Access to care, for real.
Most days, we’re elbow-deep in forty surgical patients. There’s rarely room for walk-in emergencies.
Nina and her brother were just five weeks old when a neighbor rushed them in at the end of our workday. A dog had attacked them. Both were tiny foundling community kittens, barely a pound each. The ER wasn’t financially possible, and options were limited. Their finder was willing to help if we could treat them. We made it work.
Despite everyone’s efforts, Nina’s brother didn’t survive. Nina did, but barely. We stabilized her, managed her pain, and once she was strong enough, amputated her damaged leg. When she woke up, she ate a snack and started batting at her toys. That’s when we knew she’d be okay.
By three months old, she was thriving and came back for her spay. She now lives with her finders and Flor the beagle. Nina keeps up just fine on three legs.
We get emails or calls about patients like Nina every week. They’re animals who need surgery outside the routine. Having the ability to treat them depends on capacity, and donor support is what makes that possible.
How donor support turns capacity into access
Cases like Nina’s take skill, staff time, and a surgery suite that’s ready to go.
This year, by adding a second surgeon on Sundays, we’ve gone from four solo-surgeon days to the equivalent of five.
That shift means more than 6,300 spay/neuter surgeries in 2025 — 1,000 more than last year.
Our next goal is to add another full surgical day each week and further increase this capacity.
Each additional surgery day means more patients treated, just like Nina. Fewer left waiting for care, and more animals treated on time.
Access to care becomes real only when there’s capacity to deliver it.
Your Gift Keeps the Surgeries Going
Every donation - large or small - goes directly into the clinic’s capacity: the people, equipment, and time it takes to treat animals like Nina.
You help us fix the fixable.
You help us treat animals that have nowhere else to go.
You keep this clinic accessible and running safely at full capacity.
What your gift makes possible:
$20/month – Keeps surgery within reach all year for the next patient who needs it
$50 – Vaccines for five cats during TNR surgery
$200 – Offsets the true cost of a spay or neuter for a client in crisis
$500 – Covers a major surgery for a cat like Nina
$1,000 – Funds part of an additional surgical day
Monthly Giving Keeps the Surgery Suite Moving
$20 a month helps cover surgeries like Nina’s and helps us add another full day of surgery next year.
*$20/month or $50+ one-time donations will receive an AFC tote bag.
Recent Donor Impact. Thank you for helping to Fund-A-Need!
Your gifts at this year’s Silent Auction helped fund essential clinic upgrades and patient care.
Help Fund Critical HVAC Repairs – $25
Reina L., Katie J., Genie, Daphne C., Tina K., Nancy C., Shiva K., Alexandra B.
Help Us Replace Our Washer & Dryer – $50
Kari B., Laura W., Meghan D., Larisa B., Andrew A., Nicole D., Nancy C., Kim T., Dayna S., Alexandra B., Fleur H., Sheryl O., Suzanne B.
Sponsor a Community Cat TNR Package – $100
Kate J., Laura W., Nancy A., Anita S., Nancy C., Dayna S., Arlene M., Barbara M.
Sponsor a Surgery for a Painful Condition – $250
Joan Y., Michele G., Bastiaan V.
Sponsor an Urgent Surgery – $500
Bastiaan V.
Your generosity keeps the clinic running smoothly and the surgeries going.
