NAFFLE!! Cat on a Quilt Print

October 7, 2012--Hi, this is Mikey, the DCIN FUNdraising Spokescat. This Naffle item comes from Auntie Wendy, de lady dat helps DCIN wid ground transports on I-95 and as ground support when kitties fly through Newark airport. Wendy and her hubby Uncle Mike have met and loved on lotza DCIN kitties.

Auntie Wendy's Dad, Philip B. Schnering, is a really gud artist and sculptor. Wendy tells you about her Dad as an artist below. Wendy's Dad died this year :(( and Wendy offered me one of his printz to Naffle for DCIN.

Dis iz a limited edition print (from an original watercolor painting) that iz individually signed and numbered (#12 of 50). De print size (including signature area) is 15" x 20-1/2", and de paper size is 16-1/2" x 22-1/2". The print iz not matted or framed; it takes a standard mat with a 16" x 20" opening.

Does dis look like a kitty you know? Does dis look like a kitty you would like to know. (DCIN can sell you a brown tabby kitty with white boots and bib from the Kitties with Diabetes Store. Right now we gotz Billy in DC.)

What is a Naffle? It's Not a Raffle; read this page. With a Naffle, youse can enter to win the prize without donating. However, I am asking for donationz, and for each donation of $10, you will get an additional chance at winning this giveaway. (3 for $25.)

This is a PayPal button so that you can donate to enter the Naffle. Choose the number of donationz you want to make before you hit the "pay now" button. If you don't plan to donate but want to enter this Naffle, send an email to Venita@dcin.info.

Donations for Diabetic Cats

One $10.00 USD Two $20.00 USD Three $25.00 USD

On October 22, I will spin the random number generator to find out which person entering the Naffle gets this Cat on a Quilt print. Auntie Venita will put the winner in touch with Auntie Wendy to have her send you this print. Kewl? Yessh it is!! ~MIKEY!

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Philip B. Schnering

1917 to 2012

Artist and Sculptor

A lifelong artist, Philip Schnering painted in oil and watercolor and sculpted. He exhibited regularly in juried international and national shows and won numerous awards for his work.

He designed and sculpted a ten-foot eagle for the stern of the U.S. Frigate Constellation.


He was an official U.S. Coast Guard artist. He was an elected and signature member of the International Society of Marine Painters, the Salmgundi Club (New York), Baltimore Watercolor Society (Life Member & Past President), Miniature Painters, Sculptors, and Gravers Society (Washington, DC), and the Charcoal Club (Baltimore, MD).

His works are in the Coast Guard Permanent Collection, the Federal Reserve Bank, and a number of corporate, government, and private collections in the United States, Canada, Germany, Japan, and the Bahamas.