Well our first fundraising concert took place on August 21 at the Giovanni Palatucci Facility in Côte Saint-Luc and we sold the place out-- 360 people strong. Congratulations to the entire team.
Dr. Melanie Cukierman, Shelley Schecter, Councillors Mike Cohen and Sam Goldbloom, Dr. Marlene Kalin, Margaret Nadler, Beverly Beach and Judy Walsh at ceremony recognizing the Côte Saint-Luc Hospital for Animals.
Lovers of music and cats will be able to satisfy both passions on Tuesday, August 21, 2012 at 7:30 pm at a benefit concert at the Giovanni Palatucci Facility in support of the Côte Saint-Luc Cats Committee.
The Musicians of the World Orchestra, conducted by Joseph Milo, will perform The Best of Broadway: It’s the Cat’s Meow, which includes songs from the Broadway musical Cats. Soprano Jennifer Pyra will also give a solo performance,as will CSL resident and avid cat committee member
Alexandra Cohen.
Conductor Joseph Milo
“The concert will be an opportunity for people who love animals to enjoy an evening of fine music while contributing to a good cause, “ said Councillor Mike Cohen, who is the city’s liaison with the Côte Saint-Luc Cats Committee.
Tickets are $7 each (tax included) and can be purchased at the Eleanor London Côte Saint-Luc Public Library (5851 Cavendish Blvd.), the Côte Saint-Luc Aquatic and Community Centre (5794 Parkhaven Ave.), and the Côte Saint-Luc Hospital for Animals (7930 Baily Rd.). Tickets can be purchased at the first two locations by credit and debit card or cash and cash only at the Animal Hospital.
Below is a look at the filming of a documentary about the orchestra.
Funds raised from the event will go towards the Côte Saint-Luc Cats Committee Trap, Neuter, Release and Adopt Program, and Educhat (www.educhat.ca), the volunteer organization headed by Shelley Schecter, who has spearheaded efforts in Côte Saint-Luc. Volunteers trap feral cats, have them sterilized, and then adopted or returned to the spot where they were originally found. The committee has also rescued a number of baby kittens and found homes for them.
The city’s first ever cat licensing by-law will be presented in the coming months.
The Musicians of the World Symphony Orchestra (MWSO) was founded in 2006 by conductor Joseph Milo and his wife Lucy Ravinsky. The orchestra benefits from a pool of professional musicians who were immigrants to Montreal but had no opportunity to make use of their talent. The MWSO was created, not only to provide these new Canadians with the opportunity to engage in their main passion, but to give them back the professional dignity they had enjoyed in their homelands and most especially, to share their wonderful talents with the music lovers of Montreal.
The MWSO includes 55 musicians, including about 80 percent from 15 different countries. To date, the orchestra has entertained Montreal audiences with more than 30 performances, including several benefit concerts, as well as having produced several recordings. The orchestra has also been selected as the subject of four documentary films. They have been rehearsing at Côte Saint-Luc City Hall for many years and as part of the arrangement, they agree to perform a free concert once a year. The CSL Cats Committee and Educhat will be the 2012 beneficiaries.
Here is a CBC report on how the Committee got started:
To learn more about the Côte Saint-Luc Cats Committee, including how to volunteer or donate funds, visit www.cotesaintluc.org/cats.
The Côte Saint-Luc Hospital for Animals has been fostering the three beautiful grey kittens pictured below. They are just under five months old, adorable, socialized and in need of good homes. Shelley Schecter of Educhat and the Côte Saint-Luc Cats Committee (CLSCC) rescued them.
Members of the CSLCC have been spending time at the Vet office to help further socialize these three siblings. They are a joy to be with and will make excellent pets.
This is a time of the year when many people sadly abandon their animals on the eve of moving day. We are very happy to report that homes have been found for the three baby orange kittens we rescued last month.
If you are interested in adopting any of these kittens, please email mcohen@cotesaintluc.org and we will discuss the procedure.
If these gorgeous orange kittens(two boys and one girl) had not been found by Councillor Allan J. Levine and his neighbours and notified Councillor Mike Cohen, they probably would not be alive today. Instead they and their mother are in kitty foster care.
We need your help! Sadly, the mom has lived outside too long and cannot be domesticated. Shelley Schecter, the wonderful trapper for the Côte Saint-Luc Cats Committee (CSLCC) and Educhat, trapped the mom and the kittens. Mom is feeding her offspring and the babies are being socialized by volunteers. They will make wonderful pets. Only about four weeks old, as of this writing (May 29), they will stay with their mom until the end of June and then be available for adoption.They will then be vaccinated and in a few months time the CSLCC will cover the costs of their sterilization.
So please, open up your hearts and homes. If you are unable to consider adoption, please share these precious photos with friends and family. Interested parties can email mcohen@cotesaintluc.org. You can see how adorable these kittens are in this video.
Here is a photo of the three siblings. They are basically identical triplets.
