Desert Paws Cat Cafe

11/03/2026

🐾🎉 T-MINUS 15 DAYS UNTIL GRAND OPENING, ALAMOGORDO!! 🎉🐾

We're SO excited to finally announce the OFFICIAL GRAND OPENING of Desert Paws Cat Café! 🐱🍦

🎀 Wednesday, November 18, 2026
✂️ Ribbon Cutting at 11:00 AM
📍 906 New York Avenue, Downtown Alamogordo
⏰ We'll be open until 6:00 PM!

After months of planning, construction, and plenty of unexpected delays, we're finally ready to open our doors and welcome YOU! ❤️

Come celebrate with us and enjoy:
🐱 A peek at our adorable adoptable cats through our partnership with Kitty City!
🍦 Delicious self-serve frozen yogurt with lots of yummy toppings!
🐾 Meet our very own Desert Paws cat mascot!

🎁 A GRAND OPENING GIVEAWAY — TWO LUCKY WINNERS!
We're giving away TWO cat-themed gift baskets, each packed with fun feline-inspired goodies PLUS a FREE Cat Lounge Experience and Frozen Yogurt for TWO! 🐈🍦

How to enter: Stop by on November 18th and fill out a FREE giveaway entry slip! No purchase necessary. One entry per person, ages 16 and older.

🎉 Winners will be randomly selected on Thursday, November 19th, contacted directly, and announced right here on Facebook!

❤️ MORE THAN JUST A CAT CAFÉ!
Desert Paws Cat Café is operated through our nonprofit foundation, Abilities In Action, with a mission close to our hearts: creating meaningful employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities while supporting cat adoption and bringing our community together.

Our frozen yogurt café is open to everyone! You can enjoy your froyo and watch the cats from our lobby. Cat Lounge visits have limited capacity, so reservations are encouraged! 🐾

November 18th also marks the beginning of our regular business operations! We'll be opening our doors for the full day and continuing our regular schedule moving forward!

We truly can't wait to share this special place with Alamogordo. Thank you to everyone who has cheered us on, followed our progress, and patiently waited for us to open!

💕 Help us spread the word! SHARE this post, TAG your favorite cat lover, and make plans to celebrate with us!

Let's make November 18th a PURR-FECT day! 🐱🎉🍦

11/01/2026

🎃🐾 WOW, Alamogordo… WHAT A Halloween DAY! 🐈🍦

Yesterday, we opened the doors to Desert Paws Cat Café for a surprise Halloween soft opening, and you all made it absolutely PAW-SOME! 🧡

We loved seeing SO MANY amazing trick-or-treaters, creative costumes, smiling faces, and families stopping by to get a sneak peek at what we’ve been working so hard to bring to our community!

Let’s just say… the frozen yogurt was FLOWING, the costumes were adorable, and our hearts were FULL! 🍦💕 We scooped up hundreds of sweet treats and even sweeter memories!

🐾 We also had some special appearances from our furry friends and mascot, who loved being part of the Halloween fun!

THANK YOU, Alamogordo, for the incredible excitement, kind words, and support! Seeing our little dream come to life and sharing it with all of you made the day extra special.

And the best part? We’re just getting started! 🐱

Stay tuned… more sweet treats, furry faces, and exciting things are coming VERY soon!

📍 906 New York Ave | Alamogordo, NM

10/28/2026

10/23/2026

🐾 A little sneak peek at what we’ve been working on! 🐱💕

From construction chaos to almost cat café ready! 🛠️✨ It’s been so exciting watching Desert Paws Cat Café come to life, and we’re getting SO close to welcoming you all!

A HUGE shoutout to the amazing crew at White Sands Construction! 👏🔨 They’ve worked so hard to bring our vision to life, and we couldn’t be more thankful for all the time, effort, and attention to detail they’ve put into this project. We had to give them some love in this little behind-the-scenes reel! ❤️

We’re almost ready for the cats, the froyo, and most importantly… YOU! 🍦🐈

Stay tuned! The countdown to opening is officially on! 🐾🎉

10/08/2026

🐾 A Little Pawsitive Update from Desert Paws Cat Café! 🐱🍦

We know, we know… the suspense is claw-ful! 😹

Our opening is taking a little longer than we hoped (turns out permits don't move quite as fast as excited kittens 🐾), but we have some exciting news!

🔨 Construction is getting SO close to being finished! We're hoping to wrap things up by the end of this week or next!

We're still working through the permitting process before we can officially welcome everyone, but we're getting closer every day!

In the meantime, we are prepping our first yogurt menu and in the hiring process so we can open quickly after permits!

Thank you for being patient with us! We can't wait to bring some kitty cuddles and frozen yogurt to Alamogordo! 🐈🍦

Stay pawsitive… we're almost there! 🐾💕

09/18/2026

🐾🍦 OPENING UPDATE! 🍦🐾

We know so many of you have been asking, “When are you opening?!” - and trust us, we are just as ready to open those doors as you are! 💕

We wanted to share a quick update with our community. As we’ve worked through the final permitting process, we learned that some additional contracted work will be required before we can receive our final approvals. Unfortunately, this work will take a little extra time to get scheduled and completed.

Because of that, our opening is being pushed back a bit, and we are now hoping to welcome everyone to Desert Paws Cat Cafe sometime in mid-to-late October. 🤞🐾

While we’re a little disappointed about the delay, we want to make sure everything is done correctly, safely, and ready for both our guests AND our future feline residents. 🐱💗 We’ll keep everyone updated as the work progresses and will announce our official opening date as soon as we have it!!

🐾 Hiring Update! 🐾

We’ve had quite a few people asking about employment opportunities at Desert Paws, so we wanted to share a quick update!

If you’ve already sent us your resume, we haven’t forgotten about you! We have two part-time positions to fill and will begin scheduling interviews over the next few weeks. 💕 We’ll be going through the resumes we’ve received very soon and reaching out to selected applicants to schedule interviews.

Thank you so much for your patience and for your interest in being part of Desert Paws! 🐱🍦 We’re excited to start building our team!

08/12/2026

🐾 We’re Almost Ready, Alamogordo! 🍦🐱

The countdown is officially on! We are putting the finishing touches on our Cat Café and are currently waiting on final permitting and just a few last items before we can officially open our doors!

We are shooting for an October 1st opening! 🎉

�There are still a few final pieces that need to fall into place, so stay tuned - more details and an official opening announcement will be coming soon!

We are also excited to share that we have partnered with Kitty City to help connect adoptable cats with loving forever homes!

Here’s a little peek at what’s waiting for you:

👉Three frozen yogurt machines with delicious flavors and plenty of toppings

👉Refreshing drinks

👉A cozy cat lounge where you can spend time with adoptable cats

👉Opportunities to meet cats looking for their forever homes through our partnership with Kitty City

👉A fun, comfortable space to relax with friends and family

We’ve put so much love into creating a space that is more than just a sweet treat! We want it to be a place our community can enjoy while also helping local cats find loving homes.

Thank you, Alamogordo, for all of the excitement and support you’ve already shown us. We are so close and cannot wait to welcome you inside!

🐱 + 🍦 = a pretty great combination, if you ask us. 😉

October 1st is the goal - more to follow! 🐾