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Help Homeless Cats. Donate Today And Your Gift Does Twice The Good!

DEADLINE IS DECEMBER 31. Every donation made until December, 31, will be matched by PetSmart Charities! If ever there was a time for you to help homeless cats of LA, it is now! Your heartfelt donations to spay/neuter homeless cats in LA go twice as far when you donate now, thanks to PetSmart Charities who will match whatever you donate, dollar for dollar! PetSmart Charities has challenged FixNation to raise $51k in new donations before the end of this year - December 31, 2011! For every dollar we raise from a new donor, PetSmart will match it! Please help us [...]

admin 2012-01-29T14:21:03-08:00 November 10th, 2011|News and Events, Support Our Cause|

G2 Gallery Event – A Successful and Memorable Experience!

THANKS, EVERYONE, FOR HELPING MAKE COOL CATS FOR FIXNATION AT THE G2 GALLERY FEATURING THE CARL VERHEYEN BAND ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 19, 2011 SUCH A SUCCESSFUL AND MEMORABLE EXPERIENCE! Community spirit, art, music, cats and charity all came together at the wonderful G2 Gallery Friday night August 19, where everyone joined hands to support FixNation, and "get down" with the Carl Verheyen Band, performing as the "Cool Cats". (All photos courtesy of G2 photographer Jen May) Our hosts, Susan and Dan Gottlieb, the founders and owners of the G2 Gallery, deserve special thanks for offering up their unique venue and [...]

admin 2011-12-13T23:39:23-08:00 August 23rd, 2011|News and Events, Support Our Cause|

Los Angeles Magazine – recognizes FixNation as the “Best of LA”

Open Letter To all of the donors, clients, employees, volunteers, sponsors, friends and supporters of FixNation: Each year, Los Angeles Magazine searches out to find a limited number of special companies and organizations that deserve to be honored and recognized as the "Best of LA" in categories representing the wide variety of goods and services that make up the rich texture of Los Angeles as a community. This year, we are proud to say that FixNation - your FixNation - has been named the Best in our category - stray cat (spay-neuter) clinic. The cover and inside piece on this [...]

admin 2013-02-20T15:02:58-08:00 July 19th, 2011|News and Events|

For Toto, Finally, There’s No Place Like Home

FixNation is Deeded the Plot to Toto's Final Resting Place in Hollywood Forever Cemetery Toto from The Wizard of Oz is one of the most well-known and beloved canine movie stars of all time. Say the word Toto to almost anyone in the world and they immediately know who you are talking about. As a film, The Wizard of Oz was epic when it was released back in 1939. It was witness to the launch of Technicolor, it won several Academy Awards, and to this day it's one of the biggest films in pop culture history. At least once [...]

admin 2011-06-07T22:10:08-07:00 May 26th, 2011|News and Events|

FixNation Celebrates “Day of the Dead” at Hollywood Forever Cemetery on Saturday, October 30th

The annual Day of the Dead celebration is an ancient, spiritual tradition that dates back thousands of years to Aztec times. Celebrated in Mexico and widely throughout the Hispanic community, Dia De Los Muertos honors the memories of our ancestors and the beloved souls of friends and family who have passed. It is a time when the veil is lifted between the living and the dead, and the two realms come together in a festive tribute to life, death and rebirth. The largest celebration in the nation is the event at Hollywood Forever Cemetery, LA's oldest memorial park. The annual [...]

admin 2011-02-28T19:22:08-08:00 September 27th, 2010|News and Events|

FixNation Hits a Milestone of over 50,000 Cats Fixed to Date

On August 2, 2010, FixNation hit a major milestone in our history by fixing our 50,000th cat! Our numbers reflect the combined efforts of FixNation since our beginning in 2007, plus includes the cats spayed and neutered through our sister program, Best Friends Catnippers. Give thought for one minute on how many future homeless cats we have collectively prevented by spaying and neutering this many. It's mind-boggling! And yet we still have much more to do... This amazing achievement is a result of the combined effort of hard-working trappers, the caring public, dedicated volunteers, skilled vets and staff, supportive cat rescue [...]

admin 2011-02-28T19:23:03-08:00 September 15th, 2010|News and Events|

Telemundo’s Ericka Pino Helps FixNation Reach Hispanic Community About TNR

Known for her ever-present smile and enthusiasm, Ericka Pino, is the weather anchor/meteorologist for Telemundo 52 in Los Angeles. She recently teamed up with FixNation to get the word out to the Spanish-speaking community about TNR and how to make a difference in the lives of homeless cats across LA. Ericka has been working in news for over ten years. Born in Peru, Ericka moved to the United States at a young age. She graduated from Rider University with a communications degree. She then set off working for big industry names like Univision, Fox 5’s “Good Day New York” and [...]

admin 2011-03-29T21:14:59-07:00 April 30th, 2010|News and Events|

FixNation is featured in Best Friends magazine, 25th anniversary edition

FixNation clinic is featured in the recent Best Friends Magazine, 25th anniversary edition. The article is titled "Caring for Community Cats in California" and highlights our East Valley Outreach Project. Click here to read the entire article. This article originally appeared in the November/December 2009 issue of Best Friends Magazine. Reprinted with permission from Best Friends Animal Society.

admin 2010-02-18T23:36:55-08:00 November 19th, 2009|News and Events|

Purchase Tickets to “Cool Cats for FixNation” at the G2 Gallery

Proceeds from the live concert fundraiser event featuring the talented Carl Verheyen Band go to benefitting FixNation. Please join us for this stellar live performance and evening of fun. Tickets on sale today! DATE: Friday, August 19, 2011 TIME: 6:30 pm doors open, 8:00 pm band performs, 9:45 pm silent auction ends LOCATION: The G2 Gallery, 1503 Abbot Kinney Blvd., Venice, CA 90291 All ticket prices include the live performance, food, drinks, valet parking, participation in our silent auction and a gift bag.

admin 2011-07-23T20:39:28-07:00 July 13th, 2009|News and Events, Support Our Cause|