Barnes & Noble Holiday Book Wrapping Fundraiser During the holiday season (starting right after Thanksgiving), FFF volunteers gift wrap books at several area Barnes & Noble locations in exchange for donations. A large number of volunteers are ALWAYS needed to help with this important fundraiser. Shifts are only a few hours each - bring a friend or co-worker for company! If you want to help FFF, but have trouble finding the time, this is a great way to spend only a few hours to help with one of our biggest fundraisers! Please email our volunteer coordinator to volunteer for a specific time slot, or to be notified of updates. 2009 Barnes & Noble Book Wrapping Schedule SouthPark (Sharon Rd - NEW location) Barnes & Noble Saturday, Nov 29, 9 AM – 3 PM, 7 PM – 11 PM Sunday, Nov 30, 9 AM – 3 PM Friday, Dec 5, 3 PM – 7 PM, 7 PM – 11 PM Sunday, Dec 7, 3 PM – 11 PM Sunday, Dec 14, 9 AM – 3 PM, 3 – 7 PM Thursday, Dec 18, 9 AM – 3 PM, 7 PM – 11 PM Friday, Dec 19, 9 AM – 3 PM, 7 PM – 11 PM Saturday, Dec 20, 9 AM – 3 PM Sunday, Dec 21, 9 AM – 3 PM Monday, Dec 22, 3 PM – 7 PM Wednesday, Dec 24, 9 AM – 2 PM (Christmas Eve is our biggest day - please help if you can!) Carolina Place Mall Barnes & Noble  Saturday, Dec 6, 10:00 AM – 10:00 PM  Wednesday, Dec 17, 11:00 AM – 10:00 PM  Wednesday, Dec 24, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM (Christmas Eve is our biggest day - please help if you can!) Arboretum Barnes & Noble Monday, Dec 15, 6 PM – 9 PM Tuesday, Dec 16, 6 PM – 9 PM Wednesday, Dec 17, 6 PM – 9 PM Thursday, Dec 18, 6 PM – 9 PM Friday, Dec 19, 6 PM – 9 PM Saturday, Dec 20, 9 AM – 12 PM, 6 PM – 9 PM Sunday, Dec 21, 9 AM – 12 PM, 12 PM – 3 PM, 6 PM – 9 PM Tuesday, Dec 23, 9 AM – 12 PM, 12 PM – 3 PM, 3 PM – 6 PM, 6 PM – 9 PM Wednesday, Dec 24, 9 AM – 12 PM, 12 PM – 3 PM, 3 PM – 6 PM (Christmas Eve is our biggest day!) Donate to FFF online using PayPal (sorry, we are unable to accept credit cards) Use GoodSearch.com for all your internet searches (click link for GoodSearch site) For each legitimate internet search you make at Good Search, FFF will receive a small contribution. Please be sure to select Friends of Feral Felines before searching to ensure that we receive credit for your search. Bookmark the site and use it for all your internet searches! Spread the word to family and friends. Shop at iGive.com to raise funds for FFF (click for link to iGive) Each time you shop through iGive, a portion of your purchase is donated to FFF. Hundreds of online stores are listed, so please consider doing all of your online shopping through iGive. There is no charge to join iGive, and by using the link below (click on the iGive logo), you will automatically register FFF to receive a donation from iGive for a portion of each purchase you make through their site.   Recycle Ink Jet Cartridges and Cell Phones (click for details on accepted items) Please save your old ink jet printer cartridges & cell phones and turn them in to FFF at any meeting or event, including cat shows or spay/neuter clinics. We will recycle them to raise money for our feral cat programs. You can also mail cartridges or phones to FFF, bring them to one of our meetings, or give them to an FFF volunteer when borrowing or returning traps or carriers. Almost all ink jet cartridges are accepted, but no Epson cartridges. More Info Local Cat Shows (usually held in February, April, December) Stop by our FFF booth at Charlotte area cat shows!  FFF volunteers have an information booth to answer questions about feral cats and how you can help ferals in your area. We also sell HOME-MADE BAKED GOODS and CAT RELATED CRAFTS, with all proceeds to benefit local feral cats. Volunteers are needed to bake items and to donate cat related items for FFF to sell during the shows. Please email FFF if you would like to make baked goods, such as cookies, breads, muffins, fudge, dessert bars, or any similar homemade items, or if you have any cat-related items (either items for cats, or items with cat designs) to donate for our sale. Please check back often for dates of local cat shows at which FFF will have a booth. Charlotte Area Festivals & Special Events In exchange for tips and a portion of the sales, FFF has been given the opportunity to staff beverage booths at several different Charlotte area festivals throughout the year. Having dependable volunteers helps us to be invited to participate again the following year, so volunteers are always needed. Please email our volunteer coordinator to be notified when scheduling for each festival begins. As with the book wrapping, shifts are only a few hours each, and you are always welcome to sign up together with friends or co-workers. In 2008, we participated in these events, and we expect to be invited back in 2009: Food Lion Speed Street (Uptown Charlotte at end of May 2008) Blues, Brews & BBQ (South End area in September 2008) FFF Items for Sale on eBay FFF is selling items online through eBay auctions as a fundraiser.  Please check to see what we have to offer, and help us spread the word.   Items for sale - check often for new items ** Our eBay fundraiser is temporarily on hold as we search for a new volunteer to head up this venture. Please contact FFF to volunteer ** eBay Donations Needed To donate items in good condition for FFF to sell on eBay, please contact us. We ask that items be in excellent condition and a size that will be easy to ship. FFF Annual Yard Sale - 2009 date to be announced FFF has held our annual yard sale each year to raise some much-needed funds for our organization. Since we do not have a shelter or storefront, we do need someone to come forward to hold a yard sale on their property. If your area has a community-wide yard sale, this would be a perfect time. Please email FFF if you are willing to volunteer to hold a yard sale. We will provide the volunteers to work the sale, price the items, set everything out, pack up afterward, etc.   Since we do not yet have a date for 2009, and we do not have a storage facility, we are not accepting donations at this time. Please consider holding onto items in good condition that may be appropriate for our yard sale, and check back here, hopefully around March, to see if we are accepting items yet. Donate items you no longer need to help raise money for feral cats! Items should be in good, gently used condition.   We will most likely not accept: mattresses, window blinds, soft cover books, dirty or chipped/broken items, candles (unless they are NEW), soiled/torn clothing, electrical equipment that does not have all required cords, computers monitors (flatscreen monitors accepted) or keyboards   Quilt Raffle Cat T-shirt donations needed for the T-shirt quilt we will be creating and raffling as a fundraiser.  Please call our hotline at 704-348-1578 or email FFF if you have a cat T-shirt to donate. Charlotte Harkey of Quilt Patch Fabrics in Matthews had kindly donated her time again to put together a quilt for FFF to raffle as a fundraiser. Fund a Feral program We had hoped to start a program designed to help people sponsor particular feral cats in need, but we were unable to find a coordinator to head this program. To volunteer your time to head the program, please contact us through email or our hotline at 704-348-1578.