Congratulations to Lynda Stanecki and Rose O’Hara for being our first monthly supporters!  These two ladies gifted us with automatic monthly payments via PayPal.  Both Lynda and Rose have a special relationship with Smokey Acres.

We met Lynda many years ago when she rescued a stray neighborhood kitty who is now named Daisy.  Lynda intended to keep this young cat but, when she took Daisy to her veterinarian at Bloom Animal Hospital, Daisy tested positive for feline leukemia.  Since Lynda already had retrovirus negative feline family members, Daisy presented an unacceptable health risk.  Luckily for Daisy, Dr. Bloom knew exactly who to call!  Smokey Acres was able to accept Daisy into the household and, in exchange, Dr. Bloom offered to provide veterinary care at no cost.  Daisy remains with us to date and is still just as cute.  Lynda became our very first monthly supporter in February 2018.

Rose O’Hara serves as Vice President for Smokey Acres and visits us often.  During the summer of 2017, Rose coordinated a trap-neuter-return (TNR) program in her very own Farmington Hills neighborhood with the assistance of our rescue friend, Jeanine Dotson.  Now the neighborhood cat community has been stabilized, which is a wonderful way to reduce homeless kitty numbers.  Fred, one of the kittens recovered during Rose’s TNR efforts, became a member of the Smokey Acres family last year.  When Rose received an unexpected income increase in March 2018, she decided to share the wealth with Smokey Acres and became our second and highest monthly supporter.

 Monthly donations are especially helpful for Smokey Acres as this regular income allows us to better forecast our ability to accept more resident cats.  Each of our cats represents increased costs, especially due to higher veterinary needs for FeLV and FIV positive felines.