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Toe Beans Cat Cafe

Who?
Toe Beans Cat Cafe is a business venture between husband and wife team Spencer Roffey and Alise-Ann Glover. They are working on opening Toe Beans Cat Cafe in downtown Port Hope, Ontario!
Spencer and Alise are both cat lovers and have over 20 years of business, retail and food service experience combined.

What... is a cat cafe?
Combining the traditional coffee shop model with animal rescue, retail space, tourist attraction and comfortable community hub, Toe Beans Cat Cafe will bring the business model of the animal cafe popularised in South Korea and Japan to a Canadian market in Port Hope, Ontario.
The world’s first cat cafe opened in Taiwan in 1998, and quickly became a tourist destination. By 2004 the idea had flourished and spread to Japan. By 2015, 58 cat cafes were in operation in Japan and the idea had spread world wide. A relatively new concept to hit Canada, the first cat cafe opened in Montreal in 2014. Ontario currently have 4 cat cafes in operation.
Toe Beans Cat Cafe will be a place where you can grab a coffee and a snack or have lunch in the anxiety reducing company of cats.

What's the money for?
We plan on using our crowdfunded money for renovations and building improvments. The requirements of a cat cafe are unique and no matter the space, we will need to do extensive renovations. The construction of a cafe area and a separate cat space to maintain a safe environment for cats and people is our top priority. Our current estimate for our required renovations is well over $20,000. If we excede our goal, we'll be using that money for kitchen equipment and cool furniture for cats and people!

Why should I bother?
You're helping us make our dreams come true and giving back to the community!
In addition to being a cool neighbourhood hub and a cute tourist destination, Toe Beans Cat Cafe plans on giving back to the community by partnering with a local animal rescue. Cats at Toe Beans would be adoptable through this organization.
We want Toe Beans Cat Cafe to be enjoyable for everyone and plan on having an exclusively gluten-free kitchen in addition to having vegan and vegetarian options. No worries meat lovers! We'll have options for you as well.  <3

Where can I watch your progress?
We'll be posting updates frequently on social media! You can find Toe Beans Cat Cafe on;
Instagram - @toebeanscafe
Twitter - @toebeanscafe
Facebook - www.facebook.com/toebeanscafe


Our tentative opening date is July 2018. We aim to have rewards beyond postcards mailed out around that time.


*Restictions to Name A Cat Reward are;
- Name cannot be racist, sexist, vulgar, obscene or offensive in anyway to any person or group
- Toe Beans Cat Cafe retains the right to reject, edit or change any name sugguested by the $5000 supporter

Organizer

Alise-Ann Glover
Organizer
Rd, ON

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