#derekscat

Hello, tumblr folks.  As you can probably guess by the title of this post, I am looking for some assistance.  A feral cat that lives near my house recently gave birth to kittens, and I'd like to be able to take one in.  

I currently work at a YMCA camp; a rewarding job but doesn't quite allow for all too much extra spending money.  Throw in two college degrees to pay off, and I think you can understand the situation.  

We had no intention of mama cat giving birth.  She was signed up for a trap, fix and release program only to be too far along in pregnancy for the doctor to perform the spay.  Three days later, three new kittens were residents of camp.  The costs to adopt one of these kittens, while not soul-crushingly high, are hard to scrounge up quickly on a non-profit organization salary.

Through community vet clinics, I will be able to get the cost for shots, microchipping and spay/neuter reduced quite a bit.  The total still will come out to about $263, a total just outside my comfort zone of spending right now.  Once those initial costs are covered, I'll be able to easily budget monthly expenses for food and such.  We also want to take mama in to get fixed for sure this time, although it will likely be a little more expensive since it won't be through a population control program.

I've created a GoFundMe campaign to assist raising funds for the kittens.  Of course, there are some perks on it which range from stupid to not terrible.  Brainstorming is still ongoing for bigger and better perks to add throughout the campaign.