Travelin' Tom's Tales


Hi, I'm Travelin' Tom. I'm the mascot for Cat Care Society's Annual Dinner and Auction. Each year during the live auction, people will bid higher and higher to earn the right to take me home to live with them for a whole year. I plan on raising a lot of money for the shelter. Each year I will go to live with a different foster family and join them in their travels, their celebrations and everyday life. I promise to keep you up to date on my adventures here on my web log. My earlier entries are way down at the bottom of this page, so if you haven't been here before, scroll down and read up.

I'm learning how to surf the web. Here are some of my favorite sites so far!

  • Cat Care Society (a most excellent organization)
  • Fish Recipes (yummy)
  • Cats (the musical)
  • How Does Catnip Work?
  • All about Cats
  • Garfield (we could be cousins)
  • Cat in the Hat (one of my heroes)
  • Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (a really good play)

    • May 19, 2008

    Oh! Don't be mad at me. I know I haven't written for so long, but here I am once again. I've been having such a great time that I have been a bit negligent about posting my adventures. I promise I'll try to be better from now on.

    I had two great trips since my last post. In February 2008, I went to Costa Rica again! Take a look at pictures from my trip. Then in early April, I went to Maine to visit my foster mom's family (my family now). Here are some pictures from Maine.

    And guess what! My first birthday was on April 10th and we celebrated with a big party! Take a look at the party pictures and it'll be just like you were there.


    Tom and Bethany in front of Arenal Volcano    		 Tom on the Maine coast Tom's first birthday

    January 27, 2008

    Over the holidays, we headed down south to visit my foster grandparents. I had a wonderful time in Florida and got to meet lots of new friends. Take a look at our pictures from the trip.

    Tom in Florida

    December 29, 2007

    This month I went to two holiday get-togethers that were a lot of fun. First, I went to the Cat Care Society staff holiday party. I'm not a real staff member but my foster mom, Bethany, is on the board so I got a special invitation! Then, we went to the Santa Paws Festival at the shelter. That was a lot of fun too. Check out the pictures from both events.

    		Tom with Santa Paws

    December 05, 2007

    I recently got to visit San Jose, Costa Rica with my foster mom, Bethany. She had to go there for work, and I got to tag along. I saw lots of neat things, including a volcano! We took lots of pictures to share.


    Tom near a volcano

    October 19 , 2007

    There was a great Halloween party at Cajun's Closet and I was there. Click on the pumpkin to see my pictures!


    image of carved pumpkin

    October 17 , 2007

    I was invited back to Cat Care Society to take the grand tour. I met the staff and visited the shelter, the Cat Clinic and Cajun's Closet (the thrift store that helps support the shelter). We took lots of pictures during my visit.

    Tom with a kitten friend

    October 1 , 2007

    It looks like I'm going to be hanging around Denver for the next month, and then Bethany and I are headed off to Costa Rica in November. Stay tuned for those pictures!

    September 29, 2007

    It wasn't too long before I was off on my first adventure. Bethany and three of her friends (Tony, Mark and Sera) took me to Las Vegas. It was my first time in “Sin City,” and I had a blast. What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas, but I can share a couple of pictures and stories!

    		Tom and Bethany

    September 24, 2007

    I'm writing to you from my new foster home for this year. Bethany took me home and introduced me to her two other kitties. Chloe is a beautiful 7½ year old girl. She likes to sit on the chair with me and we cuddle a lot. Her brother, Jasper, looked familiar to me. Once we got to talking, I realized that he was at the Cat Care Society this summer, too. His name was Noodles then, which is why I wasn't sure who he was. It's great to see him again. He just turned 1 year old, and he's a good lookin' dude like me! We like to hang out on our mom's bed during the day while she is at work. He's a great companion.


    Chloe and Tom
    Chloe and me


    Tom and Jasper
    Me and Jasper

    September 22, 2007

    I had a fantastic time meeting everyone at the auction – it was such a great turnout! Cat Care Society sure knows how to have fun and raise money for a worthwile cause. I kicked off the live auction with a bang – there was a furious bidding war for me, and my new foster mom Bethany was the one who finally got me.

    Travelin' Tom in Paradise