Page 1 - MidWeek Leeward - Oct 5, 2022

ALL SMILES
‘Aiea resident earns a scholarship from HDS Foundation.
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LITTLE VICTORIES
Honolulu Little League receives donation from Waimalu shop. SEE PAGE 4
Cat Café Opens In Leeward O‘ahu
Beth Doughty (left), vice president of KAT Charities and general manager of Toe Beans and Dreams, with Garfield, and Dr. Karen Tyson, president of KAT Charities and owner of Toe Beans and Dreams, with Princess Buttercup, welcome customers to cuddle with cats, have a coffee and help people with disabilities get a job. LAWRENCE TABUDLO PHOTO
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Along with Beth Doughty, a long-time spe- cial education teacher, Tyson founded KAT Charities, a nonprofit animal rescue organi- zation, and the café was purposefully estab- lished to fulfill the nonprofit’s mission — to be a place where animals can find homes and people with disabilities can find employment.
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r. Karen Tyson has had a love for the well-being of all creatures — both humans and furry friends — since
she was a small child. That love has led her to becoming one of O‘ahu’s top psychologists. as well as rescuing thousands of animals annually. Now, she is combining those two callings with the opening of Toe Beans and Dreams Adoption Café in Pearl Kai Shopping Center in ‘Aiea.
Since the nonprofit’s founding, Tyson and Doughty have spayed or neutered thousands of feral cats, provided medical care to un- wanted animals and found permanent homes for more than 2,000 cats pulled from the streets — while almost exclusively relying on their own personal funds and resources.
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