Shop: Cattail Farm, 1784 Post Road, Wells, open 11am-4pm seven days a week
Shelter: 1420 Post Road, next to the Wells Public Library 207-646-1611
Mail: PO Box 91, Wells, ME 04090
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Now we’re on Instagram, too!
Students who need to fulfill their community service hours are encouraged to apply to become a volunteer to help us. Strong young arms and backs are needed, especially on Saturdays 12-3pm to carry heavy donations we receive. Many hands make light work. Thank you!
Here’s a recent feature in the Weekly Sentinel
Flower is a lovely 16 week old dark Torti with medium length hair and a lush fluffy tail. She was named Flower because she was found in a garden. She was all by herself, covered in fleas and clearly in need of rescue. She wasn’t feral, so possibly a kitten that had just been dumped by someone.
What a lucky kitten, to have been found and brought to Safe Haven. Flower’s good luck doubled when she was fostered by one of our most experienced volunteers. She lavished her with so much love and attention.
Thanks to Kathy’s dedication and generosity, Flower became one of the most social and precious kittens we’ve ever had.
This precious kitten is very healthy, very sweet and demands lots of one-on-one attention. She will need someone who will devote time to her. She is really people-oriented.
She loves to sit in your lap. She leaps into your arms, purring and settling in for cuddle time. A home with work-at-home adults, and older children who are respectful of animals, would be a great place for Flower.
If interested, please contact our shelter at 207-646-1611, or click here and fill out an application to adopt!
Flower is not the only one, of course.
Safe Haven has nearly 100 cats in our care, and our wait list of at-risk cats in desperate need continues to grow. That’s a lot of responsibility, and puts a heavy load on our volunteer teams. Not only do we have to care for this large number of felines, but we also need money to afford their care and feeding.
We need additional cashiers to help out at our shop. We need volunteers to set prices and display donated items in the shop for buyers to see.
We also welcome community service seekers who need to fulfill volunteer hours especially on Saturdays from 12-3pm, when we receive donations.
The teams working in our shelter need extra help badly. Many hands make light work! We need volunteers to help clean, scoop, medicate, socialize our kitties, do laundry, chauffeur kitties to their vet appointments, and provide the tender loving care needed by our kitties.
All the kitties at Safe Haven hope to be adopted someday soon. You can help them be ready! Even a few hours a week would be a big help. Please give Joyce a call at 207-229-8314 to learn what it takes to be a volunteer.
Our main source of revenue is our shop at 1784 Post Road, Wells. We’re open 7 days a week from 11am-4pm. On Saturdays from 12-3pm, we receive donations from our supporters to sell in our shop.
We are currently looking for small furnishings, home décor, autumn and halloween decorations, vinyl records, craft supplies, especially yarns and fabrics, bed linens in plastic bags with sizes marked, and any interesting décor items like pottery, divider screens, and antiques. Anything vintage! Please no books or Christmas items till further notice. FMI 207-229-8314. Thanks!
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Safe Haven is trying to accommodate all the local cats in great need of rescue. Our great concern is managing our waitlist to prioritize cats that are in harm’s way.
Our rooms are all full. That means new arrivals are confined to a holding cage longer — until a space opens up in our free-roaming rooms to move them into.
We hate this. They hate this.
Cats are eager, even desperate, to run and play and meet new friends. It’s frustrating to make them wait in the confines of a kitty condo.
Will you help us change this? We need temporary foster homes. We have pregnant cats, cats with kittens, and adult cats, all needing shelter but we have no room. We’re looking for cat-loving people who have a spare room in a smoke-free home to temporarily house a cat and/or a litter. Safe Haven will pay all expenses.
The other thing you can do to help is volunteer. More cats arriving requires more hands-on care. Even if you only have 2 hours a week, we need you. We’ll train you; you’ll have an experienced person to work with, and we’ll accommodate your schedule to make this happen.
Finally, the third way to help is to adopt. If you’ve been thinking about adopting, please do it now! Cats are in harm’s way and space is needed to save the ones on our wait list. Please call the shelter at 646-1611 or Joyce at 229-8314 FMI. Adoption and volunteer applications are available here. Just click the links above.
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As our shop continues to grow, we’re currently enlisting several more volunteers to price donations. Volunteers will be taught how to research and price items and mark them to be ready for display in our shop. You’ll work with another volunteer, for 3 hours once a week. Please text 207-229-8314. Thank you.
Speaking of shopping, you could buy us something from our Amazon Wish List. Thanks so much for all your support!
Donations of cat food, litter and cleaning supplies are always needed and very welcome. Bring them in during business hours any day of the week.
Are you seeing outdoor cats in your yard? Please don’t turn your back on them. Maine weather shows no mercy to cats and kittens living outside. If you know someone who is overwhelmed with cats or may be neglecting their pets, please don’t ignore that. You are that animal’s life link. Every life matters.
