Celebrate
National Cat Day with the Companion Animal Resource & Adoption Center (CARAC)CARAC will commemorate National
Cat Day with a Cat Care Workshop on Saturday, Oct. 25, from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.
The
event, to be held at Bucketworks, 1340 N. 6th St. in Milwaukee, will include vendor and information booths,
feline microchipping services, a "build your own"cat scratching post workshop, and a cat scratching post and condo
auction.
Admission is $5 per person
.-Attendees
can also learn about spay/neuter, declawing, and nail trimming.
-Microchipping
will be available for an additional fee of $10;
workshop registration is included.
-There will also be a workshop on how to build your own scratching post; a $25 donation
per scratching post is requested.
-For a $2 donation, attendees can also
visit a station to create small toys.
All materials, instructions, and assistance
to build your own scratching post and toys will be provided and all proceeds from the event will benefit CARAC.CARAC is also
looking for people to build and donate homemade, high-quality scratching posts for the auction and/or donate materials for
people to make their own posts for the Cat Care Workshop on October 25th.
Materials
and scratching posts for the auction, donated no later than Saturday, October 11, are preferred and appreciated.
If you are interested in helping at this unique event, donating materials for the scratching posts, or building
a post for the auction, please contact Kevin Frank at (414) 364-6489 or klylef@yahoo.com
For more information.About CARACCompanion
Animal Resource & Adoption Center, Inc. (CARAC) places homeless animals from the Greater Milwaukee Area into loving, permanent
homes, as well as provides community outreach programs in order to secure a better future for all companion animals.
Located in Greendale at Southridge Mall, CARAC is one of a very few animal welfare organizations
in the country to operate in a retail environment, a unique service model.
For more
information, call (414) 421-8881 or visit www.companionanimal.org.