Animals needing guardian angels

Those who prefer on-line payment can pay for their sponsorship through Paypal. If you prefer this method of payment, Paypal explains how to do it.

Hard-to-Place sponsorship program

Katie's Place has several animals who are unlikely to be adopted. Meanwhile there are people who'd love to take an animal home but they can't for one reason or another.

For those who would like to take a special animal under their wing, we have a sponsor program.

For $15 per month you can sponsor a hard-to-place animal for a period from three months to a year. You'll receive a sponsor certificate for your animal and we'll send you our newsletters and update you on any changes in your sponsor animal's life. Your sponsor animal may be adopted (if their lucky day ever comes) or, if you sponsor one of our elderly or FeLV/FIV cats, your animal's time may come to cross the Rainbow Bridge. If this happens, you will be able to choose another animal to sponsor or we can pick one for you.

Sponsorship will provide basics such as food and vet care. Your money goes directly to the animals. Less than three percent of our funds are spent on maintenance (eg. phone, bank fees, insurance). Nobody who works at Katie's Place receives any kind of remuneration.

There are different costs associated with each hard-to-place animal. An elderly animal may require ongoing medication for a chronic condition, and some injured animals have had surgeries totaling hundreds of dollars. But a shy animal may need no more than altering, tattooing and vaccinating. Regardless, the costs for each animal amount to more than $15 per month. So each animal could have several sponsors, each of whom contribute directly to the animal's care. Every animal requires a minimum of three to five sponsors to completely cover veterinary costs and expenses of daily life (food, litter, heat...).

For us, the most important words in our mission statement are: "The sick, elderly and homely are as precious to us as the healthy, young and attractive." Many of the animals we take in require veterinary care. It can end up being very expensive, but as long as their lives have meaning for them, we will do whatever it takes to make them comfortable. If they're young and have the potential for long, happy lives we will get whatever treatment is required to make them whole. If they are elderly or terminal we will get whatever treatment is required to keep them comfortable. Only when life becomes a burden for them we will help them pass. Cost has never figured into the decision. Our vets have trusted us to pay when we can and the generosity of supporters who donate whatever they can spare has kept our vet bills paid to date.

If you're interested in sponsoring an animal, please email our volunteer business manager, Susan, at helpkatiesplace@shaw.ca to set it up. Your sponsorship can be either a lump sum payment for the length of time you want to sponsor, or postdated cheques. Cheques can be made out to "Katie's Place". Please contact Susan for the mailing address.

Some of the sponsor animals have chronic medical issues. Some are healthy but have other issues that make them hard-to-place. Even without veterinary expenses, all the animals need funding to provide for them. If a sponsor animal has minimal expenses at the moment, the funds from his or her sponsorship help support other animals who need extra care immediately. Many of the cats we take are highly adoptable except for a fixable medical problem. Fletcher needed surgery for his eyes. Otherwise he was healthy and friendly and he now has a home. The vet determined that Swayze had ingested some kind of poison that affected his balance. But this lovable cat recovered and was adopted. Many need their matted fur shaved; many need dental work.... Homeless cats arrive with issues more often that not. For many of them, once a vet has addressed their problem they become highly adoptable and soon go to new homes. We don't list these highly adoptable cats with short term problems as sponsor cats since a Guardian Angel could go through a dizzying number of cats during their sponsorship. So the cats that we assess as hard-to-place represent the whole group. The hard-to-place animals have more than one sponsor in many cases.  The sponsorship funds help take care of all the animals and all the funding goes to the animals' care. Nobody who works at Katie's Place takes any kind of remuneration.

Hard-to-place animals looking for guardian angels

Those who prefer on-line payment can pay for their sponsorship through Paypal. If you prefer this method of payment, Paypal explains how to do it.

Our animals' guardian angels

Lizzie is sponsored by Bob and Lorie
Kona is sponsored by Bob and Lorie
Taz is sponsored by Ann Marie
Sprite is sponsored by Judy
Moustache is sponsored by Jane
Beyonce is sponsored by Joyce
Moustache is sponsored by Joyce
Colette is sponsored by Joyce
Taz is sponsored by Joyce
Moustache is sponsored byKari
Stitch is sponsored by Kari
Scotlyn is sponsored by Ena
Adam is sponsored by Kari
Colette is sponsored by Margaret Rose
Kona is sponsored by Flora
Jack is sponsored by Rita
Stitch is sponsored by Rita
Taz is sponsored by Donna
Adam is sponsored by Lily
Purrecious is sponsored by Laurie
Hal is sponsored by Lily
Beyonce is sponsored by Greybrook Academy - Pre-K Class
Jack is sponsored by Brenda
Scotlyn is sponsored by Brenda and Jim
Frederick is sponsored by Roanne
Roscoe is sponsored by Roanne
Stitch is sponsored by Roanne
Colette is sponsored by Alison and Colin
Turbo is sponsored by Jim
Waldo is sponsored by Debbie
Devon are sponsored by Flora
Adam is sponsored by Joyce
Reed is sponsored by Pauline
Jack is sponsored by Michael
Devon is sponsored by Lorna
Freddy is sponsored by Ena
Beyonce is sponsored by Wendy
Turbo is sponsored by Kate and Will
Purrecious is sponsored by Kate and Will
Jack is sponsored by Kate and Will
Roscoe is sponsored by Nanook
Scotlyn is sponsored by Sandy
Hal is sponsored by Irene
Brie is sponsored by Jean
Frederick is sponsored by Susie
Waldo is sponsored by Chris
Kona is sponsored by Diane
Nancy is sponsored by Audrey
Yogurt & Matilda are sponsored by Phyllis
Purrecious is sponsored bySamantha
Yogurt & Matilda are sponsored by the Fairbrother Family
Roscoe is sponsored by Penny
Frederick is sponsored by 'SD 333'
Beyonce is sponsored by Phyllis
Devon is sponsored by Maureen
Stitch is sponsored by the Duplissie Family
Hal is sponsored by Terrina
Brie is sponsored by Carlo and Zenaidar
Devon is sponsored by Connie and Britton
Yogurt & Matilda are sponsored by Connie and Britton
Stitch is sponsored by Jordan and Bernadette
Reed is sponsored by Jordan and Bernadette
 

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