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WHERE IS FRANCINE?
Help us find RVA's beloved community Lowe's queen!
Francine is a store cat and honorary staff member at Lowe's Home Improvement at 1640 W. Broad Street in Richmond, VA. She is well cared for and loved by the staff and customers and can be frequently found in the garden section, in the paint department, relaxing on top of boxes, and occasionally catching mice. Learn more about Francine's disappearence - RVAMag Press Release, CBS6 press release, and The Richmonder press release.

Last sighted at Garysburg NC Distribution Center (Northampton County, NC), she is microchipped
If sighted or found call 804-495-1076 or message @wheresfrancine on Instagram and follow this page for the latest updates
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What you can do

Help us bring her home by reaching out to North Carolina, Northampton County, NC, and Garysburg in the following ways, please encourage these sources to reach back out to @wheresfrancine on instragram, copy and paste the message below to share with these organizations.

- Garysburg, Northampton, and North Carolina news sources to share the story
- North Carolina online groups (reddit, instagram, facebook, meetups, ect.)
- Local rescues, animal shelters, animal hospitals and vets etc.
- Local Garysburg and Northhampton businesses
- Share @wherefrance updates and story on your socials and anyone you may know in North Carolina
- Anywhere else you think would be helpful
- Copy and paste the message below to share with sources

Use the second tab of this document to list who you have contacted about Francine. If you see an organization has only been emailed or messaged, please help call them. Share any information you find out with @wheresfrancine on Instagram.

Please do not contact or visit RVA Lowe's or the Garysburg Distribution Center in regards to her, we are already in contact with them and they are looking for her!
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Message to share (copy and paste into emails and socials as needed include images below)

Help Richmond, Virginia, find their beloved community member and Lowe’s cat, Francine!

Francine, our beloved community cat who rules the RVA Lowe’s (1640 W. Broad Street in Richmond, VA) made her way onto a shipping truck headed for the Lowes distribution center in Garysburg, North Carolina (620 Lowe's Blvd, Garysburg, NC). She made it out the truck but their employees said she escaped to the distribution yard. They are working toward notifying all distribution facility employees to keep an eye out for her. Francine is microchipped so if you find her please contact @wheresfrancine on our Community Instagram page. Read the news press release for more information and @wheresfrancine on Instagram to stay up to date.

Please help the RVA community find and return her home in the following ways -

If sighted or found call 804-495-1076 or message @Wheresfrancine on Instagram and follow this page for the latest updates - if you can provide any support including pet or scent tracking, heat drones, or anything else please reach out: https://www.instagram.com/wheresfrancine/

Notify local North Carolina community members and businesses (Garysburg and Northampton) & share who you have contacted about Francine with the RVA community: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1AdO0hSF7KOPFMXVaWJFkNgix5E_mUsbDtw94Za1AxCE/edit?usp=sharing or @Wheresfrancine on Instagram

Share the Press Releases with your local community and network:
https://www.wtvr.com/news/local-news/search-for-francine-famous-lowes-cat-richmond-virginia-sept-28-2025
https://rvamag.com/community/richmond-rallies-to-find-francine-the-missing-lowes-cat.html
https://www.richmonder.org/francine-the-lowes-cat-one-of-richmonds-most-famous-residents-has-gone-missing/

#wheresfrancine
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