Uniting the World for Orphan Pets
About 6.5 million animals enter animal shelters across the United States annually. In 2019, 733,000 of those were euthanized.
Remember Me Thursday® (in its eighth year) is a global awareness campaign encouraging individuals to light a candle (literally or virtually) and opt to adopt orphan pets waiting in shelters and rescues.
We are joining Remember Me Thursday® and have lit a candle at RememberMeTursday.org in remembrance of Angels Mau and Allie (Friends Furever).
Candles lit on this day (the fourth Thursday of September annually) across the world honor the pets who lose their lives without knowing the comforts of a loving home. Of course, both Allie and Mau had wonderful homes,
These candles shine brightly on the millions of healthy pets who are still awaiting adoption. We pray all those pets will be as lucky as Mau and Allie were.
Our Youngest Rescues
Cooper Murphy and Sawyer were fortunate to become members of the Kitties Blue household. Neither made it as far as a shelter. Cooper was abandoned during a snow storm. Sawyer appeared at the vacant house next door to ours on Thanksgiving. Had Cooper Murphy been dropped off at a shelter, he probably would have found a home. Instead he was left to fend for himself alone outdoors. Sawyer on the other paw, with his seizure disorder, likely would not have been so lucky had he been taken to a shelter.
They are here today promoting Remember Me Thursday® to remind everyone that all pets deserve a warm and loving home.
A few years ago, I wrote a poem about Kitties Blue to promote pet adoption and am sharing an updated version this year.
OPT TO ADOPT ORPHAN CATS
Most of us were orphans at one time,
Whether roaming the streets or shelter confined.
But then one day our luck suddenly changed.
Two humans’ hearts we would claim.
They took us home to keep us safe forever
With food, shelter and love as our caregivers.
So today, will you please a candle light
And pray for the orphans to not give up the fight,
As they wait and long for their special human
To find them and become their number one fan.
And tell your friends to promote Remember Me Thursday®,
So kitties worldwide can have their special gotcha day!
© Janet Buickerood Blue – 09/24/2020
How to Participate
Please join me, other pet-lovers and advocates and animal welfare organizations around the world in lighting your own candle. Visit the link listed in the first paragraph to light your candle and learn more about Remember Me Thursday®. Or light your own candle at home. Just make certain it is battery operated or in an area your pets cannot access.
In addition, sign-up to participate in this year’s Zoom call. Pet adoption advocates from around the world will unite virtually via video chat to light up the world for orphan pets.
To #SeeTheLight about pet adoption, click on the link below to fill out a participation request form and receive details on how to join today virtually for the Global Candle Lighting at 9:00 AM PST/12 PM EST via Zoom.
RememberMeThursdayVirtualGlobalCandleLightingRegistrationForm
2020 Contest
To win a monetary prize and pet food for your favorite rescue or shelter, enter your pet’s rescue story. (We entered Sawyer’s story last year. He didn’t win, but placed in the top 50.)
These are the prizes:
1st place – $5,000, 1,000 pounds of Blue Buffalo pet food and 100 Kong toys
2nd Place – $2,500, 1,000 pounds of Blue Buffalo pet food and 100 Kong toys
3rd place – $1,000, 1,000 pounds of Blue Buffalo pet food and 100 Kong toys
Prizes are sponsored by Blue Buffalo, Naturally Fresh and Save This Life!
To enter, click on the link in the first paragraph and then click on “Remember Me Thursday Contest” on the sidebar.
Blog Hop
Lola the Rescued Cat is hosting this year’s Remember Me Thursday® blog hop. Click on the badge below to participate.
Thankful Thursday
This is Thankful Thursday over at Brian’s Home blog. Kitties Blue and I are thankful everyday for pet guardians, advocates, rescues, shelters and adopters worldwide. This is a blog hop. Click on Brian’s badge to participate.
Such a good post! Miss Kyrie wasn’t adopted for over a year when she was with the Foster Family she had. The foster mom told me ‘oh she never plays with anything! She just lays around’ turns out? It’s because the foster mom only kept her in ONE room. Miss Kyrie loves playing with ALL the toys!
Your poem is beautiful. And we are so glad Cooper Murphy and Sawyer found the perfect forever home with you. Thank you for helping everyone see the light about shelter animals and adoption. XO
We’re so glad Cooper Murphy and Sawyer found their ways to you!
Cooper Murphy and Sawyer were lucky to have found such a great home. We purr the same for all shelter and rescue animals.
Beautiful poem. Thanks for helping to spread the word of rescuing shelter cats. XO
Such a sweet post and a super poem and purrfect thankful. Adoptions are just the best and here’s to many, many more…and then some! Thanks for joining our Thankful Thursday Blog Hop!
Beautiful post. Mom got all leaky eyed when she went to Angels Mau and Allie’s candle.
We’re so glad Cooper Murphy and Sawyer found their way to you. Especially Sawyer because he was VERY lucky to become a Kitties Blue.
The Florida Furkids with paw pats and headbonks to Sawyer from Noelle
We are very glad that you adopted Cooper Murphy and Sawyer; we love to read your posts about them, and the rest of your cat crew!
Adopt, don’t shop…rescued is our favorite breed.
I have shared the information on Facebook of Remember Me Thursday. All of our furbabies were taken off the street. Our Nicky would never have survived as we nearly lost him to diabetes before it was diagnosed. I doubt he would have made it in a shelter. He was found in 2007, diagnosed in 2009, and is still going happy and strong! I call him my poor little pin cushion as he has always gotten his insulin injection two times a day. He’s a trooper! As are all six of our remaining rescues! <3
We have our battery operated candle in our window this morning in honor of this day. We are always sad for those who haven’t been fortunate enough to find their FOREVER and wind up homeless or worse. It’s heartbreaking to think about. I will always be glad that someone took me to a shelter and Mom and Dad found me and gave me the best life I could have. Our hearts go out to all who didn’t have that chance.
Hugs, Teddy and Mom
This is just such an important day to remind people about shelter animals.