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To support our efforts with a tax deductible donation, click here.

Membership Campaign

Become a member of HART and help other cats like me that don’t have a home!  Click here for more information, then please help us pay off our mortgage.  Thank you!

Help us win!

All you have to do is click the purple button to the right, then search and vote for "HART" in the Animal Rescue Site's $100,000 Shelter+ Challenge. It's absolutely free! You can vote once a day, every day, from May 17 through August 22, 2010.  Every time you vote, or tell a friend to vote, you are making a huge difference for us.  Thank You!

HART's Partners

Check out our Links page for a list of businesses that give back to HART when you shop with them. By supporting HART's partners, you're helping HART's cats!

Volunteer Positions Open

HART is currently accepting volunteer applications for an Intake Coordinator, a Day Manager (Mondays) and a Med Tech (Sunday evenings).  If you are interested, please complete a volunteer application and return it to HART as soon as possible!

2011 Kitty Calendars - Submit your entries now!

It's all about the cats, and there will be plenty of them featured in HART's 2011 Calendar. Please submit any digital photos of your cat or kitten that was adopted from HART to sclark3@maine.rr.com.  The 2011 calendar will go on sale in the fall and all proceeds go to benefit the cats at HART. The deadline for submitting photos is July 22.

Stamps to the Rescue

On April 30 the US Postal Service unveiled its new Animal Rescue: Adopt a Shelter Pet stamps. In celebration of this new commemorative stamp, Ellen DeGeneres and Halo: Purely for Pets, will be donating a million meals to animal shelters around the country. 

These stamps can be purchased at the Post Office, or ordered online at www.stampstotherescue.com.

Adoption Application

If you're thinking about adopting a cat or kitten from HART, even if you're unsure which lucky companion you'd like to take home with you, we suggest you complete an adoption application. Having a completed application on file with HART will quicken the process of taking your kitty home once your decision is made.

Select from one of the following formats to complete an adoption application:

Maine's colorful new animal welfare license plate, that will help fund Help Fix ME and the Animal Welfare Program, is now available. The plate graphically depicts Maine's love of animals and helps fight animal abuse and promote shelter animal adoption. If you did not pre-purchase a plate, you can purchase one wherever you register your car, even if it isn't time for your renewal.

By buying and proudly displaying this plate you will help Maine's companion animals in three ways:
1. $5.00 from the sale of each plate will help fund the Help Fix ME spay/neuter program.
2. $5.00 from the sale of each plate will also help fund the Animal Welfare Program's response to the hundreds of animal neglect and cruelty complaints it receives every year.
3. You will be promoting shelter and rescue group animal adoption by displaying the plate on your car.

Desperately seeking a home... Angel Sweet little Angel is an 8 month old kitty who has tested positive for Feline Leukemia. She is not showing any clinical signs of illness and is as affectionate and loving as can be. Angel has soft, long, gray hair and lovely, gentle, yellow eyes! HART is desperately looking for a loving home for her where she will be safe and not around other cats... unless, of course, they have Feline Leukemia too! While at HART, Angel will have to reside in a cage in our Intake Room so that she does not interact with any other cats (but will get human attention from many caring volunteers).  If you have spent time with us, you know that we want all our kitties to be able to interact with their roommates and lounge on windowsills and platforms.  We want the same for Angel, and only a home can give that to her.  Please consider welcoming this wonderful kitty into your home. A word about Feline Leukemia: It can only be transmitted from one cat to another; not cross species.  Therefore, Angel would be perfectly safe residing with non-feline pets and, of course, the human species!

Newsletter

HART's free newsletter, Messages from the HART, is published three times a year. Click here to view the most recent issue (PDF format). 

If you would like to be added to our newsletter mailing list please e-mail your request to HART. Be sure to include your full mailing address and we'll send you our next issue.

Pet Pantry

There is a Pet Pantry now open at the North Yarmouth Congregational Church on Saturday mornings from 10:30-12:00 for people who are experiencing financial issues. They have food, supplies and vouchers for Ames Farm Center.

We need your support

HART is a volunteer organization that provides a safe refuge to hundreds of homeless cats each year. We rely primarily on the support of individual donors to help us rescue and provide shelter for these innocent animals. Please help the shelter cover the costs of food, veterinary care, supplies and other expenses by sending a donation.

We must also raise significant funding to finish paying for our new shelter building. You can help by sending a donation to HART's Capital Campaign. 

Please let us know if you would like your donation to go to the capital campaign (shelter building), or to operational expenses (food, medical care, etc.)

Make a secure online donation through PayPal using your credit card or bank account:

OR  Mail your check to:

HART,
P.O. Box 351
Cumberland, ME 04021

All contributions are fully tax deductible.

WANTED: VOLUNTEERS!

Do you love cats?

Do you have two or three hours to spare one or two mornings a week or every other week?

Is your significant other allergic to cats, but you’d would love to spend time with some wonderful, beautiful, friendly felines?

Are you retired and have some extra time on your hands?

Would you like to fulfill a passion that you have for animals?

Would you like to be part of a great volunteer organization and give something back to the community?

If so, HART needs your help!!!

Volunteers are needed mornings, especially Monday – Friday to:

• Clean cat rooms
• Provide food & water
• Change bedding
• Scoop litter boxes
• Groom & provide love to our cats

Our cats are not confined in cages, but are free to roam nice big rooms that have places for them to jump, climb, explore, and bond with the other cats. It’s a fun place!!

If you are interested, call 829-4116 or e-mail us at info@hartofme.com. We’d love to have you join our wonderful group!!

Also seeking volunteers to...

...help with bottle redemption and many other tasks. Click to learn more about our volunteer opportunties or send us an e-mail any time!