Stray Thoughts Spring 2017
Upcoming Events
May
13th, Saturday – 14th, Sunday
Petals for Pets Plant Sale. More information on page 7.
30th, Monday
Memorial Day. WSHS will be closed today.
June
Adopt a Shelter Cat Month
14th, Wednesday
WSHS General Meeting held at 7:00 p.m. at the Lincoln
Center in Downers Grove. Hear what’s new at the shelter,
partake of refreshments and enjoy a great guest speaker.
4th, Tuesday
July
4th of July. WSHS will be closed.
Volunteer Spotlight
F
riday morning house cat volunteers Kalin, Jennifer,
and Charles work hard each week to get all the cages
cleaned and litter boxes scooped out before the shelter
opens at 11:00 a.m. But what each of them enjoys most
about volunteering is spending time with the cats after
the cleaning is done. Kalin has been on the shift the
longest, since December 2012, and Jennifer and Charles
have been on the team for the past 2½ years. Jennifer
said they work together “like a well oiled cat poop
scooping machine.”
Volunteering at WSHS can also be a learning experience.
Charles has found that some of the animals take time
to become social and enjoys interacting with the many
different breeds of cats. Jennifer says that she’s learned
that she likes animals more than people sometimes,
while Kalin enjoys working with all the animals and
humans at WSHS.
Jennifer is a former foster mom for some of our shelter
puppies, “until it became clear I couldn’t give some of
them up.” So, she has three dogs, all from WSHS: Henry,
adopted June 2013, Charlie (foster failure #1), Finn
(foster failure #2) and three cats, Mr. and Mrs. Ira and
Judy Catzenberg and their son Walter (he’s adopted).
Kalin also adopted her dog Lucky from West Suburban
in 2008. He’s a cattle dog/pointer/shepherd/shar pei
mix! Charles currently does not have pets at home but
he plays basketball and his team recently won the state
tournament.
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