Coldwell Banker donates to pet charities
Coldwell Banker has come to the aid in another charitable cause.
The residential Real Estate company located in Santini Marina Plaza recently donated $1,000 to two pet organizations in Lee County. Cat Tails of Bonita Springs and S.P.A.Y-L.E.E of Fort Myers are the recipients of the charitable contribution from the Coldwell Banker CARE foundation.
The portion donated to S.P.A.Y-L.E.E will be coming back to the Beach. The money will help out the Find A Home, Give A Home organization run by Beach realtors Isabelle Wells of Coldwell Banker and Pam Schwartz of Lahaina Realty.
“We are going to get the money back,” said Wells. “They are going to cut us a check which will help us with our Beach rescue organization.”
“They are doing a phenomenal job,” noted S.P.A.Y-L.E.E’s Cecilia Nye of the founders of the Beach organization.
Nye mentioned that Lee County Domestic Animal Services are cooperating with other pet organizations by offering a feral cat service to spay/neuter, microchip and ear notch the wild cats for free.
“This service is for feral cats only. The people that are feeding these colonies can contact Lee County Domestic Animal Services or Find A Home, Give A Home organization for information and to set things up,” said Nye. One can call her at 822-1671 or LCDAS at 533-7387. For more information on the Beach organization, visit www.FindaHomeGiveaHome.com, e-mail at pets@findahomegiveahome.com or call Wells at 281-0739 or Schwartz at 218-1875.
“Some people just put the animal outside without neutering or spaying them and they multiply,” said Wells. “So, if you need any help or have any problems, call us.
People who are interested in foster parenting a cat or have access to a facility for kittens to socialize in can call us also.”
According to Wells, the beach organization project began when the two realtors found some stray cats in their neighborhood at Laguna Shores. They decided to round up each one they found and had them fixed and vaccinated.
“This became a problem when people decided to abandon cats on the Beach,” said Wells. “People, who didn’t care about spay or neutered cats or didn’t know about it, were not nice enough and dumped them. That’s how we got the feral cats.”