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December 2025

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In This Edition:

We Got This - Thanks to YOU!
(Not Just Pots & Pans) Pamper Your Chef
Holiday Portraits - Sold Out!
A Super Special Adoption Event!!

Our Year End Letter

We admit it - we're a bit old-fashioned. Maybe it's that we're like a cat, we resist change! Although we've embraced modern technology such as social media and this e-newsletter, at this time each year we take a step back and mail an old-school letter - on paper, in an envelope - to our supporters, telling at least one story of how your time, money and help in immeasurable ways has

allowed us to rescue cats who otherwise might not have had a chance. That letter is on its way right now. The advantage of internet communication, however, is that we can pack a bit more into this newsletter than fits in that envelope. (We're still trying to figure out how to mail you a video!)

Our expanded Year End Letter is below. As the craziness of the holiday season ramps up, we hope you'll help us put a little something into the stockings of kitties who want nothing more from Santa than a loving home.

December 2025

The October event was quiet. Filled with cats, 16 to be exact, but not filled with people and just two kitties found homes. But that doesn’t matter. What matters is that we answered the phone when one of our partner vets called during the event and we stepped right into a rescue. Someone had found a single, abandoned kitten in a pile of trash outside an abandoned house, and brought it to our vet. The kitten was severely underweight, malnourished, sick, and not likely to live much longer without around-the-clock care. Could we do that? Because of your support, and our dedicated foster crew, we knew we could say yes.

The urgency of the situation became clear when the vet said that she would drive the kitten to us right then and there at the event, where one of our volunteers had agreed to rush it home to foster. Too sick to even suckle on a bottle, our foster had to feed the tiny boy with a syringe – every two hours. Initially on seeing him, we thought he was perhaps three weeks old, but the vet said his pre-molars had already come in and so he was at least several weeks older. He weighed 8 ounces. Severely undernourished, suffering with a bad upper respiratory infection, we knew we could give him every chance, but it might not be enough.

A hard fact of rescue is that you cannot save every cat, but FFGW‘s philosophy has always been to give every cat in our care the care and love that you would give to your own cat. If a cat needs expensive treatment, we have always been able to count on our supporters to make it happen. This kitten needed a miracle, and he found one in the form of our foster’s male rescue Vizsla, who quickly took on the role of mother. Started on an oral antibiotic and eye ointment, the kitten began to rally, but he had a long way to go. And just as we said "we've got this" when the call came in, Auggie the Vizsla said "I've got this too! Little guy, you need a bath!

The foster's basset Addie stepping in to give Auggie a break!

Tell those dogs that even though I have only one eye I can see that you need to learn how to cat!

After days of round-the-clock syringe feeding, he figured out the bottle and began nursing - still every two hours - and then as his strength came back, he started biting the tips off the nipples and was introduced to mushy food. Now, a creature who just a month ago was at death’s door is thriving and has been given a name – Beaker.

The most amazing part of Beaker’s rescue is that it did not require extensive and costly veterinary intervention. Instead, saving Beaker required something perhaps even more precious to FFGW – a dedicated foster who looks at an emergency and says ‘bring it on – I’ve got this.’ Our fosters are confident, however, that whatever type of medical intervention is needed, FFGW has their backs, because our donors have ours. (It doesn't hurt to have a dog or two on the staff, either!)

As we enter the winter months and our rescue phone line starts heating up, we hope that you will make that confidence a reality for the next Beaker. Your end of year gift means FFGW can always step up when we are needed most. You can make your donation on our website using the button below.

Lisa, Brittany, Kristen, Carla, Pam, Harry

The Board of Directors of The Feline Foundation of Greater Washington

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Pamper Your Chef - with the Pampered Chef!

Searching for that perfect gift…or a little something for yourself? Shop FFGW’s Holiday Pampered Chef fundraiser and get something for the cooks, bakers, and hosts & hostesses in your life—shop until Monday, December 15 for delivery in time for Christmas!

Best of all, a portion of each sale will be donated to the cats and kittens of the Feline Foundation!

To shop click any picture below!

Thank you and happy shopping!

Smile and say Meow!

SOLD OUT! Watch this space for details on next time!

Join us Saturday, December 6 at Loudoun Cat Care for a professional photo shoot - cats, dogs, rabbits, lizards, goldfish all welcome!

(But not giraffes. Definitely not giraffes. We're not making that mistake again.)

Click anywhere below or scan the QR code for the link to sign up

A VERY Special Adoption Event!

An anonymous benefactor has offered to cover all adoption fees at our December 13 adoption event at Just Cats!

You must adopt in the center, at the event, and your adoption fee will be $ZERO! As always, FFGW covers spaying/neutering, vaccines, vet exam, and microchip.

We are extremely grateful for this fabulous holiday present

which we hope will help lots of cats go home for the holidays!

Join us at Just Cats, 2 - 4 p.m., December 13 for this special event!

I Feel Like Something Chewy!

Actually, not that chewy, but "Chewy"!

www.chewy.com is a pet product company specializing in home delivery of all things pet-related.

FFGW has a "wish list" which you can find here:

Chewy Wish List

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Any products you select from our wish list will be delivered directly to us for use at our adoption center at Just Cats Boarding Center and by our fosters!

Thanks to everyone who has donated food, treats, litter, beds, toys... Chewy's platform doesn't allow us to see the names of our generous donors, but please know that your support is very much appreciated! And if you drop us a line and let us know when you donate something, we'll be more than happy to send our thanks!

This post contains affilliate links. FFGW may be compensated if you buy something after clicking on these links.

Adoption Fairs

Just Cats Boarding Center

1601 North Washington Plaza

(Lake Anne) Reston

Next Event:

Adoption Fees Sponsored!

Saturday, December 13

2 - 4 pm

Upcoming Events:

January 10

February 7

March 21

Join the Caretaker Crew at Just Cats

Help socialize FFGW kitties at the center!

Fill out a volunteer questionaire HERE

--Midweek Adoptions by Appointment for Cats at Just Cats --

and in Foster Homes Throughout the DC/VA Area

Looking for a new cat for your family? Get pre-approved for adoption by filling out an adoption form online today.)

We've Gone Home!

Adopted - November (23)

Peanut, Pete, Vega, Yuma, Soren, Carey, Clark, Zelda, Tisket, Ritz, Graham, Goldie, Marie Curie, Louis Pasteur, Cassatt, Pollock, Honey, Lana, Shaboozy, Kane Brown, Bailey Zimmerman, Smoke & Blaze

Click Here to See More Adopted Cats!

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