Puerto Vallarta, Mexico - PuRR Project is THRILLED to announce that we were chosen this year to be one of the 24 local charities to share equally in 100 percent of the proceeds from the "International Festival Of Altruism" to be held on Sunday May 5th. We are teamed up with local orphanage Casa Hogar. What could be better that kids and kitties?

Advance tickets are only $300 pesos and we MUST sell our allotment to be eligible for next year. So if you are a regular at this event, or would like to experience it for the first time, PLEASE contact us for tickets. Bring a friend and an empty stomach!

This will be the 9th year that American Consular Agent, Kelly Trainor, and the Marriott Hotel have sponsored this very special event. It could be called "A Taste of Vallarta" since 40 of the best local restaurants will be there with plenty of food for event goers to sample: Daiquiri Dicks, Café des Artistes, Trio, La Palapa, No Way Jose!, PortoBello, and Los Chatos Pastelerias just to name a few! Plus there’s beer, wine, music, dancing, games, and free massages! Your tickets includes all of this. Contact Bama at info(at)purrproject.com or Marilyn at exkhan(at)usfamily.net to reserve a ticket.

PuRR Project 2014 Calendar

Is your PuRR kitty ready to be the Cover Girl (or Boy) for next year's PuRR Calendar?

If you adopted a cat or kitten from PuRR Project anytime in the last few years, we'd like to give you the opportunity to have it featured on one of the months for the 2014 calendar.

Last year's calendar was our first and it was a great success and raised a lot of pesos as a result. It was beautiful and will be hard to top...but we’re gonna’ try! We can't do it without you, though.

The photos you send us need to be:

• Shot with your camera's highest quality (300dpi is best) and largest size setting, with at least the face of your subject in clear focus. If you're unsure, send it to us and we'll let you know if it can be printed in large format. Note: Photos shot with cell phones often don't meet the standards for large print that we need.

• Not digitally altered, cropped, or reduced in size in any way! We need the original as it was shot, in full. Our talented graphic designer will take care of adjustments if needed. Please be careful with programs such as Picassa or iPhoto etc. during the import from your camera to your computer as they are often set to reduce images for use on the web and may automatically reduce your image to a size we won't be able to use in print. Instructions on how to transfer pics from your camera to your computer without any loss can be provided.

• Due to the size of your pics - if they are shot using our guidelines - you may have to send them one at a time or only a few at once as many email accounts have limits to how many Mb you can send in one email. Don't worry, you can send us many emails, just be sure to title them accordingly.

• But most importantly, have fun taking pics of your beloved furry family member and send away! Perhaps, you already have a winning shot somewhere that you took a while back. Either way, we'll be happy to receive your entries.

The deadline is June 30th so get out your cameras and start capturing those Kodak moments of your cat posing...yeah, we know cats don't pose. Submit as many photos as you want. We'll also need your "story" if your feline is chosen. Send to info(at)purrproject.com and we'll be in touch.

Marina Market Thursdays

Many of you may have already checked out the new Market being held at the Marina Malecon every Thursday night from 5 pm - 9 pm. It has been a great success with over 160 vendors participating and will run through May.

PuRR plans to have a booth there for the next few weeks and will NOT be at the Community Center market on Saturdays during that time.

We don't have exact dates as it is an experiment and we are trying to be flexible and see if we can reach a new segment of the local population. But we WILL have kittens there ready for adoption and will also have lots of PuRR logo T-shirts and shopping bags to sell.

The PuRR booth will be located at the end of the marina near Chappy’s Sport's Bar and La Terraza Restaurant.

Until next time...have a PuRRfectly wonderful week!

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Purr Project is a Non-Profit shelter in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico that provides homeless cats and kittens a recuperative stay with the ultimate goal to adopt them out to loving homes. All of our residents have been sterilized, vaccinated and are disease free. We accomplish this through our own efforts as well as collaboratively with other animal welfare organizations. Both monetary donations as well as donations of dry cat food are most welcome – and much appreciated. For more information, visit PurrProject.com or send an email to info(at)purrproject.com.