Published March 10. 2026 03:46PM
“It’s nice to have another heartbeat next to you.”
That’s a sentence that appears in various places online, yet a great way to describe the feeling of adopting a cat or a kitten.
The Carbon County Friends of Animals held an open house at their shelter at 77 W. 13th St. in Jim Thorpe on Saturday.
“We have a raffle for a St. Patrick’s Day themed lottery basket, door prizes and refreshments,” Pamela Poelnurk said.
Monica Rizzo and Elliana Button were just two of the many people who visited the shelter. Button, in fact, just adopted a cat from CCFOA on Friday.
“His name is Sir Salem,” Button said. “I came today because I like to socialize with the cats, and brought my friend (Rizzo) with me.”
The shelter has many cats and kittens of various sizes, ages and temperaments, all looking for their forever home.
Visit the shelter’s website at www.ccfoa.info for details on how to adopt, how to donate money, or for their wish list of the many items they need to take care of the cats.
Monica Rizzo, left, and Elliana Button, both from Albrightsville, hold two of the cats available for adoption during the Carbon County Friends of Animals open house on Saturday. JAMES LOGUE JR./SPECIAL TO THE TIMES NEWS.
Nacho is looking for his forever home. He is at the Carbon County Friends of Animals shelter at 77 W. 13th St. in Jim Thorpe.
Griffin peers out at visitors during the open house on Saturday at the Carbon County Friends of Animals.