Last week's Mardi Gras Pawty, in conjunction with #CatCatnivale went terrifically. Hopefully many new anipals discovered #NipClub, and hopefully many of you found some new anipal pawty sources.
With much of America in the grips of severe winter weather the last several days and all this week, well have an easy week that served two purposes.
Great, it gives our staff some extra time so their humans can deal with the weather related emergencies that may come up AND we'll use this Pawty (as well as this week's blogpost) to tell be anipal friends the who, what, when, why, of #NipClub.
#NipClub is celebrating it's 11th Anniversary later this Year. Well Over a thousand pawties, tens of thousands of dollars donated to well vetted animal charities, and many, many happy anipals forming lifelong friendships.
This week we will be open as usual, as Twitters foremost Anipal Pawty Bar. Come have a drink, reminisce about the friendships and good times you have here, and make plans for the next 2 big pawties.
HISTORY: 11 years ago, #NipClub founder @FlaCatLady (Mom of @KingTuttiFruiti) was having a rough day at work, and contacted friends @TheNascarKitty and @AutumnTheDoxie (who had just recently held a "funpawty" to see if the monthly "PawPawty" could be held on a simpler more frequent format) to say she needed a pawty, a simple mid-week release from stress. And #NipClub was born.
Along with @Kittehboi, @GeorgeTheDuck, @MarioDaCat, @BunnyJeanCook, @MaggieTKat, and a handful of others we put together a few pawties, and we grew and grew. It was decided to use our fun times to help support animal charities.
Founder @FlaCatLady handled Head DJ duties, @MarioDaCat became Head Barktender, and Founder @TheNascarKitty started our world famous blog.
We added the most talented staffs for Barktending, DJing, PR, Quizzes and Prizes, we started "catering" events for other anipals special events, we hosted huge events like Anipal Academy Awards ceremonies, eventually we were asked to take over #PawPawty and #NipClub24Hour was started.
But the heart and soul of #NipClub was, and remains to this day our weekly Thursday Night Pawty.
How does it work? Today's #NipClub is run by Founder/Manager @TheNascarKitty along with his Co-Managers: @TinyPearlCat and @RealFakeGator.
They try to have a special theme at least several weeks a month, and spend a lot of time early each week putting together a blogpost, helping with special graphics and avatars for pals, as well as making managerial decisions.
The finished blog is then passed on to our great PR Staff who spread the word to our anipal friends, who, in turn, spread the word even further.
Charities are vetted (they must be NON-Kill shelters, and strictly animal related medical/rescue charities) for authenticity and legality.
On Thursday the pawty is placed in the capable paws/fins/feathers/hands or our talented DJ/Barktender staff who, along with our loyal customers, make the magic happen.
Is #NipClub Free? YES!!! Absolutely. Everybody is welcome, even your humans. We remind patrons about our charities, and ask them to "tip" their barktenders and DJ's (100 percent of these tips go directly to our charities, we have NO adminstrative costs) BUT these tips are totally anonymous. Not even our managers know who donates and who doesn't. If you can afford to donate, great. We appreciate it. If you can't, we want you to come and have the most fun you can.
Drinks and Noms
Champagne with Raspberries
Cotton Candy.Cosmeowpolitan
Coffee and Tea Service
Roast Turkey Sandwich with Tomato, Lettuce, Bacon, and Cranberry Sauce
Tuna
Nip and Watercress.Salad
Bacon with Chocolate Dipping Sauce
Carrot Cake
We are also ALWAYS interested in new DJs, Barktenders, PR anipals, Sekurity Staff, Quiz/Prizemasters, Graphic Artists. We will help train if necessary. Please DM @TheNascarKitty, @TinyPearlCat or @RealFakeGator if interested and we'll get you involved.
