A household pet can bring joy to a family, and in some cases, they make a family.
We’re pleased to provide the following grants to Bailey’s Champs, caring, competent providers and organizations that are building capacity, creating opportunities that strengthening the importance of the human-animal bond in personal, occupational, and therapeutic capacities, and promoting responsible, loving pet-ownership.
SNIP Collier, Inc.
https://snipcollier.org/
$10,000 To purchase and distribute dog, and cat food, vaccines, and medical supplies to tend to the illnesses and injuries rescued pets have sustained due to Hurricane Ian.
Gulf Coast Humane Society
https://gulfcoasthumanesociety.org/
$7,000 To replace vaccines and medicines that expired during Hurricane Ian as well as purchase and distribute litter, dog, and cat food to community members in need of basic supplies.
Flower City Critters
https://flowercitycrittersrescue.org/
$7,000 to be used towards routine veterinary services to prepare community kittens and cats for adoption and to return feral cats to their colonies.
Pet Adoption Network, LTD
https://www.petadoptionnetwork.org/
$5,000 to be used towards veterinary expenses covering basic evaluations and necessary emergency surgeries required in preparation for adoption.
RocDog, Inc.
https://rocdog.org/
$3,000 to be used to rescue, vet, train, and places dogs as Therapy Support Dogs for individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities, as well as other visual or hearing impairments.
Animal Rescue Coalition
https://www.arcsrq.org/
$15,000 used towards the Ready, Set, Rescue (RSR) program to provide free spay/neuter services for rescued cats and dogs in county shelters in SWFL’s Region 9 geographic region in preparation for adoption.
Avow Hospice, Inc.
https://avowcares.org/
$2,600 to purchase lifelike, robotic pets for children receiving palliative care who would benefit from the companionship of a dog or a cat but cannot care for a live animal due to a life-limiting medical condition.
Pet Pride of NY
https://www.petprideny.org/
$15,000 to purchase additional, essential equipment for the Healing Paws Medical Suite including an anesthesia machine, surgical table, and dental machine to provide veterinary care to kittens and cats in preparation for adoption.
Keller’s Kats Rescue, Inc.
https://kellerskatsrescue.org/
$10,000 to be used towards spay/neuter procedures and routine veterinary care for kittens and cats transferred from Rochester Animal Services and Lollypop Farm in preparation for adoption.
Headed For Furever, Inc.
https://www.facebook.com/HeadedForFurever/
$7,000 to be used to spay/neuter, vaccinate, and provide medical care for at least 100 community kittens and cats that will then be returned to their feral cat colonies in the surrounding Scottsville, NY area.
Ferals and Kittens and Cats Oh My
https://feralsandkittensandcatsohmy.org/
$5,000 to be used to spay/neuter, provide veterinary care, and basic supplies needed to care for 22 feral cat colonies in Rochester, NY.
Humane Society of Wayne County
https://waynehumane.org/
$2,500 to be used towards the Spay Neuter Incentive Fund which provides accessible, low-cost spay/neuter services for low-income families in Wayne County.
NYS Animal Protection Federation Education Fund
https://nysapfedfund.org/
$1,500 to be used towards animal welfare consulting services for shelters and rescues to meet the requirements of the new Companion Animals Care Standards Act in the Finger Lakes and WNY.
Updated Aug 21, 2023