I want to help take care of the cats

Sarah:
We sometimes get students writing in who want to help. Some of them explain that they want to help take care of the cats.

Usually I tell them that we don’t have a shelter, but they’re welcome to help in other ways. I do wish they’d actually read up about us first, but in a way, I understand that why they think that way. After all, I used to be a little girl clamouring to volunteer to take care of the cute kitties at the SPCA.

Well, now I’m bigger, and now I’m a volunteer. And instead of cute kitties, I spent my weekend surrouded by numbers and charts, figuring out how CPF works. As far as I can tell, everyone pays CPF, one way or another. We’re doing this because we are going to hire a part-time operations and adminstration manager. It won’t be cheap, especially with CPF, but we want to do the right thing.

Recruiting now! We need a few good cat (people)

CWS is recruiting for sub-committee members to assist in the following sub-committees we have. If you think you have what it takes to help or just want to lend a paw, please send us an email to info @ catwelfare.org .

Whatever your specialty, we’ve got an opening for you.

Step One:

Pick two sub-comms that you’re interested in from the list below.

1. Adoptions, Administration & Operations
a. Help out with administrative and operations related tasks

2. Mediation & Public Relations
a. Assist in mediation related tasks

3. Media & Merchandise
a. Design and sale of merchandise
b. Design of website
c. Doing up Newsletter
d. Making trailer/video of community cats caregiving

4. TNRM (Trap Neuter Release)
a. Assist in collaborating with caregivers group around Singapore (especially your immediate area) with regard to sterilization of community cats

5. Public Education, Events & Outreach
a. Assist in public speaking in schools and other public places
b. Assist in events organisation
c. Assist in collaborations with other animal groups

Step Two:

Drop an email! Tell us everything we need to know, so that we don’t have to chase you for details.

Let us know:
1. Name, Email Contact, HP contact, area of residence
2. Occupation
3. Available time
4. Areas of interest
5. Languages
6. Anything else that we really should know about you
7. That great idea you have.

Step Three:

Send it to info @ catwelfare.org. The relevant comm member will get back to you within a week. Hey, we do need time to put the list together.

Got that? Great! Now start figuring out how you’d like to lend a paw to the community cats of Singapore! First person to write in gets first chance at.. err.. being the first!