Articles - Donating

Donations to keep our shelter running are greatly needed. You can make a donation at Paypal.com using the button below.

Monthly deductions are our favorite form of financial support. It is easy to do this through our Adopt a Cage program. Knowing that we can count on some income each month is very helpful.

AHS By the Numbers

250 cats (approximately) live with the shelter.
$4000 is the average monthly cost of running the shelter.
250 cats (approximately) have been adopted in the past year.
60 tons of kitty litter is used by the shelter in a year.
60 tons of used kitty litter has to be hauled away in the dumpsters per year.

What can a donation buy?

$5 feeds one cat for a month.
$5 buys a series of 2 feline distemper and upper respiratory virus vaccinations.
$9 buys 80 pounds of cat litter (enough for 50 cats for one day)
$12 buys one microchip and registration for one cat.
$15 buys one feline leukemia virus test.
$50 buys a spay/neuter operation.

Extra Credit Question

What will a healthy cat cost in vet bills in order to be ready for adoption?

Hint: It will need a spay/neuter operation, a leukemia test, distemper and rabies vaccinations, and a microchip.

Please call (907) 344-8808 or e-mail us for more information.