In loving memory of Patrick Kennedy

I am fundraising for Kaia Kennedy and the Kennedy Cat Hostel. Any funds raised here will be for Kaia to use for Patrick’s final expenses & to help continue Kaia and Patrick’s mission of saving kittens and cats, to provide them with medical, round the clock care, etc.

Patrick took his life this past weekend. None of us ever truly know the demons that exist in another person, but we know that we all have our demons.

It’s nearly impossible to find any resemblance of a silver lining after this horrible tragedy. But I know that Patrick and Kaia spent their lives in the pursuit of making this a better world, a kinder world, a selfless world. I hope that if nothing else, people out there will see that since this impossible thing happened to Patrick, that it could happen to someone else, and there is a good chance that there is someone else you know out there suffering in silence right now. Ask your loved ones if they are okay. Remind your loved ones that there are cherished. Tell your loved ones that you are there for them.

I can’t figure a better way to honor Patrick than to donate to Kaia to continue their mission of rescuing animals. Not long before Patrick took his life, he made one final rescue, bringing home 2 tiny, sickly, hungry baby kittens. Please donate to help them and so many more, have the life they deserve, the life that the Kennedy Cat Hostel has given to so many.

You were so loved Patrick. You won’t be forgotten.

We would never view life on the street as an acceptable existence for humans, so why are we so quick to believe that cats don’t deserve homes?

When we save these special souls from the hunger, fear, and cold they experience outside, we find that, more often than not, it’s US who are rescued; their unconditional love for us teaches us a kind of compassion that eludes us all too often in the human realm.

NO CAT LEFT BEHIND.

Trapping is so important - its such an overwhelming endeavor. Without people there on the front lines, so many would be lost. We at Kennedy Cat Hostel do go a step further and instead of the release, we aim to socialize and adopt after the 'spa-neuter'. 

Most of the trapping community might think us crazy but, we believe every cat deserves a warm and loving home.

Are our nation’s animal control institutions are far from perfect, but with ever changing hearts and minds, with emerging “best practices” guiding the vanguard, and with rescue warriors at the helm, city facilities across the country are reimagining what open-admission sheltering can and should look like.

"You need to go to school to become a vet or vet tech but in sheltering, rescue or community front line work like TNR, there is no education, you don’t go to school for that. We would love to see this change some day."

In our opinion this is one of the roles the city shelter could play it could have an official educational and licensing program.

Rescues are perceived as making money for themselves by adopting out animals. The truth is that most rescue organizations struggle year after year and often inject thousands of dollars of their own money to keep the rescue going and to save the next animal that needs help.  

Kennedy Cat Hostel selflessly puts the needs of the animal above their own, knowing in their heart that it’s the right thing and if they don’t save this animal, it’s possible nobody will.

Most of the income is procured from fundraising and donations plus supplies from food bank visits and supporters of the rescue. 

With my physical abilities disappearing by the year, it's a reality for me that I might not be able to do everything that I'm currently able to do soon, but, I will never walk away from it ever. 

As the pain gets worse, the strength gets less. I’m angry about it, so thats absolutely why I have go to do everything I possibly can right freaking now before i lose anymore of it. And when that happens? I will fundraise for the people who can still do it and I will do everything in my power to raise awareness for it. 

Animal advocacy, there is nothing more important. 

Best friends, partners in crime, partners in life, partners in mortgages and messiness and marriage and mayhem, by each other's side through thick and thin and everything this mad mad world ever has thrown at them. the Kaia and Patrick's relationship is strong and balanced in love for all things feline and human.  

These segments will focus primarily on the way other countries care for and respect their 'street cat' communities, with extra special attention on the incredible humans who protect and take care of their 'wards'

Additionally we will highlight the local, downstate, and tristate destinations. Kennedy Cat Hostel goes to where cats are in need, almost always regardless of the location. An 'underground cat network' of volunteers are always at the ready to help transport and foster.

Potential international destinations to feature on the PRR Road Trip Segments:

CDMX

The Cadaques Cats
The Montjuïc Cemetery Cats
The Hemingway Island Cats
Aoshima, AKA Cat Island