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Bowmanville Cat Host Hub

Thanks for signing up to be a Cat Host for the Bowmanville Cat Tour! We're so excited that your cat(s) will be part of the tour on Caturday, October 10 from 3–5pm, with a block party to follow on Farragut (east of Hoyne, to the alley before Damen Ave).

🐾 Welcome to Your Cat Host Hub

We've created this online Cat Host Hub for our participating hosts. This is your go-to spot for everything you need to know about the Bowmanville Cat Tour.

Here we’ll include:

  • Important event information

  • Tour day details and updates

  • Host resources and trading cards

  • Information about the tour map and routes

  • An opportunity to connect and share ideas with other Bowmanville Cat Hosts in the comments below.

We'll continue adding information here as we get closer to October 10.

📸 Cat Photos

If you haven’t yet, please follow the directions below to send a photo of your cat. We'll use your photo on the tour map and on social media to help attendees get excited to meet your feline celebrity.

In the email, please include:

  • One high-quality photo of each participating cat. Please only send one photo per cat — we have a lot of participants!

  • Please label each filename with your street address and cat name to make it easier for us to add your photo to the map. For example: 4646NSeeleyAve_Captain.png

  • Email your photo to lsqcattour@gmail.com by October 3 for inclusion on the map.

📍 The Cat Map

We've mapped all of our participating cats and planned the best routes through Bowmanville. Check out the map below to confirm your cat’s information is accurate. We do not have time to adjust information unless it is inacccurate (wrong address, cat name misspelled, etc.).

View the cat map here!

If you have trouble viewing the link, copy/paste this URL into your browser: https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edit?mid=165HTa_HBID_qgd0gYaOldnlNxkX9fE0&usp=sharing

👻 A Cat Costume Contest

There will be a digital cat costume contest – along with prizes – at the tour. You can vote here.

If you know that you will want to participate:

  1. Email lsqcattour@gmail.com to let us know you plan to join the contest.

  2. Prepare your cat’s costume! It could be a simple cat hat, or you can go all out.

  3. Send a photo of your cat in its costume by October 3.

🎉 Start Planning Your Cat's Big Debut!

Now's the fun part! Start thinking about how you'd like to show off your cat during the tour.

Some ideas:

  • Add signage around your area to direct people to see your cat

  • Decorate your window

  • Create funny signs about your cat

  • Display photos or a "Meet the Cat" poster

  • Add festive decorations

  • Give your cat a fun theme or costume (even if you aren’t participating in the contest)

  • Engage visitors with tricks & treats for both cats and humans

  • Come up with something completely original!

Whether you keep it simple or go all out, we can't wait to see what Bowmanville's cats have in store for us.

⛈️ What about a rain date?

If the weather forces us to cancel the tour on October 10, the rain date will be the following Saturday, October 17, 3-5pm. If there is light rain, we will continue as planned. Heavy rain and storms will cause us to have to cancel.

👇 JOIN THE CAT CHAT BELOW

Add a comment to connect with other Bowmanville Cat Tour hosts below. Share details about what you’re planning and get ideas to make it a purrfect caturday in Bowmanville. Leaves are falling. Cats are calling. 🍂🐈

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