Tonight, we held our annual members meeting. About 16 members were in attendance to listen to our guest speaker, Kathleen Prasad, review our accomplishments for 2014, and vote-in Board Members for the next two-year term. Kathleen Prasad is the Founder and Director of Animal Reiki Source in Marin and the President of Shelter Animal Reiki Association, which aims to boost adoption rates in shelters nationwide by reducing stress and supporting healing in homeless animals. She has dedicated the last 15 years to teaching animal Reiki and is the author of several books including Reiki For Dogs. (For more information, please visit www.AnimalReikiSource.com.) Kathleen shared her experience being Reiki to help rescue animals of all species and gave an introductory lesson. As rescuers, we all saw the value of what Kathleen shared and many of us found ourselves nodding in agreement during her talk. Board Treasurer, Margaret, provided a year in review for 2014:
- Adoptions: 689
- Spays and Neuters Completed: 2193
- Distribution of two newsletters
- CC4C scratching post construction for sale at Rescued Treasures
- Booths at ARF Animals on Broadway, Moraga Pear Festival, Las Lomas HS Volunteer Fair, and Pleasanton Cat Show
- Publicized CC4C participation in Maddie’s Pet Adoption Days in local papers and the Patch
- Calendar notices published in Lamorinda Weekly for adoption locations
- Martinez News-Gazette articles highlighting adoptable cats
- Walnut Creek Community Service Day at Rescued Treasures
- Girls Scout Troop produced a video about CC4C and helped at Animals on Broadway
- KKDV Ultimate Coffee Break provided on-air publicity for CC4C and our adoption site hosts at the PetCo in Walnut Creek and the Pet Food Express in Pleasant Hill and Lafayette
- Donor Appreciation Party at Rescued Treasures
- CC4C Facebook page reaches over 2000 friends