Hundreds of thousands of cats roam the streets of Detroit.
Everyday Detroiters come upon cats and kittens that are sick, injured, and in unsafe conditions, call everywhere they can for help and hit wall after wall with every rescue and shelter being perpetually full and overwhelmed.
Since 2019, we’ve worked extremely hard to make a dent in these walls. Detroit is a city of cat lovers, the cats are our friends and neighbors. We help not only the cats but their human caretakers, by spaying and neutering the feral cats they feed, distributing food donations, providing advice and connecting to other resources if we are at capacity. In 2020 we officially launched our adoption program placing friendly outdoor cats and kittens into homes and have adopted out over 500 cats to this day.
And this is but such a tiny dent. Every year gets harder and harder with cats reproducing like crazy. We still can help only a small fraction of all the cats that need help just in the Detroit city limits.
To do more, we need more. And we need your help now. There are too many cats outside dying horrible deaths every day.
This year is our 3rd consecutive participation in the Rocket Community Challenge, a month-long giving event launching August 4th at noon and running through August 29th at 5pm. During this time, you can donate directly to us via our Rocket Community Challenge profile page or sponsor us with a matching grant donation from your business.
For this challenge we are asking you to help us raise 15,000 – the amount we need to take us to the next level. Which will be used for:
- Cat care costs:
- Each cat receives a spay/neuter, rabies and distemper vaccine, FIV/FeLV test, de-wormer, flea treatment and microchip at a minimum prior to being adopted
- Most cats require additional care if they have any illnesses upon intake or in our care, running bills upwards of $200
- Supplies for foster
This amount would empower us to make a greatly more significant difference that Detroit cats badly need.
If interested in sponsoring, please fill out our sponsorship form or email us.
Thank you for reading and for your support!
Only donations made via the official challenge team page will count toward our grand total, please find the official link to donate here: https://www.rocketcommunitychallenge.com/story/H55qsf