I contacted CHOTK to surrender feral property cats because i was selling my home, at 73, moving to…read morea small Senior Apartment. Lynea answered the phone when i first called and she was extremely kind and helpful; a lovely person to interact with. I had several more encounters with Lynea and various other Staff people. All of whom were very easy to communicate with; very compassionate, kind, and very accommodating. No one was ever rude, mean or difficult. I never got the sense that the CHOTK was anything but true to their cause; helping cats.

Unfortunate when you feel disappointment in a place you love and support for years... The idea of…read moreCat House on the Kings is wonderful, but the product from that idea is very obviously flawed. As you can read from plenty of one star reviews Cat House Kings greatly appreciates free donations, and help from the public to help rescue and rehabilitate cats in need.... however when it comes time to 'adopt' those same cats out to the same public they have no desire to adopt them out or help anyone with the process. What a nightmare to apply Application process is completely online. You cannot meet the cats prior to applying. Don't even try to call and ask. Each 'review' of an application is 3-5 days. If you are denied you have to wait SIX MONTHS to reapply. Sent in an application for a pair of cats, five days passed with no email or callback. So we called. The cats we were attempting to adopt were 'pulled' they never send an application denial or a notification they were no longer adoptable. Said they didn't have to notify us that they were pulled so we inquired about adopting another set of cats because the ones on our application were not available. They said we had to reapply wait a whole 3/5 more days because of their mistake. So, we reapplied. Loving family, pet friendly residence, indoor only cats, no time spent alone, and a great income. And very surprisingly we were denied. Denied and cannot reapply for SIX months. No reasoning or explanation. Denial would be completely understandable if we didn't meet their 'standards' because I can say with confidence that we have a 'perfect home'. But Cat House on the Kings refuses to give reasoning for denial (shown in email). If The Cat House on the Kings really cared about adopting these cats out to loving families their adoption process would be handled with love and care. An IN PERSON meet up with cats. A CALL or some sort of FOLLOW UP with the potential adopters..... Trying to adopt a cat off of a picture, through an email with no meet up or call is extremely flawed and extremely lazy. Being an organization that relies so heavily on the public support you'd think you'd be more welcoming and helpful to those same people.

My first time visiting Catholic Charities Thrift Shop near downtown Fresno today. I have not gone…read morethrifting in a long time. I have some special (to me) items that I want to donate but I wanted to see the shop first. Everything was very nice and organized and items were displayed well, and treated respectfully. I could tell the staff takes a lot of pride in their work. As one other reviewer shared, this is also a store that is serving the community. While I was there I observed the staff providing clothing and other items directly to those in need, (via a voucher -so all very well organized). I made a small purchase and the check out team carefully wrapped up my 4 glasses to ensure they made it home safely and I was very touched by their kindness. I hope others will consider shopping here and also donating their treasures to Catholic Charities. I still have quite a few things from my parents home that I have had a hard time letting go of, but after visiting, I feel the items will be appreciated and handled kindly and may help make a difference.

The thrift store has a dumb nut security guard who hassles seniors with service pets. He asks…read morepersonal HEPA questions in front of everyone. He is NOT professional. He continually stalks you in the store jabbering about "everyone lies about their dog". I don't care to hear about his problems with other people.