As you probably know if you are reading this, my name is Molly Hodgdon and I am the person behind the Cats of Yore social media accounts. Cats are not an online engagement gimmick for me, I have a deep love for them going back to my earliest memories. I grew up in rural Vermont with our two beloved family cats, Harry and Henrietta, always nearby. I am an only child, so the cats were like my siblings, playmates, and best friends.

This year on June 27th I will be turning 49, and in my near half-century of life I've never become bored of cats. If anything my love and appreciation has grown as I've shared my life with so many amazing felines and learned more about our history with these magical creatures.

For my birthday I would love to raise some much needed funds for our local shelter, the Humane Society of Chittenden County. I visit HSCC weekly to take photos of their adoptable cats, so I see firsthand the dedication and compassion of all the staff there. Every single cat is treated with incredible enthusiasm, warmth, and individualized care. I should also mention HSCC is not just cats! They welcome dogs, rabbits, guinea pigs, rats, chinchillas, and other "smallies", too. It's a clean, bright, happy facility full of wonderful people and animals. They don't just house and adopt out animals, though. They also operate a low-cost vet clinic, low-cost spay/neuter services and TNR, a Good Neighbor program that provides temporary housing and care to the pets of people facing sudden homelessness or domestic violence, a Rainy Day fund to help local low-income residents with unexpected surgical costs, and more! In addition to all that, they treasure their FIV+ cats and give the public accurate info about the virus. We adopt cats with FIV, so I am a passionate advocate for cats with this manageable virus.

I hope you will consider donating if you can. I can't emphasize this enough: NO AMOUNT IS TOO SMALL. Big things happen when lots of people come together and pitch in what they can. Thank you!

- Molly, Francie, and Marcel

Molly's Birthday for Shelter Kitties!

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