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CocoaKitties To The Rescue ocoaKitties, a Hershey-based nonprofit cat rescue, has a cute name and a clear mission - to find permanent homes for unwanted and abandoned cats and kittens. The new rescue was founded by Kendra Daub, who has been volunteering with rescue groups for 28 years. “I joined a rescue based out of Virginia called Operation Paws for Homes, (which started) in 2010. (The rescued pets) came from Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania, and they do a lot of pulling from Southern shelters,” she explained. “They were a dog rescue, but in 2017, they allowed me to start a cat program for them. I have a lot of experience doing this.” Daub decided to start her own rescue by utilizing foster homes to shelter and care for cats and kittens until they are adopted. “This past April, I went out on my own to help more locally,” she said. “Fosters are friends and friends of friends. We
Exhibit Focuses On Banking Hummelstown Historical Society has unveiled a new exhibit, “Take It to the Bank,” in the History House, 32 W. Main St. The exhibit is open on Mondays from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Wednesdays from 3 to 7 p.m. The exhibit was inspired by the donation of the Spire Safe by Nancy Chubb. The safe is from the original Spire Electric store on Main Street. Upon the retirement of Henry Spire, ownership transferred to Harold Chubb, but he kept the store’s name. See Exhibit pg 4
Kittens currently available for adoption from CocoaKitties include Bloom (left photo), Briar (center photo) and Eloise (right photo).
tary donations are also needed to pay for the cats’ medical expenses. Daub reported that since the organization’s formation in April, there have been 33 adoptions. Right now, more than 90 cats and kittens are being fostered by volunteers. “We will grow as we add fosters. We can only take on what we have
people available to take on,” she said. “We have a half a dozen to a dozen calls a day to take animals. Currently, we can’t,” she said. “We have some medical cases, (including) a sick orange adult kitty that we just got in and a kitty that had heatstroke. We are a foster-base rescue, but we would like to have a
Hershey Family Welcomes Ukrainian College Student BY FRANCINE FULTON
Maksym “Max” Lyshchuk will attend Lebanon Valley College.
Despite a harrowing car ride from Ukraine to an airport in Poland, ticketing issues, an 18-hour delay in Iceland and sporadic cellphone service, 17-year-old Maksym “Max” Lyshchuk, a Ukrainian college student, eventually made his way to the United States, all while traveling alone. Max, who attended Hampton University in Virginia this summer, is now residing with Kathy Taylor and her family in Hershey. Later this month, he will begin attending classes at Lebanon Valley College in Annville.
building someday.” For more information about CocoaKitties, to donate or to view adoptable cats and kittens, visit www.facebook.com/CocoaKitties CatRescue or www.cocoakitties.org. Those interested in fostering or volunteering may contact Daub at kendra@cocoakitties.org.
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Taylor, who was an approved host for foreign students, was asked to house Max after he completed his semester at Hampton. “Max’s dad wanted to get Max out of Ukraine. Ukrainian males ages 18 to 64 can be drafted into the army,” Taylor explained, noting that Max will turn 18 on Monday, Aug. 22. “Max found Hampton online, which offered any Ukrainian student free tuition, room and board for its summer session. They needed hosts) after the summer school was over for four to six weeks until (the students went) to their next place.” See College Student pg 3
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probably have about 10 to 12 foster homes. I personally am fostering 23 kittens. (Cats have) litters of kittens, so every foster has several.” She noted that some of the rescued kittens come from Derry Township Community Cats, which offers trap/neuter/return (TNR) and vaccination services for outdoor stray cats. “I partner with Derry Township Community Cats. Sometimes they come upon kitties, so I will take them,” Daub said. “Our town is my No. 1 priority, but a lot of kitties come from TNR programs. Occasionally, we will take older surrenders if we have room.” CocoaKitties is in need of volunteers and additional fosters to help care for the incoming kittens, as well as adopters to provide loving homes for the cats and kittens in need. “We investigate (potential adopters). We talk to their vet and check references,” Daub said. The rescue is also in need of supplies, including dry food, wet food, paper towels and kitty litter. Mone-
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