Help Make Shelter Cats More Comfortable

Shelters can be scary and stressful for many animals. Cats in shelters often live in small stainless steel cages with litter pans, food, water, and a towel or blanket. Although this certainly provides the basic physical needs, a setting of this nature is not comfortable for a cat that is already tense and confused in unfamiliar surroundings.

The Cat Castle provides a safe and secure area for the cat to relax, and minimizes the stress that comes with shelter life. Made in the U.S.A., the Cat Castle's bottom section is an enclosed space that has multiple ventilation holes and a 'drawbridge,' giving the cat ready access to a private, safe hiding place. The top section is a perfect surveillance point for cats that want to see what's going on in the shelter. The Cat Castle provides shelter cats with the opportunity to become familiar with new surroundings at their own pace, a process that is important for a cat's mental health.

When a shelter cat is adopted into a new family, the Cat Castle easily transforms into a secure cat carrier for transportation. The box can then be reassembled into the Castle format to provide a safe, familiar retreat that is already saturated with the cat's own scent, while the cat adjusts to her new setting peacefully. This is a much smoother transition than coming straight from the shelter with no familiar comfort.

You can help! Just $5.00 provides one Cat Castle to a shelter cat. Your generous donation will improve the well-being and happiness of a shelter cat waiting for the perfect forever home.

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100 Year Celebration! Making Strides! 100 Dollars in 100 Hours!

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$100 in 100 Hours!

To celebrate the American Cancer Society’s 100^th Birthday – along with 100 years of saving lives – I’m raising $100 in 100 hours, through Making Strides Against Breast Cancer. I’m asking for your help to reach my goal.

Making Strides Against Breast Cancer is the largest network of breast cancer awareness events in the nation, uniting nearly 300 communities to finish the fight. Every breast cancer walk and event is an incredible and inspiring opportunity to honor those who have battled breast cancer, raise awareness about what we can do to reduce our breast cancer risk, and raise money to help the American Cancer Society fight the disease with research, information and services, and access to mammograms for women who need them. 

One hundred years ago, the American Cancer Society started the fight of a lifetime – the fight against cancer. I’m working to reach my goal of $100 in 100 hours to help the American Cancer Society reach their goal to make this cancer’s last century. Please help me by donating to my Making Strides Against Breast Cancer.

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Message from Michelle Langbehn: Cancer Survivor

Last week when the government re-opened, thousands of furloughed employees who were struggling to get by without a paycheck rejoiced. I celebrated for another reason -- because thousands of people like me with cancer will be able to resume treatment and clinical trials through the National Institutes of Health. 

I started a petition on Change.org when the government shut down shortly after I applied to enter a clinical trial for my cancer that was federally funded. Over 150,683 people signed -- including you -- giving a voice to people like me who were directly impacted by the shutdown. 

Thanks to you and everyone who signed, my story was highlighted by news outlets like Reuters, The Washington Post, MSNBC and the BBC. By lifting up the voices of those who were hit hardest by the government shutdown, you and I contributed to the national outrage that pressured our nation's leaders to reach a deal and reopen as quickly as possible.

When this began, I thought I would be lucky to gather a few hundred signatures. To watch my petition grow into the tens of thousands was truly humbling. Now that the government has reopened, my hope is that the cancer patients who were waiting to receive treatment from the NIH have not been compromised and are soon able to acquire the assistance they desperately need. 

I hope this episode will lead to more political cooperation and that politicians will begin to put the American people first. Thank you so much for helping my voice, and the voices of other cancer patients, be heard. 

Michelle Langbehn

Your Signature Could Free Sara

Sara Kruzan was a victim of human trafficking when she was 13 years old, and was trapped for three years in a cycle of sexual, physical, and mental abuse. Night after night, Sara was sexually exploited for her abuser’s gain. Then, after years of torture and exploitation, she shot and killed her trafficker and was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole. She was just sixteen years old.

Sara has been in prison for nearly two decades now. When I learned about her story and that she was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole after living a life of horrific violence and abuse.

On Jan 18, 2013 Sara’s sentence was reduced to second degree murder and since she had already served 18 years, Sara was fast-tracked to parole. Now, California Governor Jerry Brown has only a few weeks left to sign off on Sara's parole. I need your help to bring her home. 

Sara's friend, Carrie Christie, has started a petition because while she can't help all human trafficking victims, she can help one. 

There was no expert to tell the jury that with counseling, support, and care, Sara could heal from her traumatic past and grow to be a strong and moral woman.

In June, the California Parole Board reviewed her case and signed off on granting Sara’s parole.  Her case currently is in the California Governor’s office waiting for Governor Jerry Brown’s final consideration. He can free Sara. 

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Dolphins Dying in the Gulf Need Our Help

Bottlenose dolphins have been dying in unprecedented numbers in the northern Gulf of Mexico, closest to where the BP oil spill happened.   It’s been more than three years since the BP oil disaster began, but dolphins in the Gulf are still struggling. 


Dolphins in areas most heavily oiled by the BP oil disaster are suffering from terrible illnesses. An in-depth study of dolphins off the Louisiana coast found animals with agonizing lung disease, liver damage and anemia—all symptoms indicating oil exposure.

Friends of wildlife like you were critical to protecting Gulf wildlife in the immediate aftermath of the oil disaster.



Now your support is urgently needed to make sure that the fines and penalties BP pays for the disastrous spill are used to restore habitat for dolphins and other wildlife in the Gulf of Mexico—rather than being funneled away from healing the fragile ecosystem dolphins depend on.


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BP must be held accountable to pay for the extensive damage that their negligence caused to the region’s wildlife and wild places.

Decisions about how to use this money are being made right now in the Gulf States. Unfortunately there are few guarantees that all of the money from BP’s fines and penalties will be used to restore habitat for dolphins, sea turtles, tuna and other wildlife.

With your help, we can rally wildlife advocates to speak out for dolphins in the Gulf before the funds needed for restoring their habitat are funneled away. We’ll keep up public pressure on U.S. Commerce Secretary Pritzker and local officials to make sure that the fines paid by BP are used to restore dolphin habitat.

Donate now to help make sure that BP’s fines and penalties are spent on habitat restoration!