Monthly Archives: September 2014

WEEKEND BRUNCH VEGAN PANCAKES

WEEKEND BRUNCH VEGAN PANCAKES

2 cups spelt flour
2 cups oat flour
2 tablespoons baking powder
1/4 cup ground flaxseed meal
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 1/2 cups low-fat vanilla soy milk
1/4 cup applesauce
2 tablespoons agave nectar
1 1/2 tablespoons vanilla extract
2 cups blueberries

Whisk spelt flour, oat flour, baking powder, flaxseed meal, and salt together in a large mixing bowl. Stir soy milk, applesauce, agave nectar, and vanilla extract together in a separate bowl. Form a well in the center of the flour mixture and pour soy milk mixture into the well. Stir until the ingredients are just moistened; set aside for 15 minutes. Lightly oil and heat a griddle to medium heat. Spoon batter onto hot griddle, sprinkle blueberries onto wet batter, and cook until bubbles form, 2 to 3 minutes. Flip and continue cooking until golden brown on both sides, about 3 minutes more. 

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Kisses from Indy, Dollars for Rikki’s!

(Photos courtesy of Magistra Gustafson – Thank you! Magistra also coordinated this event for Rikki’s and did an amazing job!)

Today (9/13/14) there was a fundraising event for Rikki’s Refuge at Cici’s Pizza in Richmond, VA. (North Chesterfield Location) between 11 AM – 5 PM. Diners could come in and let their servers know they were there eating pizza for RIkki’s Refuge and Cici’s Pizza would donate 10% of all net sales from that time frame. Something else happened too, something very cool and kind and generous and amazing! Virginia’s own INDIGO WHEELED TERRIER came to help with his mom, Katie Leahy! Known as INDY to his friends, he was selling wonderful pittie kisses for $1 to help Rikki’s Refuge! What an amazing dog! THREE CHEERS FOR INDY! Hooray Hooray Hooray! Thank you for helping us! Thanks to Bonnie Kliamovich who also stopped by to lend a helping paw! What a fun day! Thank you Cici’s Pizza too!

You can learn more about INDY on his Facebook page here:
Indy Leahy
https://www.facebook.com/indy.leahy

 

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You may view all photos of INDY in one of the following albums:

1. ON FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10152247856982391.1073741877.169651012390&type=1

2. ON PINTEREST: http://www.pinterest.com/RikkisRefuge/kisses-from-indy-dollars-for-rikkis/

3. ON FLICKR: https://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/sets/72157647164906020/

 

Don’t stop now, keep voting! We need your help!

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VOTING ENDS TOMORROW, KEEP GOING! WE NEED YOUR VOTES TODAY AND TOMORROW! PLEASE VOTE, PLEASE SHARE! SHARING HELPS!
Help Rikki’s Refuge WIN $10,000
Rescue Your Rescue Photo Contest by Tractor Supply Co.
August 18th – September 14th
Vote once every 24 hours through 9/14/14
VOTING LINK: http://bit.ly/1pumlPk
#GoTeamRikkis

Fun Stuff Coming Up with Rikki’s Refuge ~~ Will We See You?

Rikki’s will be involved in lots of fun events in the coming weeks and months!  We would love to see all of our friends at some or all of these happenings!

First, two more days to keep voting for Rikki’s in the Tractor Supply Contest – we have appreciated all of your votes and thank you for voting and sharing for us.  These last few days are critical, so keep up the great work! Click this picture and it will take you directly to the voting page for Rikki’s Refuge!

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This weekend, Saturday, September 13, if you are in the Richmond, VA area, we would love to see you at CiCi’s Pizza ~ it’s a fundraiser for Rikki’s Refuge!

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CiCi’s Pizza (North Chesterfield Location!)

11549 Busy St., Richmond, VA. 23236
Saturday, September 13, 2014
11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
EAT PIZZA! HELP RIKKI’S REFUGE!
Dine at Cici’s Pizza on Saturday 9/13/14 between 10AM-4PM and let your server know you’re eating out to help Rikki’s Refuge! Cici’s will donate 10% of net sales to help Rikki’s Refuge! Bring a donation of cat or dog food! Cash donations accepted!

If you can’t make it out but would love to donate to Rikki’s, you can always do so the following ways:

https://rikkisrefuge.org/feedme

OR directly to our Paypal account at mail@rikkisrefuge.org

OR via regular mail to: Rikki’s Refuge, PO Box 1357, Orange, VA  22960

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Also on Saturday, September 13, from NOON – 2:00pm, we will have our Donation Drop-Off and Job Interviews at the Rikki’s Refuge Education Center (see address below).  The gates will be open and interviews start PROMPTLY at 12:00pm NOON. Please note this is the gate at the corner of Route 20 and Quarterhorse Lane!

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On Sunday, September 14, at 7:00pm, please come out and join us for Rikki’s Spiritual Night at the Education Center.  It’s a place to talk about growing personally and spiritually, a place for transformation, to learn to be more cat-like, to love your life, to be a happier, kinder, gentler you, to be more in touch with the reality of the universe and less caught up in day-to-day drama and life…..a place to learn to  purr more and hiss less. 😉

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On Saturday, September 20-21, Rikki’s will be at the Fredericksburg Pet Show.  This is a fun family event!

RIKKIS - Fredericksburg Pet Expo

On Saturday, September 27, RIkki’s will be at the Charlottesville, VA Vegetarian Festival!  Admission is FREE and this festival gets better every year!!  Hope to see you there!

RIKKIS - Charlotesville Veg Fest

Do you like to run? Or even walk?  Have you signed up for Rikki’s Refuge 5K Run/Walk in November?  Join us on November 1, at 9:00am at beautiful Lake Anna State Park.  Your entry fee is only $25 (or $30 on the actual race day) and will help the 1300 animals who call Rikki’s Refuge their home.  Checks should be made to Rikki’s Refuge.  Donations of pet foot and/or other supplies are welcome!  Awards will be presented to the first male and female finisher and the first three in every age group.  

Entry forms can be picked up at:  VA Runner, Ed’s Awards & Engraving, Giant Food Stores, 360 Feeds or you can email bugbane30@gmail.com for more information!

RIKKIS - 5K Walk November 2014

As Fall arrives and the holidays approach, there will be many other events and opportunities for you to meet the critters, volunteer, donate and share for Rikki’s Refuge.  Stay tuned to this page and our Facebook page for the updates.

And remember, we could not do anything for the animal residents at Rikki’s Refuge without YOUR help.  You are a blessing to us and we are grateful to you every single day!

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National Capital Cat Show

Rikki’s Refuge was one of many vendors at the National Capital Cat Show last weekend (September 6/7, 2014) at the Dulles Expo Center in Chantilly, VA. We had a great time! Many thanks to all our volunteers who helped set up, manned and packed up our booth! We can’t do any of these events without you! We appreciated our many visitors too!

You can learn more about the National Capital Cat Show here:

On the Web: http://www.nationalcapitalcatshow.com/ 

On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NationalCapitalCatShow

Sharing a few photos!

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You can see the rest of our photos from the cat show on any of the following albums:

On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10152241465142391.1073741876.169651012390&type=1

On Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/RikkisRefuge/national-capital-cat-show-2014/

On Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/sets/72157647013054569/

Eat pizza. Meet Indy. Help Rikki’s.

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PIZZA PARTY!
You are cordially invited!
CiCi’s Pizza (North Chesterfield Location!)
11549 Busy St.
Richmond, VA. 23236
Saturday
September 13, 2014
11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
EAT PIZZA! HELP RIKKI’S REFUGE!
Dine at Cici’s Pizza on Saturday 9/13/14 between 10AM-4PM and let your server know you’re eating out to help Rikki’s Refuge! Cici’s will donate 10% of net sales to help Rikki’s Refuge! Bring a donation of cat or dog food! Cash donations accepted! 

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PIZZA PARTY! COME MEET INDY!
Come meet Virginia’s own Indigo Wheeled Terrier on Saturday, September 13, 2014 between 11 AM and 5 PM! He will be at Cici’s Pizza offering kisses for one dollar to help raise funds for Rikki’s Refuge! Come dine at Cici’s Pizza and have fun! Be sure to let your server know that you’re there to help Rikki’s Refuge! Bring a bag or can of cat food with you to donate to the refuge!
CiCi’s Pizza
(North Chesterfield Location!)
11549 Busy St.
Richmond, VA. 23236
KISSES FOR YOU FROM INDY!
DOLLARS FOR RIKKI’S!
(Cici’s Pizza is donating 10% net sales to Rikki’s Refuge from all customers who come out to support Rikki’s between 11AM-5PM.)

IF YOU CANNOT ATTEND, BUT WOULD LIKE TO HELP RIKKI’S REFUGE, YOU MAY DONATE HERE:
https://www.rikkisrefuge.org/feedme
OR DIRECTLY TO OUR PAYPAL:
mail@rikkisrefuge.org
OR BY MAIL:
Rikki’s Refuge
PO Box 1357
Orange, VA. 22960

Rikki’s Refuge is a Top Ten Finalist ~~ WE NEED YOUR VOTES!

RIKKIS BLOG - Tractor Supply graphic  EXCITING NEWS!  We are thrilled to have made it as a Top Ten Finalist in the Tractor Supply Company’s RESCUE MY RESCUE PHOTO CONTEST!    Out of more than 1,800 nominations, Rikki’s Refuge was chosen as a top contender.  And the grand prize?  $10,000!! 

WE NEED YOUR HELP!  The contest winners are chosen by VOTES.  It is free and easy and you can vote every 24 hours.  The contest runs through Sunday, September 14 at midnight!  The final prize winners will then be announced on Wednesday, September 17, the first day of the Tractor Supply Company Pet Appreciation Week (PAW).

 
Clicking this picture will take you immediately to the voting page!!

Here is the entry that brought us into the top ten:

Rikki’s Refuge in Orange, Virginia is awesome — they help differently-abled animals nobody else wants. Domestic animals, like cats and dogs and rabbits and guinea pigs. Farm animals like pigs and goats and sheep and horses and chickens and ducks. Opie here in the picture with me, was born without hind feet. Though he gets along just fine in life and loves playing and hugging, he would have been put to sleep in most shelters just for being different. Rikki’s has blind animals, deaf animals, elderly animals, handicapped animals, animals with chronic health issues like diabetes, heart problems, kidney insufficiency. Most of the 1300 residents of 22 species at Rikki’s Refuge will never get adopted, but they will live their natural lives in peace and happiness, loved and cared for.
 
WHAT ARE THE PRIZES?
Tractor Supply Company will be awarding TEN grants worth a total
of $25,000 to the winning rescues!
  • 1st  $10,000
  • 2nd $  5,000
  • 3rd  $  3,500
  • 4th  $  2,000
  • 5th  $  1,500
  • 6th  $  1,000
  • 7th  $     800
  • 8th  $     650
  • 9th  $     350
  • 10th $    200
Winners will be announced on Tractor Supply’s Facebook page on
September 17, 2014 and big checks will be presented to winners at
their local Tractor Supply stores during the big in-store PAW (Pet
Appreciation Week) event on Saturday, September 20!
 
Can you imagine how exciting it will be if when we win?  Let’s not
imagine it…..LET’S MAKE IT HAPPEN!!  We need you to VOTE EVERY 
DAY from now through September 14!  We would also love it if you
would share the link on your Facebook pages and email your
friends!  We can do this, but not without your help!
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH!!

Labor Day Tour/Picnic Photos

We wanted to share some of our photos from the tour and picnic yesterday! Everyone had a really nice time, including all the refuge animals, who enjoy visitors! Thank you staff and volunteers for making this a fabulous day for all! 

 

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TO SEE ALL PHOTOS, PLEASE VISIT ONE OF THE FOLLOWING ALBUM LINKS:

TOUR/PICNIC ALBUM ON FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10152226351812391.1073741872.169651012390&type=1

TOUR/PICNIC ALBUM ON FLICKR: https://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/sets/72157646726790529/

TOUR/PICNIC ALBUM ON PINTEREST: http://www.pinterest.com/RikkisRefuge/rikkis-refuge-labor-day-tourpicnic-2014/

Labor Day!

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So did you know it’s Labor Day? I hear hoomans like to pic-a-nic on Labor Day? I heard mom inviting hoomans over for a pic-a-nic …….. I don’t think she know us aminals wanna pic-a-nic too …. Wouldn’t that be fun!! If we could all pic-a-nic and let the hoomans do the labor part on Labor Day !! I think that’s the way it should be … Hoomans labor … aminals pic-a-nic …. Oh no !! There’s not nuf in pantry fo us to all pic-a-nic …. You can help me fill my basket, Pleaz? Love, Opie 

http://www.RikkisRefuge/FeedMe

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To give electronically, you can donate here on our web site at: https://www.rikkisrefuge.org/feedme
or directly to our Paypal at: mail@rikkisrefuge.org

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To give by mail (check or money order):
Rikki’s Refuge
P.O. Box 1357
Orange, VA. 22960

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To give via our Amazon Wish List:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/126FNLHBB9AGA