It’s time for the annual SPIN Holiday Raffle!

While visiting the beautiful cats and kittens at the Kitty City Adoption Center at Pet World in Natick, be sure to check out the SPIN Holiday Raffle.

You can win a 1 YEAR MEMBERSHIP to ZOO NEW ENGLAND!!!

** Drawing will be held December 20, 2023 **

The SPIN Holiday Raffle Benefits Stray Pets In Need (SPIN)

1 ticket $2.00

4 tickets   $5.00

10 tickets  $10.00

Prize is a 1 Year Membership to Zoo New England

(NOTE: This must redeemed by April 1, 2024)

Hurry and get your SPIN 2024 calendar featuring all the beautiful rescue cats at SPIN who are long term residents and new arrivals, all looking for loving forever homes, plus some of the lucky cats who have been recently adopted. 

Thanks to the High School student volunteers for photographing and designing the calendar as a fundraiser for SPIN.  

Get a calendar for yourself, your family, your friends, your co-workers! Cost is $20.00 each. 

You can get your SPIN 2024 calendar at The Kitty City Adoption Center – Pet World in Natick or at the SPIN Transition House!

Today is Giving Tuesday, a global day of giving which kicks off the holiday season of generosity. Join us this year for Giving Tuesday and support Stray Pets in Need with a gift from our Amazon Wish List!

Carefully chosen by the SPIN volunteers, our list features items that will help SPIN do what it does best… take care of Stray Pets in Need!

Please explore our Wish List and between now and Giving Tuesday, purchase an item or a gift
card.

Thank you in advance for helping Stray Pets in Need!

It’s that time of year again for the Fall Pie Fundraiser to Benefit Stray Pets In Need!

Pie pre-paid orders must be received by Monday, October 8, 2023

Drop off order & check made out to:
SPIN at Kitty City Adoption Center at Pet World in Natick

Mail order & check to:
SPIN P.O. Box 812143 Wellesley, MA 02482

New England Apple Pie – Freshly peeled apples tossed with brown sugar and spices, beneath a delicate flaky crust. $19.95
Wild Blueberry Pie – Tart and juicy wild blueberries kissed with a hint of lemon. $19.95
Jumble Berry Pie – Our Blue Ribbon Winner! Cape Cod cranberries, sweet strawberries, blueberries and zesty oranges. $19.95
Chocolate Cream Pie – Our own, made from scratch, chocolate pudding topped with 100% real whipped cream. $19.95
Apple Crisp – Freshly peeled apples topped with rolled oats, whole wheat flour, butter and brown sugar. $12.95
Farmhouse Chicken Pot Pie – Tender Chicken breast, hand cut carrots, celery and peas in our own gravy. $22.95

Pick up your pie(s) at Kitty City Adoption Center at Pet World in Natick
on Saturday, November 4, 12 noon – 1:00pm

Pick up your pie(s) by appointment at the SPIN Transition House (date/time will be scheduled)

Pies come frozen so you can save them for Holiday Events * Pies from Ever So Humble Pies Company Inc. https://www.eversohumble.com/

Please join SPIN for a fur-filled fun time at the NEMO 10th Annual Cat Fanciers Allbreed & HHP Cat Show at The Verve Hotel!!

Come see over 130 purebred and household pet cats compete for top cat in 4 different judging rings each day. Meet Norwegian Forest Cats, Maine Coon Cats, Persians, Siamese, Exotics, Tonkinese, Siberians, Burmillas and up to 30 other breeds

You can sit and watch cats on the judging table or walk around and visit with the cats between judging. No matter what time you arrive you’re bound to see your favorite breed being judged!

The Verve Boston-Natick
1360 Worcester Street
Natick, MA 01760

Saturday, August 26, 2023,  9:30am-5:00pm  and  Sunday, August 27, 2023,  9:30am-4:00pm

Tickets at the door Credit/Debit/Cash

PARKING is FREE

This is a FAMILY-FRIENDLY EVENT that is fun for all ages!!

• CHILDREN’S STUFFED ANIMAL CONTEST 

• CAT AND OWNER COSTUME CONTEST

• THE KITTY PLAYOFFS

• VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITE CAT

• WATCH cats and kittens compete for Best in Show DAILY IN EACH of the 4 separate JUDGING RINGS

• PET-ME CATS to meet up close and personal

• SHOPPING for cats and people with vendors selling many cat related items and more!!

SPIN’s 10,000 LIVES SAVED!

PLEASE COME AND JOIN US TO CELEBRATE!

When: SATURDAY, JULY 15th
            12:00pm – 4:00pm

Where: THE NEW KITTY CITY IN THE NEW PET WORLD
              1284 Worcester Street – Rte. 9E (Sherwood Plaza), Natick, MA 01760

Please join us for the CELEBRATION of STRAY PETS IN NEED’s 10,000 CAT & KITTEN ADOPTIONS from our KITTY CITY at PET WORLD ADOPTION CENTER!

Meet the representatives of Stray Pets in Need at Pet World to help us commemorate this wonderful occasion. We will have games, prizes, a raffle and lots of information about our organization and the rescue/adoption process.

Are you the loving adopters of a Kitty City cat or kittens? Bring along pictures and stories to share!

Visit our beautiful new Kitty City facility in a space donated by Pet World. Stray Pets in Need and Pet World have collaborated for more than 25 years to place stray, rescued, surrendered and abandoned cats and kittens into loving, forever homes.

We have lots of friendly felines on site just waiting to find the perfect home. The Adoption Counsellor will be on hand to answer your questions about the adoption process.

See you there!!!

Stray Pets In Need (SPIN) will have a booth at the Save a Dog’s 23rd Annual Dog Walk “PAWS IN THE PARK” on Sunday, May 7th, 2023 from 10:00am – 3:00pm (Rain or Shine).

** Roulette Wheel ** Stuffed Dog Toys ** Pet Beds **

Longfellow’s Wayside Inn
72 Wayside Inn Road
Sudbury, MA 01776

Admission begins at 10:00am
Group Walk: 11:00am – 12:00pm.

Admission:
$10 per person
$5 for Children ages 5-12
Free for Children under 5
NOTE: Admission is waived if you have raised a comparable amount in pledges

• Rain or shine, dress for the weather

• Bring your dog if he/she will enjoy being around other people or dogs

• Keep your dog on a 6 ft. or shorter leash. For safety’s sake, please, no retractable leashes

• Be courteous and responsible – please clean up after your dog. Bags will be available

• Walk the course only if you and your dog are in adequate physical condition to walk 1 mile

• Water will be provided for both dogs and people at the walk mid-point. Even if you are not thirsty, be sure to let your dog have plenty of access to the provided water

For more information, go to https://www.saveadog.org/paws2023.asp

SPIN would like to thank the Cummings Foundation for their generous grant!!!

The Cummings Foundation awards at least $30 million each year, and has awarded nearly $450 million in total to date, to a widely diverse group of local greater Boston nonprofits in Middlesex, Essex, and Suffolk counties.

If you would like to learn more about the wonderful work they are doing, go here https://www.cummingsfoundation.org/index.html

If you love animals, SPIN recommends getting The Massachusetts Animal Coalition’s “I’m Animal Friendly” license plate which is the best way to let everyone know!

By purchasing  the “I’m Animal Friendly” license plate, you will be contributing to a program that supports statewide spay/neuter efforts for cats, dogs and rabbits.

For more information on how to order The Massachusetts Animal Coalition’s “I’m Animal Friendly” license plate, please go here https://massanimalcoalition.org/programs/license-plate/

The Pet Lifeline Program offers financial assistance for vet bills.

Are you struggling to afford the medical care that your pet needs? Please don’t give up!  The Pet Lifeline Program wants to help you pay for veterinary care.

The Pet Lifeline Program was created with the goal of helping sick pets get the medical attention they need. Through our program, we provide pet financial assistance to low-income pet owners who are having trouble paying expensive vet bills.

To learn more about The Pet Lifeline Program, whether or not you’re eligible and how to apply for pet financial assistance, go here https://petnewsdaily.com/financial-assistance/

Go to Pets.FindHelp.com and search for FREE or LOW COST pet support services like:

VETERINARY CARE
PET FOOD PANTRIES
TEMPORARY PET CARE
EVICTION SUPPORT/HOMELESSNESS
LOST OR FOUND PET
PET SHELTERS AND RESCUES
SERVICE PETS
PET TRAINING
FINANCIAL HELP
AND MUCH MUCH MORE!!