There are many rewarding ways to help the cats at OCSP Cat Rescue. We appreciate every donation, small or large, every loving foster home, and, of course, every hard-working volunteer!
If time is what you'd like to give, we have plenty of rewarding opportunities. Contact us if you're interested in any of the following opportunities or if you have some suggestions for other ways you can help!
Foster
The rescue work we do is directly linked to how many foster homes that we have. Right now we are desperately seeking foster homes. This consists of keeping rescued cats/kittens in your home until they find their forever home. We ALWAYS have kitties that need a foster home. Especially during kitten season!
You can specify particular preferences (kittens/special needs/ willing to medicate/willing to isolate/etc). We get many calls requesting us to take in strays or owner surrendered pets and even though we would love to be able to accommodate everybody we are only able to help those for which we have foster homes. For this reason you would literally be saving lives by fostering pets in need. We will guide you through the basics if you have never fostered before and even if you have we will always be available to answer questions and assist in the transition to the foster home. Please email us if you are interested in fostering.
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Volunteer
We need people to clean our kennels and check on the cats at all of our Petco catteries on a daily basis. You'll scoop litter boxes to be sure, but you will also get to play with the cats to your heart's content, and quickly become known as The One With the Food, loved by all. Shifts take about an hour, and you can take on as many or as few shifts per week as you want. the cats are counting on you for food and other basic needs so you MUST show up for your shifts or give reasonable notice if you cannot make it.
We need regular volunteers to come to our weekly adoption events, and occasionally fundraisers, to help set up, greet potential adopters, and keep the cats entertained.
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Donate
Other ways you can help
Help us give kittens and cats the care they need by donating! We have a donation fee to cover the most basic and necessary treatments done for every cat. Although we try to have the adoption fee cover these expenses, many cats we rescue require extra medical attention such as the common eye infection in kittens. Every donation helps protect and house homeless cats. We ALWAYS need more donations for vet bills! Here is what everything typically costs for a new cat we rescue:
Rabies: $7
FvRCP combo shot: $10
(3 shots required for kittens amounting to $30 for a kitten)
FeLV/FIV test: $20
Microchip: $10
Spay: $65
Neuter: $45
Boarding: $11/night
Dry food: $5/week per cat
Wet food: $5/week per cat
Momma cat and kittens hard food: $10/week per cat and kittens
Momma cat and kittens soft food: $20/week per cat and kittens
Litter: $13.50/week/cat
Chewy.com Wish List
Do you order pet supplies from Chewy? We have a Wish List!
You can purchase gift cards, food, toys, cat litter and other things on our list for our cats. Chewy takes care of the rest for you by shipping it directly to us. It’s so easy, and our fur babies appreciate it.
We always need food and litter. Just click on the cart icon to add it to your donation shopping cart. After you check out, Chewy takes care of the delivery.
A note about the Amazon Smile Program:“The AmazonSmile customer-directed donation program will permanently shut down on February 20, 2023.”
If you’ve signed up with Amazon Smile and chosen us (Or another non-profit) as the chosen entity to receive funds, please be aware this program is ending. There are other ways to donate to our charity. Our main donation is through Give Lively.
This decision is very disheartening as those funds were generated from purchases at no additional cost to the consumer. Passive donations like those are great ways for people to aid charities, and now that option is gone. This means our charity is losing one source of donations. We know you all care about our rescue, so please take a moment to consider becoming a monthly donor. Even if you pledge a small amount each month, as little as five dollars makes a difference when hundreds of people do it. We know many of you had us selected as your chosen charity, and we hope you can continue to support our cats.
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