Sunshine's Friends Cat & Dog Rescue

05/29/2026

Looking for a new best friend?
Come meet your perfect match this weekend at Sunshine’s Friends! From adorable toddlers and playful teens to cuddly adults and sweet, gentle seniors — we have wonderful cats of all ages waiting for their forever homes.
Text Bev at 410-796-7327 to schedule a visit.
We’re open for adoptions at our home-based intake and adoption center located in the East Columbia/Jessup area this Saturday and Sunday, 11 AM – 7 PM by appointment only.
Don’t miss your chance to find your new purrfect companion! ❤️

05/19/2026

🐱 Don't miss Sunshine's Friends Adoption Event!
Come join us this Saturday from 1-4 PM at the Columbia PetSmart (9041 Snowden Square Drive) for an afternoon full of adorable kittens and wonderful cats looking for their forever homes!
We’ll have plenty of playful kittens ready to steal your heart (warning: resistance is futile — they’re tiny but mighty convincing!). If you’re looking for a slightly calmer companion, we also have some fantastic teens, young adults, and seniors who would love to curl up and enjoy the quiet life with you.
Stop by to meet them, get all your questions answered, and find the purrfect match! You can also text Bev ahead of time at 410-796-7327 to let us know you’re coming or to see pictures of available cats.
We can’t wait to see you there! 💕

05/16/2026

The Joy and Rewards of Being a Kitten Foster! 🐱💕
Looking for a way to make a real difference in little lives? Fostering kittens is incredibly rewarding — from bottle-feeding tiny orphans to helping shy kittens learn to trust and become loving pets.
We provide everything you need:
Mama cats with their litters
Orphan bottle babies
Kittens over 6 weeks old who need socialization and to learn how to be someone’s perfect kitty
All supplies, food, and vet care are covered!
This is sweet mama Dolly and her baby, happily cared for by super foster mom Jen ❤️
If you’re interested in fostering, text Bev at 410-796-7327.
Open your home and your heart — these little ones will steal it instantly!

05/10/2026

Happy Mother's Day from All of Us at Sunshine's Friends! 🐾💕
To our incredible adopters, dedicated fosters, tireless volunteers, and amazing staff — and to every wonderful mom caring for human children, fur babies, or both: Today we celebrate you.
Thank you for opening your hearts and homes to the cats and dogs who needed you most. Whether you adopted a forever friend, fostered a scared soul through their hardest days, volunteered your time and love, or work behind the scenes keeping our rescue running, you are the reason so many tails are wagging and purrs are rumbling today. Your compassion, patience, and unconditional love mirror the very best of motherhood — nurturing, protective, and full of joy.
May your Mother’s Day be filled with wet kisses (the good kind), sunny naps in warm laps, and the deep joy that comes from knowing you’ve made a difference in a little life — human or furry.
We are so grateful for each of you. Thank you for being part of our rescue family.
With endless gratitude,
Happy Mother’s Day!

05/06/2026

THANK YOU from the bottom of our hearts and to the very tips of our rescue babies’ furry little tails! 🐾
We want to take a moment to pause and truly thank every single one of our incredible supporters. We would love to thank each of you personally, but due to your privacy settings on Facebook and Instagram, we’re only able to see some of our donors when viewing our business accounts.
We’ve also received so many generous donations for much-needed kitten supplies — thank you, thank you, thank you! Please know that donor names are not included on or in any of the packages (another privacy protection).
Your kindness and support mean the world to us and to the animals we rescue. We would love to send you a personal thank-you note and receipt. Please feel free to message us on Facebook or Instagram, or text us at 410-796-7327.
From all of us here — and especially our furry rescues — thank you for helping us keep saving lives. ❤️
Here are some of this week's rescues.

04/29/2026

🐱 Kitten Shower! ☔️
It's raining kittens at Sunshine's Friends, and we're already in full swing with our busiest season yet! We have rescued over 50 kittens with their moms in the past month. These tiny babies are eating us out of house and home, and we’re running low on essential supplies to keep them healthy and growing.
We are also in dire need of fosters for mamas with babies and bottle feeders for orphan kittens. Plesse text Bev at 410-796-7327 for details on how to become a foster parent.
If you’re able to help, we would be incredibly grateful for donations of:
Kitten kibble;
Kitten wet food (cans or tubs);
KMR (Kitten Milk Replacement) goat or first-stage;
Naturally Fresh Pellet Litter (safe for kittens).
You can support us by ordering online and shipping to: Sunshine's Friends
7406 Belclare Court, Jessup, MD 20794
or feel free to drop off supplies directly at our home-based adoption center at the same address.
If you'd rather donate money so we can buy the needed supplies, you can do so via the Facebook or Instagram "Donate" button, or via Zelle, PayPal, or Venmo. Every donation makes a big difference for our littlest friends! ❤️
Thank you so much for your continued support in helping us care for these precious kittens! 🐾

04/20/2026

Honey’s Tale: A Happy Ending
Why we NEVER put a harness or collar on a cat.
Honey was likely very young when she was lost or abandoned. She was alone, living on the streets and barely surviving when her rescuer found her, she had outgrown a harness that had been left on her. The harness had become painfully embedded in her armpit, causing a raw, infected wound with a lot of dead tissue.
Her rescuer rushed her to the vet and then to Sunshine’s Friends. For the first few weeks, Honey needed frequent vet visits, bandage changes, and antibiotics. No matter how carefully the bandages were applied or how much padding was used, they rubbed against the wound every time she moved.
We eventually tried leaving the wound open with no bandage — just daily cleaning, a very clean crate, and walnut pellet litter so nothing would stick to the area. The infection cleared up, but after a full month of intensive treatment, the wound still showed no signs of healing.
When I showed Dr. K the photos, she told us the wound would never heal on its own and recommended an omentum graft surgery.
The omentum is the tissue that lines the stomach and has remarkable healing properties. In this surgery, a portion of the omentum is gently pulled through an incision and sutured into the wound, acting like a living bandage full of blood vessels and healing factors.
Honey came through the surgery beautifully. Her sutures have been removed, and her fur is already growing back nicely. She’ll be spayed next week and will be officially adopted by the wonderful rescuer who saved her life.
We couldn’t have asked for a happier ending for sweet Honey.

04/15/2026

01/01/2026

Happy New Year, Sunshine's Friends family! 🐾✨

We hope your holiday season was filled with joy, love, and plenty of furry snuggles.
As we step into 2026, winter's chill is here — and we're busier than ever rescuing homeless cats and dogs from the cold streets and getting them into warm, loving forever homes. Here are just a few of our recent rescues. Some have already been adopted and are so grateful for a warm home, regular meals and people to love. Some need additional care to recover from illness or injury before they can live their best life. They all have so much unconditional love to give.
Your support makes miracles happen every day. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts to our amazing staff, donors, adopters, fosters, volunteers, and everyone cheering us on!
Let's make this year the best yet for homeless pets. Here's how YOU can help:
🐱 Adopt or foster a kitty or pup waiting for their fresh start
💕 Donate to help with medical care, food, and supplies
🤝 Volunteer your time
🔄 Share this post to spread the word!
Together, we can give more animals the happy new beginnings they deserve. ❤️