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  • 1.  Kitten Shower Ideas Needed

    Posted 4 days ago

    Hey there! With kitten season already started (and about to gear up in full force here in Texas) we are about to have our very first kitten shower. We are still in the planning stages so I would love to hear what has worked and hasn't worked for other shelters or rescues who have hosted one for their community.  Thank you!


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    Katheryn White
    Adoption Counselor/Grant Writer
    PAWS Shelter of Central Texas
    TX
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  • 2.  RE: Kitten Shower Ideas Needed

    Posted 3 days ago

    Katheryn, this is a fantastic idea. We're planning our first Prevention Fest for July here in Central Alabama and we're absolutely borrowing this concept. A kitten and puppy shower fits perfectly with what we're building. We'd love to hear what works and what doesn't as you plan yours, and we'll share back what we learn from ours. Good luck with kitten season in Texas.



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    BJ Adkins
    Founder/Director
    Animal-Angels Foundation
    Pinson, AL
    bjadkins@animal-angels.org
    animal-angelsfoundation.org
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  • 3.  RE: Kitten Shower Ideas Needed

    Posted 2 days ago
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    Hi! Cat Adoption Team in Sherwood, Oregon is running a kitten shower right now.   They're on Facebook @catadoptpdx



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    Sincerely,
    Johanna Spielman
    Founder of Jamie Brianna's Legacy Fund
    https://jamiebriannaslegacyfund.org/
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  • 4.  RE: Kitten Shower Ideas Needed

    Posted 8 hours ago

    CARE does an online Kitten Shower during the month of April.  We use the Amazon gift registry and also link to the donation page on our website.  We've had very good response and will continue.  We may offer a Dog Days online event in the summer.  



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    Joan Cunningham
    Board Chair
    Chatham Animal Rescue & Education
    NC
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  • 5.  RE: Kitten Shower Ideas Needed

    Posted yesterday

    Hello Katheryn!

    New Hope (foster program) from Santa Fe Animal Shelter in Santa Fe, NM here! :) We hosted our 2026 Spring Kitten Shower at a local coffee shop and called it a "Rise & Shine" kitten shower.  We had interactive stations including 1. Make a flour ring around "abandoned" kittens (stuffed animals), 2. Bottle-baby kit building  and a "Stimulating practice" station that were held outside the coffee shop. 

    The stimulation station was cool because we used mini plastic water bottles to mimic a kitten and poked a hole in the lid, then covered the bottle with a blanket. People could "stimulate" the "kitten" and actually have water come out. Since we can't take vulnerable neonates offsite to an uncontrollable environment, we had to be creative haha.  We held the event from 9-11am, but should have had it from 10-12pm instead to capture more people who were finishing with breakfast. 

    In the past though, we've partnered with local Breweries who brewed special "milk stouts" for us and gave us part of those proceeds! Those are popular because who doesn't love kittens and beer all in one! 

    Our biggest barrier is getting fosters out to our events. Many of our fosters are "homebodies" and would rather focus on the animals then attend events with people.  We also find other attendance from volunteers, and the general public to be lower than we hope for.  And while we advertise for donation collection of needed supplies at the events, we find most of our donation success to happen throughout the year from our daily email foster pitches. 

    I look forward to reading about other ideas too!  Thank you :) 

    Abbey W. 

    New Hope Coordinator

    Santa Fe Animal Shelter & Humane Society



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  • 6.  RE: Kitten Shower Ideas Needed

    Posted yesterday

    The CNY SPCA is hosting it's second kitten shower in about 2 weeks. Here is our facebook event - https://www.facebook.com/events/1447659153809988

    We did the event last year, here is the recap post - https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1GfgaDSEV5/

    I'm happy to share additional info on what we did and our plans for this year if you need some more info!



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    Danielle Strout
    Volunteer
    CNY SPCA
    NY
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  • 7.  RE: Kitten Shower Ideas Needed

    Posted yesterday

    Hi Ms. Katheryn,

    Our shelter had a fun kitten and puppy shower last year where we partnered with a local brewery who was gracious enough to allow us to host one there.  They offered to make a special drink and donate some of the proceeds. We had stations where people could assemble bottle feeder kits in one area and another area where people made different enrichment toys out of pieces of fleece blankets. The enrichment items were catnip empanadas (a few pieces of fleece tied together and stuffed with some catnip), cat wands, pompoms, easter eggs with some cat treats inside (similar to dog wobblers),  and some small snuffle mats for puppies (made out of pieces of bath mats with fabric woven into them). One of our volunteers baked some cookies as well. Good luck with the shower! I hope it's a lot of fun!



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    Mireya Ramirez
    Behavior Team Member
    Santa Fe Animal Shelter & Humane Society
    NM
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  • 8.  RE: Kitten Shower Ideas Needed

    Posted 16 hours ago

    We do a Kitten Shower each year and we have had the most success with a drive up Kitten Shower in front of our rescue. We have partnered with businesses and tried other places, but the drive up option seems to work best for people. We set up a table and bins for donations and then give gift bags and treats to those who donate. We receive so many donations for our kitten fosters! Kitten season came really early this year, so we are thankful for donations. We also share our Amazon wishlist with all the kitten supplies so people can donate. Good luck and thanks for all you're doing!



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    Stefanie Schmidt
    Animal Welfare Specialist
    Hearts Alive Village
    NV
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  • 9.  RE: Kitten Shower Ideas Needed

    Posted 10 hours ago

    Here are some ideas:

    Name a litter of kittens for a fundraiser!

    Bottle Baby Feeding Demos!

    Sponsor a foster starter kit!

    Host a foster bootcamp sign up during kitten shower!

    Connect with local pet stores for kitten season supply dirves!

    Kitten coloring pages for kiddos!

    Raffle Basket Giveaways!



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    Jennifer Webber
    The Humane Society of Hobart, Inc.
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  • 10.  RE: Kitten Shower Ideas Needed

    Posted 10 hours ago

    those are some awesome ideas. I'm thinking about having like a kitten shower when we do our prevention fest in July. 



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    BJ Adkins
    Founder/Director
    Animal-Angels Foundation
    Pinson, AL
    bjadkins@animal-angels.org
    animal-angelsfoundation.org
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