{"id":7063,"date":"2012-08-30T00:01:18","date_gmt":"2012-08-30T04:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zeezoey.com\/blog\/?p=7063"},"modified":"2012-09-06T12:27:18","modified_gmt":"2012-09-06T16:27:18","slug":"campaign-for-a-cause-an-up-close-and-personal-look-at-the-nominated-shelters-for-zee-zoeys-cat-ruler-of-the-world-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeezoey.com\/blog\/campaign-for-a-cause-an-up-close-and-personal-look-at-the-nominated-shelters-for-zee-zoeys-cat-ruler-of-the-world-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"Campaign for a Cause – An Up Close and Personal Look at the Nominated Shelters for Zee & Zoey’s Cat Ruler of the World Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This is Harley who I got from a cat rescue. To see the beauty of the full image, please click to enlarge.<\/p><\/div>\n

Throughout the years, I have had a lot of different cats in my life, all dear to me for their own unique reasons. The majority of them \u201cfound\u201d me. That is, they just somehow appeared out of nowhere in some form of fate as if destined to be mine. A few cats came because I got them at a shelter, and recently, I have purchased two pedigree cats, my beloved Maine Coon, Zee, and my cat soul mate, Zoey.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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I am forever grateful to my beloved Zee and Zoey who have changed my life and made me a better person for it.<\/p><\/div>\n

During most of that time, I had little knowledge about just how many cats were living in shelters and on the streets, how many were being senselessly euthanized, and how there is such a general lack of knowledge about pet responsibility and spaying and neutering. I had no idea how much help these animals needed and when I\u00a0became an author last year, writing a book about\u00a0the life I shared with my cats and the lessons they taught me after a very bad time in my life, my main delusional goal was that I would be the next J.K. Rowling, that\u00a0 The Chronicles of Zee & Zoey<\/em> would be a best seller, and that I would be on the Ellen DeGeneres Show thanking her for inspiring me to write the book in the first place.<\/p>\n

None of that happened. However,\u00a0the promise I made\u00a0in the last chapter of the book, that I would use my voice to be a platform to educate people about just how special and unique cats are with\u00a0the\u00a0hope to increase cat adoptions, that did happen and then some. I have become an extremely educated advocate on the subject of cat causes and my blog has now become a vehicle to share my knowledge in a\u00a0positive and informative way to educate others.<\/p>\n

So, rather\u00a0than consider myself a failure, defeated with no reason to try,\u00a0I realized that my talent, creativity,\u00a0and passion for writing was my victory and I could make a difference if believed in myself and my cause. I certainly\u00a0don’t have the same\u00a0strength that\u00a0the real heroes do – all the staff and volunteers who work tirelessly each and every day in the physical trenches of the shelters and rescues trying to help cats.\u00a0The heartache that they have to witness is unbearable,\u00a0yet they do it with such love, conviction, and dedication. I can\u2019t do that. I become an emotional\u00a0wreck just walking into a shelter, but that does not mean that I don\u2019t care or that I can\u2019t help in my own way and that is how and why I conceived the idea of the Cat Ruler of the World Contest.\u00a0<\/p>\n

So many of these shelters rely on donations and are barely getting by. Having an opportunity to\u00a0present one of them with over $7500 in\u00a0financial and product donations is something I would have never dreamed possible years ago, yet here I am, because of some generous sponsors who believed in my concept and want the world to be a better place for cats, I am doing just that.\u00a0I picked some equally passionate cat lovers that I knew could really take this campaign to the next level and that is\u00a0where we are in the process of the campaign for the Cat Ruler of the World Contest. Each of the six Cat-idates \u2013 Odin, Sparkle, Cheysuli, Brian, Katie, and Austin will be doing a special feature post today on each of their respective blogs about why they chose the shelter they did and what the prize will mean to them if they win it. Please take the time to stop by to visit with them\u00a0and learn about some very special organizations.<\/p>\n

Here are the post links:<\/p>\n

Odin of Cat Wisdom 101<\/a> campaigning for Brigid’s Crossing<\/a>\u00a0in FL.<\/p>\n

Sparkle the Designer Cat<\/a> campaigning for Tabby’s Place<\/a>\u00a0in\u00a0 NJ.<\/p>\n

Cheysuli of The Cat Post Intelligencer<\/a> campaigning for Purrfect Pals<\/a>\u00a0in WA.<\/p>\n

Brian of Brian’s Home<\/a> campaigning for Kitten Action Team<\/a>\u00a0in SC.<\/p>\n

Katie of Glorgirly<\/a> campaigning for Blind Cat Rescue<\/a>\u00a0in NC.<\/p>\n

Austin of CATachresis<\/a> campaigning for Freshfields Animal Rescue<\/a>\u00a0in the UK…. Opps, such is life, Austin had a bit of a technical issue and will be unable to post about this shelter today! We will keep you filled in as things progress and thank you for your understanding!!<\/p>\n

Thank you and see you all next Tuesday when the Cat-idates are back to discuss and dispel a very common stereotype about cats that you won’t want to miss! Oh, and just throwing the idea out there –\u00a0if anyone wants to run a campaign for me to be on the Ellen Show… I wouldn’t complain…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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