5/31- Lots of Fliering!

I finished fliering the Westside and then went downtown and put up fliers until I ran out. It was a long day, so I’m just going to mention some of the highlights. First of all, people were really, really nice- only one store (a bike shop) turned me away, but they had a good reason and they were very nice about it too. Plus, they had an adorable dog. I’d say that’s pretty good results for putting up about 60 fliers. I learned that some companies can’t put up fliers in their windows “because they’re corporate” but are always happy to put them up in their staff room. Some stores let me put up the fliers myself, but most took the flier to be looked over by the manager. The library was especially nice- I happened to ask the woman who was in charge of all the advertisements for all of the branches of the library, and she knew and loved Project Purr. She offered to send out the fliers to all of the branches in the county! I had one especially interesting experience- I was walking past a man a couple years older than myself who was selling food outside of a restaurant, and he looked over my shoulder and asked what Project Purr was. I explained how Project Purr takes cats living without homes in the community, and spays or neuters them, etc. Strangely, he didn’t know what spaying or neutering was. So we got into a very interesting conversation about how fixing cats helps them live longer and healthier lives, how cats aren’t native animals, and how Project Purr’s work is very eco-friendly. He wasn’t sure at first that he agreed with taking an animal’s ability to reproduce, but I’m pretty sure I was able to convince him. He also mentioned to me that he was trying to help the homeless people in the community, so we ended the conversation with high-fiving for helping the homeless cats and people in the community. I was glad to be able to use all of the concepts I’ve learned from Project Purr in order to educate someone who was curious. (I would also like to add that this man was definitely a hippie, but he was not homeless, drunk, or high, and was very sane as far as I could tell.)