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Volunteers
Volunteers can help CAS in a number of ways.
1. Fostering animals short term until permanent homes are found.(Needed urgently - see below)
2. Feeding and cleaning at our main foster home.
3. Excercising dogs at our main foster home.
4. Working in the shop - Sales & sorting/pricing goods for sale.
5. Assist with book sales.
6. Fund raising - Work on own initiative to raise funds, help at events, knit catnip mice (see pattern below).
Urgent Appeal for Dog & Cat Fosterers
We urgently need short term fosterers for both dogs and cats.
If you can help, please contact Barbara on (020)8688 6568
We are desperately in need of new foster Mums/Dads.
If you live within the area of South East London, South Croydon, Banstead, Caterham or in the surroundings areas we would love to hear from you.
Croydon Animal Samaritans will build a chalet with its own heater in your garden, we will pay all the costs and provide you with food, litter, bowls etc and even the cleaning products you will need. The only thing we need you to provide is tender loving care for these cats or kittens who have lost their homes for one reason or another through no fault of their own.
If you are willing to foster but do not have space in your garden for a purpose built chalet then you can still foster in your own home if you have a spare room or we can provide you with a cat pen.
Vet bills are all paid for by our different ways of fundraising and the small donation we ask for when re-homing our cats and kittens.
We won't ask you to check new homes just welcome the new people when they come to view, then to collect their new 'babies'.
How about it? Interested? Want to know more?
Then please ring Barbara on 020 8688 6568 or Anna on 020 8698 6813
The Shop in Cherry Orchard Road, Croydon.
Subject to staff being available, the shop is open Monday to Friday 10am to 4pm and Saturday 11am to 4pm. There is half an hour free parking in marked bays along Cherry Orchard Road.
If you have any items for donation, please contact the shop during opening hours on (020) 8681 0934.
Knitting Pattern for Catnip Mouse
Needles: No.10 (3 ¼ mm).
Wool: Double Knit – Brightly coloured, pretty mice sell best. The cats don’t care but their human owners who buy them do.
Cast on 14 stiches and increase these to 28 in next row.
Then 1st row knit 5, purl 18, knit 5.
2nd row knit 28.
Repeat these two rows until 12 rows worked.
Then knit 2 together each end of row until 6 remain.
Gather these stitches up leaving length of wool to stitch up body later.
Sew top of body together and gather up bottom 28 stitches leaving length of wool to incorporate into tail.
Stuff body (Do NOT use cotton wool) and include a generous pinch of Catnip.
Tail: Thread 4 strands, about 10 inches long through the bottom and with length from gather plait together and knot at end.
Embroider nose and eyes with contrast wool.
Ears: Cast on 3 stitches increase in each stitch to 6 and knit 4 rows in stocking stitch.
Then gather up leaving long end to stitch to head very firmly.
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