Building A Dream
Building A Dream – K’s Catnip Corner Cat Lounge
On July 13, 2025 K’s Kitten Rescue shared an announcement that the rescue wished to pursue a dream and vision to be in a physical space, to continue to grow and honor the work that our friend and past president Louise Wootton started.
In the early years of Louise Wootton’s work rescuing kittens and cats, she had a room next to her office at Georgian Court fondly referred to as “The Cat Room,” where she fostered kittens caught on campus and students would come to hang out. It was a sanctuary for all involved.
As time went on and K’s Kittens launched formally as a rescue, much of the operation moved into Louise’s home. If you adopted from the rescue, there was a good chance, especially in the first few years, that you picked up your bundle of fur from her home. If not, you visited one of her fosters to meet and welcome the new member of your family. In the aftermath of Louise’s passing, we continued with housing the rescue’s records and supplies in the homes of our board members. It is less than ideal but we made it work.
We did, however, have a dream of having a space to help the rescue continue to grow and honor the work Louise did.
We had a vision of what that space could be — a space to store our supplies; a place to find funky cat themed things; a place to hold events to raise funds to support our work, a haven for cats and humans, where you could come for a day to meet some of our cats while you have coffee or do some work. Having a space also opens a world of possibilities for us, including fundraising and other opportunities not previously available.
On August 31, 2025 K’s Kitten Rescue shared an announcement that the rescue had found a physical space to rent in Downtown Toms River, which would be called K’s Catnip Corner Cat Lounge.
K’s Catnip Corner Cat Lounge, located at 40 Main Street, Suite 101, Toms River officially opened in the fall of 2025. Our Cat Lounge is a one of a kind space located in the old bank drive thru. The entrance is across from the Irons Street free parking lot, go to the main door and look for K’s Kitten Rescue in the phone directory. Press and we will buzz you in.
As Ocean County’s cat lounge, K’s Catnip Corner Cat Lounge offers the community a space to work, relax, play and learn -surrounded by cats.
We have asked the community to help support our haven for cats and humans, where we will welcome the community to have coffee or do work and attend funky cat events. While leasing a space brings the possibility of many opportunities, it also brings with it costs. Dreams like this are not free, and this is where we are hoping you might come in.
Donations
We welcome any donation in any amount from both individual donors as well as business or corporate donors.
We have the following donation tiers available:
Donations of $10,000 will be designated as Lion sponsors.
Donations of $5,000 will be designated as Tiger sponsors.
Donations of $1,000 or more will be designated as Leopard sponsors.
Donations of $500-$999 will be designated as Puma sponsors.
Donations of $100 – $499 will be designated as Cheetah sponsors.
Those who choose monthly recurring donations of any amount will be designated as Lynx sponsors.
We will publicly acknowledge Lion, Tiger and Leopard donors in the space on a wall in the entry.
All supporters will be acknowledged on our website on the “Thank You” page.
Donations can be made by PayPal, Venmo, Zelle or by check. Every donation is tax deductible as permitted by law.
If you would care to discuss an angel investment, please reach out to us at kskittenrescuenj@gmail.com.
Thank you for thinking of us and supporting the work of rescuing kittens and cats and finding them furever homes.
Please be sure to check out the K’s Catnip Corner website, and follow along on Facebook and Insta.
