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22 August 2006
Anne Savin was a founder member of Kats & Kits. Sadly she is not with us anymore, but is remembered with great affection by all who knew her. Always cheerful and good humoured, she gave us great support from day one, never missing a meeting, taking immaculate minutes, which she typed up on her ancient Remington typewriter. I think secretly she thought we were rather disorganised, but was much too polite to say so.
When we started to fund raise, regular Sales seemed the easiest option as everyone could contribute something, whether time, enthusiasm or chocolate cakes. Miss Savin had the perfect place to hold them. Her cottage was situated in a small private road just off a busy street in Devizes, so we would set up our tables outside her front door and sell whatever we had made, cushions, bags, cakes, jams, puddings I seem to remember apple crumble was a great favourite. We would dig plants from our gardens and beg for unwanted gifts to use as raffle prizes. While this was going on Miss Savin would make us refreshments even hot water bottles on cold winter days, she would drum up custom by asking her church ladies for coffee and then of course they had to buy. The raffle was her forte, arranged so that the winners got a prize she thought was appropriate for them. No one must be disappointed. Kats & Kits is fourteen years old this week. Many fund raising events have come and gone and we always ask Miss Savin to take care of the weather for us. Keep your fingers crossed for Saturday, I don’t want to tempt fate by saying she has never let us down.
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About Kats & Kits:Kats & Kits is a long established cat sanctuary based in the depth of the UK's mystical Wiltshire countryside, on the edge of Salisbury Plain, near the white horses of Alton Barnes and Westbury. Run by a small dedicated team we aim to provide a home to rescued cats where re-homing is not a viable option. This blog documents the daily challenges the group has overcome since 1994 to provide care and shelter for abandonded, stray and unwanted cats.
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