Maui's Homeless Cats need your help

Aloha my name is Helen and my fundraiser is for my private cat sanctuary "One Cat Short of Crazy Sanctuary”, here on the island of Maui. 

I have been taking care of, feeding and healing these homeless cats for the last 22 years all on my own...

but I now need you “special heart centered beings” and community to help me continue taking care of these cats. 

Taking care of nature is our responsibility as we are able to do something plus helping homeless animals opens ones heart to deeper compassion and love. 

I spend about $1500 plus a month for food and $2400 for rent for the sanctuary.... not including vet fees or extra supplies. I also need a newer car.

Dry food (Costco and Petco) $650

Wet food $550

Chicken stock $50

Cat litter (Pine pellets) $65

Gas for car $160

Below is about a weeks supply of food 

Food from Costco and Petco

 Since the Lahaina Fires, it has become financially very challenging to continue … more cats are showing up and cat food is getting more expensive plus there are always unexpected vet emergencies.

I also welcome gift cards from Petco, Costco and Amazon where I buy most of my cat food and the cards can be sent to

PO Box 184, Kihei, HI. 96763 USA

or you can order from Amazon the following and send to my PO Box.

The Cat Food listed below I buy from Costco.. it's the Costco at Kahului 96732 ..I also buy chicken stock to mix with the dry and wet as some cats are old. And they need moisture with the dry food...I have to limit the wet as I have so many cats to feed.

or Cash direct to my Venmo@mauihelen.            

I have vet fees plus other things I buy, like cat litter (dry pine pellets) for the ones I have at the Sanctaury. (One with kidney disease and I also have a blind kitty)

I believe life is about having kindness and compassion towards all living things and helping when we can.

Even $5 helps as it all adds up. Please donate what your heart wants to give.

We have a huge homeless cat population on Maui and with the Lahaina fires more cats have been displaced.. 

Plus during the lock down many cats were trapped and dumped elsewhere on the island by neighbors who didn't want cats around their property. 

I have several at my cat colonies - (a cruel act as many trapped cats were people’s loved pets - I have returned several lucky ones back to their families as they had micro chips). 

More and more cats are being dumped .. one small colony out of 7 that I feed have gone from 6 to 15 plus cats. And 2 showed up at one colony last week.

i also trap and get cats fixed at the Humane society so the population at my colonies stay the same but its the dumping of cats that’s the problem…A friend found 3 kittens in a dumpster last week.. only 1 survived!

I have about 7 colonies I drive out to feed every night (sometimes till 2am) . The cats all wait even when it rains or if there is a hurricane, so there is “ No I can't go out tonight".. They all get soaked and so do I. 

Please open your heart and help us so I can continue what I am doing as there is no "I don't think I will do this anymore" as there is no way I can abandoned these cats who now rely on me.

       

Any amount donated will help me continue helping these homeless cats of Maui.

Some photographs and stories of the cats are on Instagram @onecatshortofcrazysanctuary

A little about me… I’m an Artist and Underwater Photographer, work part time, and am on Social Security.

Life lived fully is a heart filled with love, kindness and compassion for all living things.. (even the annoying rooster at 3 am)

I didn’t plan on feeding all these homeless cats.. it just happened when 22 years ago I saw a starving mama cat and her babies, so started feeding them, then got them all fixed and soon feeding one family turned into feeding 7 colonies totaling about 65 plus cats..

Thank you all very much for helping me help these homeless cats on Maui ❤️