September 14, 2023

A brief update about Stillwater Cat Haven.  We have utilized our facebook site most often, yet maintain this blogspot site with some photos and history which should provide some interest. 

This year we have tried to downsize our operations yet it seems there have been more community colony issues which make this impossible!  Joan and Don are now 82 years old and need to consolidate and relieve these efforts.

We continue to monitor colony sites, including Anderson River Park.  More people seem to feel the park is a place to drop off new kittens and others, many times keepiing the moma cats at home and allowing unprepared kittens to struggle and perhaps survive with the accomodation of others at the park.  This results in a huge out of control situation, an irresponsible action of an uncaring public.

Recently we were working to stabilize a non-owned community colony of cats.  Joan trapped 2 very pregnant females the same evening; one contained 4 kittens and the other 5.  Those 2 would have added 9 more to this group.  We are left with the satisfaction of providing control at this location, but realize there are many other uncontrolled pregnant females adding to the community cat populations;  it is a continuing growing population issue without enough community concern to stop this increasing numbers problem.

We continue to hope for financial assistance and a greater involvement  with our community in solutions to this situation.

July 24, 2022

A Brief Review and Search for Additional Support

This is information about the current conditions of this non-profit 501(c)(3) organization.  Stillwater has accomplished a long time effort of community colony cat stabilizations through TNR efforts (Trap, Neuter,Return) and Colony Monitoring of a number of the colonies we have helped.  The founder, Joan Neptune is now 81 years and her husband Don will match that age this month.  We now realize our mental and physical abilities are becoming compromised and our financial resources are now limited.

In 2011 Stillwater received its 501(c)(3) exemption which allowed tax free donations by the public.  Since that time Stillwater has spay/neutered 1823 cats, adopted 471 of them and created a homesite sanctuary that varies in numbers but currently includes 150 cats.  Our funding has been in the area of 25% public and 75% personal amounts.  We have exhausted an IRA retirement account, and capital gains from inherited properties.  We are at the limit of viability without additional financial support.  And we now are concerned about a completion of our entire efforts in community cat stabilizations at this time in our lives.  Our homesite Sanctuary complicates most solutions to the future.

We have a more complete Support Document with photos, our Tax Form 2021 990EZ, and additional information if interested, which can be emailed.  Site visits and discussions of our situation are encouraged.

stillwatercathaven@gmail.com     (530) 365-4861 

Giving Tuesday is coming again this year on November 30, the Tuesday after Thanksgiving.  We have participated for several years and hope we can interest your online support.  We have a greater need at this time, particularly as we review our current financial situation; Joan and Don just turned 80 years old this year and we now more fully realize we cannot maintain our non-profit operations at their current level without exhausting our current funds.  We need to develop additional sources of support.  We are hopeful you might review our Giving Tuesday presentation and visit the northstategives.org site and our location in the Animal Category.  Early Giving can begin on November 16 !  Give us a call at 530-365-4861 and visit our facebook.stillwatercathaven site for additional information that you might desire.

Giving Tuesday once again and we haven't been using our blogspot!  We can be faulted for our minimal communications to all who have helped fund our non-profit efforts in the past.  And now we arrive at another event which hopes for your attention.  Giving Tuesday after Thanksgiving now will occur on December 1 in 2020.  It is the online event we have participated in for several years now.  Our information is posted about our efforts in the 'Animals' category on the Giving Tuesday website.  See also our stillwatercathaven.facebook page.  We hope you might participate.  

Following Thansgiving there is Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and then Giving Tuesday with Online Giving worldwide for non-profit organizations.  Donations may be scheduled for Giving Tuesday starting on November 19, at www.northstategives.org  

Roll-over Donations can be made directly to the Shasta Regional Community Foundation from a stock or retirement account and be free of itemized deductions on your taxes; call 530-244-1219 for paperwork information for Roll-overs.

Giving Tuesday donations on Dec 3 allow for possible awards to the non-profit organizations that would not be possible if donated on another day.