Volunteers with the Street Cats Club gathered last weekend to build and distribute 128 winter shelters designed to help homeless cats survive the dangerously cold Midwest weather. Now in its sixth year, the Winter Shelter Build and Giveaway has produced nearly 700 free shelters for community cat colonies since the program began in 2019. “Every winter, we see cats suffering in the cold, with nowhere to escape the freezing temperatures,” said Victoria Partridge, Founder & Execu

By Amanda Davis amanda@emporia.com The Black Cat Ball, a spooky-themed gala hosted by the Emporia Street Cats Club, invited supporters for an evening of costumed community, a silent auction, and fundraising. The ball sold over 100 tickets, tripling attendance from last year and marking the highest attended night since the event’s beginning three years ago. The night featured tarot readings by Insightful Sequoia, a Mexican-themed dinner and deserts by Gourmet To-Go Catering, a

By Arien Roman-Rojas The Emporia Gazette The Street Cats Club hosted their annual Lolapalooza fundraiser Saturday, July 12 to raise money for spay and neutering services for cats. Lolapalooza raises money for the Lola Love Fund, a fund named after Street Cat Clubs darling Lola Walker, an advocate for stray cats and the founder of Purralot Kitty Rescue. “It was a really big honor to create a fund that was in her name and then also to create a fundraiser that was in her name,”