Since the St. Augustine Humane Society created the Pin Up Paws Calendar as a fundraising idea it has continued to not only raise money but also make history over the past couple of years.
It started last year when Katherine the cat received the most votes in the annual contest and became the first cat to ever grace the cover of the calendar after dogs had held the main image for the first 12 years of the competition.
However, Katherine the cat did not stop there but followed it up by being the first back-to-back winner in the calendar’s history.
She tallied 4,920 votes, which edged out Cupcake, another cat, who garnered 4,665 votes to give cats the top two spots in the contest.
Of the 13 pets entered in this year’s contest, they were the only two to receive more than 4,000 votes.
Katherine is a former shelter cat and has proved to be a very popular cat not just amongst her family but with the local community as well.
She is owned by Jay Johnson who says she loves cold water to drink and is a fan of snuggling while watching television.
She also enjoys playing hide and seek and has a talent for waking up people before their alarm is set to go off and does so with sweet kisses.
Each vote is worth $1 toward the St. Augustine Humane Society.
The goal was for Katherine to raise $2,500 and she surpassed it by nearly double by raising $4,920 en route to helping the humane society raise a total of $36,089 during the contest.
The 2025 Pin Up Paws calendar will be officially revealed during the Pin Up Paws Party on Oct. 24. This upcoming year’s calendar’s theme is “sweet things.”
