Thank you to everyone who made our first year successful! We raised $10,000 for the animals in our care! We hope to see you next year for an even better time!
Friendship APL’s First Annual Crazy Cat Crawl will be one of a kind! Held in Downtown Vermilion, participants will get to experience a lakefront town filled with a variety of store fronts, vendors and bars/resturaunts. In an effort to bring “crazy” cat people together, we have put together an EXPERIENCE like no other! Visit as many participating vendors, store fronts and bars to “rescue” as many cats as possible! Our event will be jam-packed with collectibles along your scavenger hunt and those who collect the most, could win big!
Your event ticket will include the opportunity to purchase cat themed items at each vendor, collect buttons and pins, “rescue” cats from secret locations, drink speciality drinks at the local bars and finish your adventure at x marks the spot, VBC, for raffle baskets, games, awards, drinks and food!
What To Expect
As a participant, we want to make sure you aren’t leaving empty handed! Participants will recieve a tote, t-shirt and map! The map will show participants what locations to visit. At the participating vendors and storefronts, a cat themed item will be available for purchase. If purchased, the participant will collect a cat button or pin! We want you to deck yourself out in these collectibles to show how supportive you are being of our organization! Each bar will have mardigras cat beads for the participants that order the alcholic or non-alcholic to wear as well! We will also have stuffed cats (rescue cats) hidden along your map and each collectible will be worth points! If you aren’t already dressed as a “crazy cat lady” we are encouraging participants to “trade in” their collectibles throughout the day for different peices of a Crazy Cat Lady costume…how fun! The costume will include a robe, wig, glasses and slippers! End your night at Vermilion Boat Club for more drinks, appetizers, raffle baskets, punch board and prizes for whoever collected the most (has the most points) and looks the craziest! We are really trying to make this a FUN time for everyone involved!
Title Sponsor
Shores and Islands Ohio:
At Shores & Islands Ohio, we’re about connection. We’re the concierge and collaborator, uniting in partnerships that attract visitors, engage residents, enhance the destination, and support the people and places that make our communities ideal for a visit or a lifetime.
Every trip here is an opportunity to learn or try something new. Here, people can find the unexpected. Boundless adventures and discoveries await younger and older generations alike.
Shores & Islands Ohio embodies the excitement felt from the very first time you visit, to the summer job that turns in to a career, to the entrepreneur establishing roots by creating a business and jobs here. It’s about community and the connection people keep and hold dear to our region.
It’s welcoming. It’s a sense of belonging. It’s home. Find your Lake Erie Love in Shores & Islands Ohio!
Visit their website here: https://www.shoresandislands.com/
Participating Locations
Vendors
Tiffany’s Flower Shop & Boutique: Tiffany’s is a full service flourist and boutique located on Main Street in Vermilion, OH.
Tails of Vermilion: Tails of Vermilion is a pet outfitting and lifestyle store for cats and dogs where the employees volunteer and all profits fund animal causes. This vendor will have adoptable cats at their location during the event as well!
Roo’s Purrfect Paws: We are a local pet grooming salon looking to give your fur baby the best spa day! We offer services for dogs, cats, birds, and other small animals!
Ancient Celtic Shop: Small Family Owned Local Business promoting the Celtic Heritage!
SOS Wines: SOS Wines has a dynamic collection of quality wines that they are very proud of! In fact, the owners pride themselves on the fact that every wine selection they offered is tasted by them beforehand.
Bars
The Old Prague: Established and family owned since in 1967,. After emigrating from Czechoslovakia to the US in the late 60’s, Vera Lich took over the restaurant and implemented her own families recipes now being proudly followed and cooked by her son Michael.
Rudy’s Bar and Grille: Rudy’s Bar & Grill, in Vermilion, OH, is a premier restaurant and bar serving Huron, Sandusky, Lorain and the surrounding areas since 2005. We have beer, wine, liquor, wings, burgers, wraps, sandwiches and more, including Sara’s famous soups! We offer daily lunch and dinner specials as well as entertainment in the form of DJs, bands and trivia. For a cold beer and a fun night out, head over to Rudy’s Bar & Grill, in Vermilion where it’s the “place to meet on Liberty Street”!
Route 6: Great food, cold drinks, outstanding service! Your favorite Browns Backers location! Stop in today!
Vermilion Boat Club: VBC is affiliated with the Inter-Lake Yachting Association and Greater Cleveland Boating Association. This provides our members access to over 100 yacht and boat clubs across Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, New all York, Pennsylvania and Ontario. In addition, VBC members are welcomed in Yacht and Boat Clubs all across North America.
Additional Sponsors
Tote Sponsors: Deb McFadden generously sponsored the cost of the totes that all participants will recieve! Her donation and sponsorship was done in memory of her cat Mellow who will be featured on the front of the tote!
Appetizer and Beverage Sponsors:
Feline Friend Sponsors:
Button Sponsors:
- Sea La Vie Properties in memory of her cat Izzy
- Lynne Fujka in memory of her cat Pele
- Kevin Priest in memory of his cat Walter
- Kristina Sorensen in memory of her cat Spunky
Whisker Wardrobe Sponsors: