Our program started spring of 2015 when one of our program founders noticed a colony of cats feeding out of a dumpster in the neighborhood. She connected with another program founder that had been doing TNR randomly on her own over the years. A bake sale was held at the local IGA along with a rummage sale to raise money for spay and neuter costs. That first summer 8 adult females and 6 adult male cats were fixed. In addition, 7 kittens were adopted. The need continued so we continued. Little did we know back then that we would be where we are today! Since 2015 we have spayed/neutered over 450 cats and adopted out 213 kittens/cats (in 2020 alone we spayed/neutered 178 cats, 96 females and 78 male). We also adopted out 85 kittens. Each year the program grows and each year we have gained wonderful volunteers and supporters. In summer of 2021 we became an official 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Our mission is spay/neuter of outdoor cats in the Sparta area to stabilize outdoor cat populations and prevent kitten/cat suffering. Our program is donation based, whatever a caregiver is able to provide we accept. We make up the cost by fundraisers and private donations. We receive no city, county or state funding. Now being a 501(c)(3) we will be looking further into grants for TNR. We have proven that TNR (trap-neuter-release) does work. We have been able to stabilize outdoor cat colonies and prevent kitten/cat suffering through TNR. We have been able to stop distemper (panleukopenia) in a colony and care for sick/injured outdoor cats. We have been able to remove kittens and some friendly adult cats off the streets to give them a better life. We know there is still a great need out there and hopefully each year we can help lessen that need. All of this happens because of YOU… the volunteers, the supporters, the donors! Thank you.