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GREENE — Tommy’s Feral Feline Friends is looking for bakers and bottle donations for its annual fundraiser this spring.
The Easter Extravaganza Bake Sale and Bottle Drive will be 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, April 19, and Saturday, April 20, in the old office of Sabattus Street Self Storage, 1434 Sabattus St., Lewiston.
“This year there were times when this unmerciful and unforgiving cold winter I cried thinking how will these precious animals survive, especially with so much devastation to their colonies and not enough time to rebuild,” Norm Blais, owner of Tommy’s Feral Feline Friends said. “Now with so much snow and trapped in wetlands the kitties have faced unrelenting flooding.”
Tommy’s is a no-kill rescue that takes in abandoned and abused cats, gives them medical care, and provides safe shelter for them to live in. The cats who live in colonies continue to be be resilient despite adversity.
“They’re amazing,” Blais said. “Their spirits have risen with the promise and renewal of spring.” He said it’s been several years since the Easter event was held indoors.
“I am grateful that a business donated their space again so we could hold our annual Easter bake sale and bottle drive indoors,” Blais said. “I have stood many years outside in the worst weather imaginable hosting our much needed fundraisers.”
He said the generosity of the building owner has moved him. “Our needs remain the same and we’re desperate to raise funds to support our much needed rebuilding of all of Tommy’s Feral Feline Friends colonies and the cost of medical care for our kitties,” he said.
Baked goods, bottles and financial donations go a long way to help Tommy’s continue to save the lives of forgotten feral cats, both in the colonies and the ones crossing our path every day, Blais said.
Tommy’s provides medical and personal care for cats, including removal of tumors to repairing wounds; cancer treatment; annual checkups; special diet foods (homemade); dispensing daily medication, whether injections and or fluids with regular medication; dental care; emergency care; hospice care; special needs care; care for disabled kitties (mentally, physically, emotionally) and homeopathic care.
“For the past 40 years, we have been on a mission to save lives and with your help and support, Tommy’s Feral Feline Friends can keep continuing this important mission on a daily basis,” he said. “With the recent ordeals our cat colonies have faced, we are more than ever in need of funds to help rebuild and prepare our kitties for what has been one of the cruelest and harshest winters in Maine’s history.”
For more information, contact Blais at normblais39@yahoo.com or visit Tommy’s Feral Feline Friends on Facebook or visit the website at www.tommysferalfelinefriends.com.
PHOTO: A cat enjoys the summer sunshine at a Tommy’s Feral Feline Friends colony. The organization is hoping bakers and and others will help with this spring’s bake sale and bottle drive to help fix the colonies after a tough winter. (Submitted photo)
