This stray cat wandered into a nursing home... and got a job (Gallery)
A stray cat wandered up to a nursing home one day and decided to make it her forever home. She even got herself a job! (Scroll down for video)
Meet Oreo the cat!
St. Augustine Health Ministries
This former stray kept showing up outside St. Augustine Health Ministries in Cleveland, Ohio and just kept coming back.
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“She’s like the family here. She helps the residents, she helps the employees, and we just love her,” said Carmen Delgado, receptionist of St. Augustine Health Ministries in Cleveland, Ohio.
St. Augustine Health Ministries
Oreo lifts everyone's spirits. Everybody just adores her.
“Most of the people we serve here had pets… so to have Oreo here, for them to be able to come out and pet the cat and see how the cat is doing… it brings… those feelings of home,” Dana Carns, director of advancement, said.
St. Augustine Health Ministries
“I’m always getting pictures, even on the weekends or at night that the staff are taking. ‘Oh look, Oreo is at the reception desk, answering the phone, because it’s after hours’, or ‘she’s sitting on a bench with a resident who’s waiting for her ride.'”
St. Augustine Health Ministries
St. Augustine Health Ministries
“I think it just brings a lot of laughter, a lot of smiles, and a lot of just normalcy.”
St. Augustine Health Ministries
For working a few hours at the front desk, Oreo gets a forever home with all the attention and love she can handle. We think that's a pretty good deal.
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