo recap of Animal Awareness Day! A big thank you to Krista Hanniford for all of the photos below.

The Dog Walk sponsored by the Dan Cosgrove Animal Shelter

 

Great musical entertainment

Quite the successful art contest!

Raffle baskets!

and of course the blessing of the animals!

We at the BCC would like to thank everyone so much for all their support and for coming to AAD!

Help Support The BCC!

Wouldn't it be wonderful to help support the BCC? We have a few easy ways you can! The always wonderful Ann of Zoolatry helped us out with some BCC style badges! To show your support for BCC, put one of our badges on your website or blog and link back to us! Ask your friends to do the same!

Animal Awareness Day 2010

Hey folks, it's that time of year again! Animal Awareness Day! This year the BCC is pairing up with our local shelter (Dan Cosgrove Animal Shelter of Branford, CT) to get this great party into full swing! Animals are welcome to this fun get together on the Branford Green! It will begin with a walk from the community house to the green. There will be a Blessing of the Animals, food and craft vendors, our "Strut the Mutt" dog parade, and of course plenty of animals for adoption!

So what does this madhouse of fun cost you ask? NOTHING! It's free! Just come and be ready to have a great time with the WHOLE family.  Join us on October 3rd, 2010, 11AM to 5PM! Can't wait to see you there! 

International Homeless Animals' Day 8/19/10

Today is International Homeless Animals' Day! International Homeless Animals' Day is not only an opportunity to pay homage to creatures whose lives we have responsible dominion over, it is a chance to make a change. Come visit is us at APC and give one of our little loves a good furever home!

International Homeless Animals' Day is a purr...fect opportunity to begin volunteering your time as these animals need your love and attention. Our Volunteers bring happiness to the animals and socially prepare them for their journeys to their loving furever homes.

International Homeless Animals' Day may be a solemn day of remembrance for the millions of animals that die each year due to pet overpopulation, but it is also a day of hope and inspiration. There is never a better time than the present to create positive change for unwanted animals. Together, we make a difference!

Featured Adoptables: Maya & Juno

Today at the BCC we have two wonderful female tiger kittens. They are on the prowl for a loving forever home, preferably together, but if they must, they will go their separate ways.

Maya (white toes) and Juno (white feet) had a very rough start in life.  They were orphaned at four weeks and went without food for a few days before they were rescued. When they were rescued, they were sick and starving. They have since recovered with lots of tender loving care.

Maya and Juno are extremely friendly lap kittens and are now in top health. They love to play with toy mice, puff balls, and paper dinner napkins. When they run laps, they have thundering feet. They play together, groom each other, and are loving sisters who want to find a furever home together.

Maya and Juno have both been spayed, fully vet checked, tested and fully immunized. If you are interested in adopting these beauties and are in the Connecticut area, e-mail us at contact_us@branfordcompassionclub.org or bcc_recruit@yahoo.com.

Volunteer for BCC

Live in New Haven, CT? Spend your summers in the New Haven area? Know someone around here that would love to help and be involved? BCC would love to have you, your family, and your friends as volunteers!

You can e-mail us at bcc_recruit@yahoo.com for details.

Don't have time to volunteer? But still want a way to help?

Donations are always gratefully accepted and each and every cent is put to good use!

We could really use the extra help!

Featured Adoptables: Noah

I'm really sweet, I promise.

Today we would like you to meet Noah.

Noah is a wonderful cat who has been with the BCC for several months. His foster mom hates to think of letting him go but knows Noah needs his wonderful furever home.

Noah was found in a feral colony. I immediately fell in love with him and his friendly manner, and after some time I decided to take him from home. So I brought him to be vetted.  It was only then I learned that he he has FIV.

He does not have to take medication for FIV and can live a long and healthy life.  He is very lovable. Noah is between 3-5 years old. He has beautiful light blue eyes and white long hair. When we first got him his underbelly was so tightly matted he had to be shaved, but because the knots were hurting him, he didn't mind at all. He loves to be brushed whenever possible. Because I am a foster mom for BCC, Noah will not be able to stay with me. He desperately needs a furever loving home to live out his years.

Because of Noah's condition, he must remain indoors.  He can be in a single cat home or a household with other FIV cats. If anyone would love to give Noah a forever home, please let us know. If you would like, drop us an email at contact_us@branfordcompassionclub.org or bcc _recruit@yahoo.com. We will have someone contact you upon receipt.

*BCC does not do nationwide adoptions.

Pours for Paws with BCC/GNHCP

Homemade stuffed breads, imported cheeses, gourmet pizza, bruschetta bar, stuffed mushrooms and clams, mussels, eggplant rolatini, chicken drumettes, cocktail meatballs and pasta station. Hungry yet? You can enjoy all this and more at Pours for Paws!
Pours for Paws is a joint event sponsored by The Greater New Haven Cat Project and the Branford Compassion Club.

Tickets for the event are $45 per person and all proceeds go to helping the GNHCP and BCC address feline overpopulation in our communities.

To purchase tickets you can either find your friendly neighborhood BCC volunteer and buy your tickets from them or e-mail us at: contact_us@branfordcompassionclub.org.

Making a last minute decision to join us? Tickets are also going to be available at the door!

Pours for Paws will be held at Anthonys Ocean View on September 29th, 2010 from 6:30PM to 8:30PM. Dress is semi-casual.

Really like something your drinking? Items will be available to order through Gabel's Wine Shop located in Branford, CT.

Well what are you waiting for? You should be getting your tickets right now! The event will be wonderful for all!

We're the BCC

What better day to introduce our wonderful organization to the blogging world than World Cat Day!


We're the Branford Compassion Club and we dedicate everything we can to homeless felines!

If you live in the Branford area, you may have seen us around town, adopting kittens at All Pet's Club, helping you and your neighbors rescue/trap ferals, fundraising for our cause, or any number of other cat-related activities we participate in.

This blog will be a chronicle of things we do, events we hold, and cats and kittens that need or have found homes! We hope you will take the journey with us! Maybe you will find that you love it so much you would like to volunteer with us! 

For details on how to join our wonderfully caring group, visit our website or our Facebook page! Thanks for reading!