Central Florida Community Pet Clinic

Hi there! My name is Dara and I am the co-founder of Celery City Cat Cafe. Our original mission was to open a cat cafe but then Covid-19 popped up and added a detour to our journey.  All events/fundraisers came to a screeching halt. In July of 2020 we responded to a Facebook post about a woman looking for help TNRing a large community cat colony in Sanford, FL.

Just a few of the cuties from that colony.

The Brief Backstory:
From August to December of 2020 we were able to TNR 69 (30 from that colony alone!) cats and got 20 kittens in to rescue/foster homes thanks to our rescue partners.  However, we found it hard to find available spay/neuter appointments, even with knowing all the available resources in our area.  At our final board member meeting of the year I brought up the idea of opening a low cost spay/neuter clinic.  There was still an obvious need for more access to affordable spay/neuter services in central Florida and the board agreed!  That's where the idea of Central Florida Community Pet Clinic was born!

More cuties!

About the clinic:
Our clinic will operate as a dba (doing business as) under the non-profit status of the cat cafe while we work on getting the clinic it's own 501c3 status.  To start we will be open three days a week, and will add a fourth if we need to.  We will also offer a wellness clinic for cats and dogs.  Vaccines, microchips, heartworm tests, etc... will be available. The majority of our surgeries will be cats as they have higher euthanasia rates in our local shelters.  However, if a dog needs an emergency spay (pyometra) we will happily and without hesitation help.
  
and another one!

How You Can Help!
Opening a spay/neuter/wellness clinic is not an easy or cheap task! We applied for two grants to help offset opening costs and did not receive either, so we are asking you to help us make this  happen! We've purchased as much stuff used as we could but some items can't be bought off Facebook Marketplace :) He are our biggest expenses:

Anesthesia Machine $4,500
Antibiotics $500
Surgical Drugs $1,500
Equipment (ET tubes, centrifuge, scales, etc...) $1,500
Medical Consumables (lots medications, needles, syringes, etc...) $4,000
Surgical Instruments $2,500
Microchips and reader $750
Vaccines $3,000
Flea & heartworm prevention $4,000
Surgical Table $2,500
Exam Table $1,600
Computer/Office supplies $1,500
Licenses/permits $500
Total $28,350
and I know there's probably something I forgot!

Thank you in advance for your contribution to this cause that will help so many cats and dogs.  If you can't donate today, please share and tag your animal loving friends!  We're so excited to serve our community!!