About The Cat Connection
The Cat Connection is a group of caring volunteers who respect cats and are committed to the rescue and rehabilitation of homeless cats.
The Cat Connection is a not-for-profit organization with foster homes in Waltham, Newton, and several other places in Massachusetts .
Because most of our cats are in foster homes and not shelters, we are able to know their personalities and match them with the best possible forever homes.
The Cat Connection is an all-volunteer 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose mission is two-part: 1. to control the local feral (undomesticated) cat population through Trap-Neuter-Return-Maintain (TNRM) programs; and 2. to facilitate the adoption of stray and abandoned cats and kittens into responsible permanent homes through our foster care and adoption programs.
The Cat Connection
Adoption / Fostering
Open House
Saturday February 13th from 1:00 - 4:00 pm
We will be having an open house on Saturday, February 13th from 1:00 until 4:00 pm. at 11 1/2 Clark Street in Waltham.
Please fill out an Adoption or Fostering Application before attending.
Please call 781-899-4610 for more information.
Picture courtesy Debbie Rufo, Cat Connection President.
Announcing
The Cat Connection
Annual Meeting
You're Invited!
The Cat Connection's Annual meeting will be held on, Wednesday, May 12th, from 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm, at Waltham Government Center, 119 School Street, Waltham.
Please note change of date!
Mark your calendars, so the you don't miss this important event.
We will see you there.
Grant Writer Needed
Share your talents, volunteer with The Cat Connection
One of the ways The Cat Connection is funded, is through the receipt of grant monies.
We are in need of someone to write grant proposals for us.
If you have the skills to write a grant, or if you want to learn them, please fill out our "Volunteer Form" and indicate your interest in writing grants.
Thank you for considering volunteering with us.
Picture courtesy Federico Stevanin FreeDigitalPhotos.net.
The Cat Connection
Wish list
Not every donation needs to be monetary.
Your donations can help us in our mission. Like most animal humane organizations, The Cat Connection's needs are large and varied. You can always help us with a monetary donation, or a gift of your time as a volunteer. We have created a "wish list" of things that we are always in need of.
Here's our list:
- A building (seriously, for a shelter)
- postage stamps
- Staples gift cards
- Petco gift cards
- new cat condos and toys
- trash bags (all sizes)
- cat litter (Fresh Step or Worlds Best Cat Litter)
- paper towels
- dish soap
- new cat beds
- general cleaning supplies (laundry soap and softener, brooms and mops, cleaning solutions(simple green), and sponges
- transport carriers (the type we use for semi-ferals and ferals)
- cat carriers (for domestics)
- combs and brushes for cats
- medical supplies
- large dog crates (metal)
- cat food
- fleece blankets
- large throw pillows
You can see from the list, that it covers both our administrative needs and the direct needs of the cats in our shelters and foster care network. The Cat Connection is a 501(c)(3) organization, meaning that all of your generous donations are tax deductible.
Thank you for helping us with our list, helping the cats.
NO KILL SHELTER DOES NOT MEAN NO DEATH
By Dianne Hudson
I recently went to visit my good friend Eva, the Director of Fostering and Adoption for the Cat Connection. On this particular day, she introduced me to a cute little tiger kitten that had yet to be named. She was tiny and when she walked, she wobbled so that she looked a bit like she was dancing. Eva picked her up, handed her to me, and then began to tell me her story.
A minister came out one day and found a kitten on his lawn. He brought it to one of our veterinarians who asked Eva if we could take care of it. This little girl was bright as a shiny new penny. She was only about three weeks old and very smart for her young age. Her name would be Geni, short for Genius.
A week later, two more kittens appeared on the lawn. One died almost immediately and the other was very tiny for her age. She had almost died twice, but Eva had brought her back. On this day as she lay in my hand washing her paws and snuggling. She was almost two months old and only weighed 11 ounces. Eva let me name her and I decided on Minuet because when I had seen her walking across the floor she had looked like a tiny dancer. I probably don’t have to tell you that Minuet captured her own little corner in my heart, but I wished that whoever the people were that brought her to the minister’s lawn had been responsible pet owners and had gotten her momma spayed.
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Story submitted by Dianne Hudson, Volunteer Cat Connection
Kitten Interrupted
By Dianne Hudson
She enjoys getting snuggles, playing with toys, a warm cuddly bed and yummy food. The next thing she knows, her college student momma has dumped her out on the street and gone home. She runs back up to the door, but no one comes out to get her. She sits, she waits, and no one comes. Why? She has never been out here all alone. Suddenly, this cute loveable bundle of fur is wondering what happened. Where are her snuggles, her toys, her food? How did she end up out here? What happened? Soon, she will become another “Kitten Interrupted.”
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Story submitted by Dianne Hudson, Volunteer Cat Connection
Picture submitted by by Dianne Hudson
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