Monthly Goal:
USD $2,000
Total Raised:
USD $140
Raised this month:
USD $0
Campaign funds will be received by Steven Gagnon
We are a no-kill Cat Sanctuary. All our cats are spayed and neutered, with all vaccines current. All cats and kittens are available for adoption to forever family homes. We at Hope For Tomorrow Cat Sanctuary are those faithful servants written of in Exodus 23:
Self reliance, compassion and empathy for the hopelessness of unwanted cats, and hard work have always been our best virtues. We have spayed, neutered, vaccinated and homed more than 4000 cats in the 20 years since moving to Oklahoma. We have rescued cats from California, Missouri, and all over Oklahoma.
Old age and declining health are inconvenient truths we are facing. Two of our three founders have died already. Only Steven is left to carry on alone. Now, he is faced with rescuing, spaying and neutering a colony about 60 cats and kittens in the city of Holdenville. We have no money left to help this colony. We need donations or they will be left behind. We have no choice and the prospect of abandoning them is devastating to us. This campaign is our final hope. If donations are received, we will use the entire amount for spaying, neutering, feeding and homing. In the 4 years we have had this campaign, we have received two donations, both of them 4 years ago. It will cost us $6,600.00 to spay and neuter this recently discovered colony. and will add $500.00 a month to our feeding bill.
We have to face the reality that unless we find another source of financing all we do, we will not be able to continue on much longer. .We are feral cat rescuers, entirely self-funded until now with this request for donations. We have established a 5 acre Cat Sanctuary where the cats are free to roam within a secure enclosure. We have completed the fence to keep out coyotes and predators.. Twenty years since moving to Oklahoma, and 13 years since buying our 5 acre Sanctuary, we persevere in efforts to eliminate the unwanted cat population. We have homed all those abandoned in our city and surrounding areas. If we must, we home them here with us, so all are homed.
Steven Gagnon is a disabled Vietnam combat veteran (service connected disability). Steven had teamed up with Dusty Lucas and Sheree Hoover Lucas to help the homeless cats of Oklahoma. We have become well known in our community for our efforts. As a result, people continually abandon their unwanted cats and kittens on us, knowing we will care for them. Yet, nobody helps us financially. Now Dusty and Sheree Lucas have both died. Steven are getting old now, and his health is declining along with his ability to pay for everything. Steven is in his late 70's. He spends every available dollar of his income to help cats. He is on fixed income and he go broke at the end of every month. If he fails to go broke every month, he views it as a failure to do all he can to help the cats. With the passing of Dusty and Sheree Lucas, his ability to pay for food, spays and neuters, etc. on his own is declining. He is wanting to find other sources of funding so we can continue to help homeless cats. Overall, the situation has much improved for both the cats and the citizens of Holdenville, and Wewoka.
Rescuing, spaying and neutering, and finding good homes remains our top priority and the purpose of our plea. We are very careful that all our adoptions are to very GOOD family homes where they will be fed and receive Veterinary care when necessary.. Every month we have a spay and neuter bill. Feeding alone costs more than $1000.00 a month. We are currently feeding about 150 cats twice a day.
Please donate if you are able. We thank you in advance..
Please help us if you can. All donations are used to help the cats.
I took care of feral cats too. Very expensiveness
Keep up the good work
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