Meet Rosie:

Choir and Cici’s story is a textbook example of why rescue work is a race against the elements.

At seven months old, these two sisters were dumped in a parking lot just as winter was setting in. Having clearly spent their entire lives indoors, they were in a state of total shock. Choir spent her first week outside crying—a sound that eventually led a Grace & Purrs volunteer to her location. In a strange twist of fate, it was Ronnie (another colony cat) who finally pointed the volunteer to where Choir was hiding: high up in a tree, terrified. Her sister, Cici, was equally panicked, darting into thick pricker bushes whenever anyone approached.

The rescue was complicated by a reality many don't realize: foster spaces were at capacity, and at seven months, the kittens were considered "too old" for many traditional shelter programs. They were stuck in a dangerous limbo.

Persistence paid off when a local vet stepped in, offering to kennel and spay them at no cost as part of a student training exercise. This gave the sisters the time they needed to decompress. After three weeks, they moved into a foster home, but the trauma of being abandoned lingered. Choir, still vocal, initially resorted to biting—not out of aggression, but out of a desperate, confused need for affection. Cici remained nervous, watching from the sidelines.

The breakthrough happened quickly. Within a single week, the "parking lot" survival instincts faded, and both kittens were sleeping in bed with their foster mom. A month later, they have fully transitioned into "lap kitties" who spend their days creating the kind of happy chaos only kittens can manage.

Because of the trauma they endured together, Choir and Cici are extremely bonded and must be adopted as a pair. Their journey from a frozen parking lot to a warm lap was only possible because volunteers refused to look the other way when the system was full. Your support ensures that when the next "Choir" is crying in the bushes, we have the resources to answer.