My name is Ladan, the Founder of Friends of Normie. Welcome to our blog! We wanted to create this blog as a way to answer FAQs and continue to build our community.
For this first blog, I wanted to give an introduction to who we are and how all of this got started.
In 2020 during the pandemic, I started rescuing cats I would find on the streets and adopt them out to people I knew. I quickly ran out of those people, and wanted a way to find new adopters. Someone led me to a Facebook group, which is where I met Marla. Marla was a seasoned rescuer who had been TNRing cats for 25 years. She quickly took me under her wing and it was off to the races.
For the next 2 years, I talked to her pretty much all day everyday about which cats we had and who was getting adopted, all the while learning by watching her in action. Without Marla, there would be no Friends of Normie cat rescue.
In 2022, Marla told me she was moving to Florida, which left me alone. I had no idea how to do this by myself but started reaching out to friends, previous adopters, and others to see if they could help with fostering. One thing led to another, and by word of mouth we built a massive foster network. Without fosters, there could be no operation. We had no facility and no funding, but were starting to do almost triple the volume of other rescues and shelters in our area.
1. To create a brand that prioritized cat safety, beauty for the owners, and sustainability for the planet.
2. To grow a business that would dedicate a large amount of profits back to the rescue, so the rescue could sustain itself without depending on grants or donations
