Times are tough right meow but cat cuddles make everything better! Help Purrs & Beans, NZ's longest running cat café, keep the lights on
Hello cat loving friends!!
Just wanting to reach out to everyone who sees this and loves cats and wants to help a wonderful small business in New Zealand out. Whether you can donate or even if you can’t, a share would mean the world!
Purrs & Beans is a social enterprise - meaning all profits go back into the cafe to look after the cats and keep it running. Run by two wonderful humans, Shane and Faith-Ashleigh.
Purrs & Beans have been running for almost a decade in Auckland. They first started out in the Auckland cbd as Barista Cats. Then made the move across the bay to Birkenhead where they found a wonderful new space and rebranded as Purrs & Beans.
Sadly due to a drop in patronage they’ve hit a little bit of a rough patch, and need a bit of a leg up. The reality of having a cat cafe is there’s bills. Vet bills and other bills. Purrs & Beans cats are all a little older bar a couple of newly adopted by the cafe cats. And some have additional needs or were deemed harder to adopt.
I have been lucky enough to visit the cafe when I have visited Auckland and the cats are so well cared for and loved. Have many spaces to relax in, including an enclosed balcony area so they can go outside. Plus they can retreat to a space where visitors can’t access if they want to be left alone.
Purrs & Beans is truly a wonderful place run by wonderful people who I’ve also met when I have visited. They really want to keep the business running especially given they’re so close to hitting 10yrs. And they want to keep spreading the message of adopting cats from shelters - they also foster cats and kittens from some rescues around Auckland to help the cats get socialised and meet people!
So again, if you are able to donate please do click the link above and you can even leave a message on your donation. - or make it anonymously. Please do note that the donation will be charged in NZD (New Zealand dollars) and when you pledge you won’t be charged right away. Your card only gets charged if the campaign reaches its goal on the 30th of April at 11pm NZST (I believe the pledge me site charges within a couple of days of the goal being met if it’s met so you might not be charged until a couple of days into May)
This campaign is an all or nothing campaign and they only will get the money if the goal is met. So please. If you’re in a place to donate I know Shane and Faith-Ashleigh, along with their gorgeous cafe kitties, would greatly appreciate it. If you can’t, then please please share this far and wide so others may be able to help!
Reblogging again as there’s only a couple of days left for them to raise the rest of the money. I truly hope some of you out there can donate even just a few dollars (and remember they only get the money if the campaign is successful and it gets debited from your card a couple days after the end if successful. And it will be in New Zealand dollars) if you’re unable to donate please share far and wide!
Boosting again as they’re so so close to their goal with about a day and a half left to reach the target!
