Feline Outreach - About Us

The History and Mission of Feline Outreach

Feline Outreach is a charitable organization formed to promote the routine and medical care of cats.

Feline Outreach is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization. All donations are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.

History

Feline Outreach was founded by three cat lovers, who met through an online support group for caregivers of diabetic cats.

The founders wanted to form an organization dedicated to providing caregivers the educational and financial assistance necessary to care for their cats.

In 2006, Feline Outreach was formed and registered.

Mission

Our goal is to keep cats in homes.

Often caregivers find themselves faced with a seemingly overwhelming situation, but a helping hand can enable them to keep and care for their valued feline family member. Sometimes, all the caregiver needs is education on how to care for their cat. Other times, some financial assistance may be needed for a large veterinary bill.

Feline Outreach promotes routine and medical care of cats. Specifically, the organization may:

Educate and support the public in the proper care of their cats

Support research and study into nutrition, medical treatment, and other subjects pertaining to cats

Enable shelters and the public to adopt, keep, and/or care for cats, particularly those with special needs - this support may be financial, educational, or in other forms.

Provide sanctuary, foster care, or transportation for cats with special medical needs or for whom adoption seems unlikely.

Accomplishments

Since its inception, Feline Outreach has assisted several families with veterinary bills for emergency visits, surgeries, and other treatments. Often these individuals are on worker’s compensation, disability, or unemployment and don’t know where to turn for help with a large bill. Sometimes, education can help them eliminate unnecessary bills or find less costly options.

We’ve also been pleased to present our “Paws for Education” awards to individuals or organizations we feel do an outstanding job at educating the public on caring for cats.

Finally

Our ability to help others depends on the amount of contributions we receive. While we’ve been amazed at the number of individuals we help that want to eventually donate back the amount of assistance they receive, we deeply regret denying anyone assistance simply because we haven’t any funds on hand.

After much consideration, the board of Feline Outreach decided to dissolve the nonprofit effective June 30, 2011.

Read more about our board members:

Trina, Heather, and Jennifer.