Good Cat Network Rescue Stories

The Kona and Orange Boy Operation Aloha Cat Flight

April 17, 2023

The Kona and Orange Boy Operation Aloha Cat Flight flew fourteen very lucky cats from Maui to Seattle Humane in Washington State on April 11, 2023 via our airline partner, Aloha Air Cargo. This flight was sponsored and named by Renee, supporter and donor of Good Cat Network. Read more about Renee, her Maui rescue cat Orange Boy and her daughter’s Maui rescue cat Kona, in our first-ever Donor Spotlight, here. Although each of these fourteen Maui flight kitties each have their own unique rescue story, we’ve chosen to highlight a momma cat named Sweetie. Story told by Jennie Kalani

GOOD CAT NETWORK DONOR SPOTLIGHT

April 17, 2023

Good Cat Network Donor Spotlight: Renee Pictured above with her rescue cat, Orange Boy. Renee has not only been one of our biggest donors and supporters, but she supplied us with the “seed” money to get our first few flights off the ground. This was even before Good Cat Network had a bank account to accept donations! In fact, we opened our bank account with her first donation check. She is a compassionate and generous cat-advocate and makes a mean mango mojito. For those reasons and many more, Renee has the honor of our very first Donor Spotlight! Believe it

400 CAT MILESTONE! A Very Special Operation Aloha Cat Powered by Kitty Charm Farm

March 31, 2023

A GOOD CAT NETWORK MILESTONE // 400 CATS SENT THROUGH OUR OPERATION ALOHA CAT PROGRAM // 27 TOTAL FLIGHTS UNDER OUR BELTS Tuesday, March 28th, 2023 marked a huge milestone for Good Cat Network: we’ve sent our 400th cat (411 to be exact!) through our Operation Aloha Cat program. To make this flight extra special, it was sponsored by someone who actually helped us get our first few flights off the ground: Sarah Haynes of Kitty Charm Farm I (Darlene) met Sarah in 2018 at a wine night with friends at a local non-profit called Leilani Farm Sanctuary run by

GIVING TUESDAY 2022

November 28, 2022

Did you know that up to 75% of a non-profit’s donations for the year are received during Giving Season? As people new to the non-profit world, it’s something that we’ve learned pretty quickly! Giving season runs from Giving Tuesday (November 29th) until the end of the year. We launched Good Cat Network about two weeks before Giving Tuesday last year. We were delighted to receive about 16K in donations during those four short Giving Season weeks, which helped us launch our ambitious efforts as we navigated the early days operating our Operation Aloha Cat flight program. Our operating budget this

A GOOD CAT RESCUED IN HAWAII AND FLOWN TO WASHINGTON STATE BECOMES COUPLE’S FIRST CAT

November 28, 2022

Flame was rescued by a fisherman at Mala Wharf in Lahaina in 2017. He was a tiny flame-point Siamese kitten, around 4 weeks old, visibly sick and starving, wandering around the dumpsters. He was taken to Maui Homeward Bound, a non-profit animal rescue organization in Napili, Maui, founded by Melody Law. For five years, Flame was fostered at Melody’s home and eventually became a foster dad to all of the other rescue kittens that came through the organization. Flame’s calm and friendly demeanor won over all who met him. He taught many foster kittens to be cuddly lap cats after bring

A Good Cat Network Rescue Story Featured on Cheezburger! Pepe & Penelope

November 26, 2022

By Amber Naramore In early August, Adam was returning home from a trip flying all night. He checked the Good Cat Network Facebook community group at 6am and saw a kitten posted who needed immediate help. One of his eyes was horribly infected. He met rescuers Nathan and Lily and took the tiny black and white kitten home to me to care for. Adam noticed the kitten had a white stripe running down his back, so he named him Pepe, after the Warner Bros. cartoon character “Pepe le Pew.” Pepe was approximately a 6 week old kitten who was flea