Thanks to Another Chance Animal Welfare League and two very generous followers, Lesa and her brother Bill, Nomad’s Kids will be eating well this week! A huge thank you to both of you - we are so grateful for your support and generosity. (fb)

Last week we received a message that affected us deeply. Desiree, a grocery store employee, reached out to us when she had just learned that her favorite customer—a kind, unhoused man everyone called “Nomad”—had passed away. Nomad was 66, with a long white beard and a smile for everyone he met. Though he had almost nothing of his own, he poured everything he had into the stray cats he lovingly called his “kids.” Desiree told us: “He used to collect bottles and cans and use any money he got to feed homeless kittens…I would ask him if he needed anything, food, a tent, clothes, anything, and *if* he let me get him something, he only ever asked for cat food. The only time I ever saw him cry was one of the times the cops came and trashed all of his stuff and kept making him move and arresting (or threatening to arrest him) for going back to his spot because he wouldn’t leave his kitties behind. He didn’t cry over his spot or his stuff, he cried because they made him move so far away that he was having trouble making it back to see his “kids.” After his death, Desiree rushed to find the cats. At first, she couldn’t, so she reached out for help from us, and as we don’t normally work in that area, we asked fellow rescuers Donna and Carol for help. Then the heartbreaking truth emerged: dozens of starving cats and kittens were hiding nearby. A handful of young kittens were barely clinging to life—weak, starving, and fading fast. Their mother was too malnourished to feed them. Today, because of emergency care with our cofounder Sarah, those six—Bubbles, Beatrice, Bonnie, Bertie, Brooks, and Baker—are thriving. From near-death, they’ve become feisty bottle babies with bright futures. Three older kittens are safe with Donna, who we are calling Luna, Mochi & Pippin, and Carol is caring for two she’s calling Goose and Maverick. Carol has taken charge of feeding the entire colony of about 15 cats. The young ones will be tamed and adopted. The feral adults will be spayed and neutered so no more kittens are born into hardship, and the friendly adults will be given the chance to know the warmth of a home. But now, we need your help to keep them safe and fed: 🐾 Kitten care – wet/dry Purina One kitten food for the growing babies. 🐾 Colony support – Friskies dry food to feed the adults daily. ***Please consider a monthly donation via PayPal or Credit Card to help support these cats for the months to come. $5 or $10 a month can change their lives.*** 🐾 Medical costs – $45 spay/neuter TNR surgeries, vaccines, and vet care for fragile kittens. You can send food directly through our Amazon or Chewy wish lists (linked below). Or, you can make a financial gift via credit card, PayPal, Venmo or Apple Pay. EDIT: Amazon is having issues delivering from “lists.” If it won’t let you deliver to the “list recipient: Northstate Cat Coalition” put in this address: Northstate Cat Coalition 3335 Placer St., #169 Redding, CA 96001 🔗https://linktr.ee/northstatecatcoalition Please help us honor Nomad’s legacy of love, devotion and sacrifice for his cats. Together, we can ensure they never go hungry again. ❤️ (For the safety of both the cats and the unhoused community still living nearby, we’re keeping the location private. (fb)