Fairchild

Fairchild Is wonderful. Took a feral kitten to the clinic held today. It was my first time there. Everyone is wonderful! The facility is clean, well organized and amazingly efficient. Dr. Fry is kind, gentle and shows her love for these feral cats by giving of herself. Wanting to help the feral cats is commendable and lots of folks feed and care for these babies. Finding the resources to help the cat loving person is a relief and such a great gift. Please support this nonprofit, it provides a very much needed service.

Fairchild is a wonderful clinic. They do so much for the feral cat population in our area. EVERY month these Dr's and volunteers spend their Sunday working .They scan, spay , neuter , test for felv/fiv, and give a vaccine and do a flea treatment for these poor feral cats.Its the most rewarding experience to volunteer here .

Fairchild Foundation is a Godsend to the feral cat community in the Berks County area. All cats are treated with the greatest respect and care. The vets and volunteers are conscientious when performing their roles at clinics. Caregivers are given instructions on caring for their cat after surgery and questions answered. It’s a great organization and it has helped hundreds of cats become healthier and happier.

Best Price + Service Around + Jennifer is one of the Best Vet's around. I take all of my Feral + Pet Cat's to her

Dr. Fry and her team are the best. Fairchild feral friends really does a lot to help out the feral community. They not only bring awareness by educating people, but Dr. Fry does very affordable clinics at her practice to help the feral cat population... If I ever won the lottery- you bet I’d cut Feral friends a nice check!

Well 2 years ago i had a stray mom cat with kittens move under my shed. I was desperate to find help. People around us wanted to kill them. Needless to say I found out about Fairchild Foundation. They help me through it all. Had great tips on catching the kittens and mom. Perfect volunteers.
First impression was everything. I knew I would be joining them by volunteering.
I have learned so much by all the compassion for these strays.

My parents have a farm where one pregnant cat was dropped off a few years ago. This one pregnant cat has grown into a feral colony of between 18-25 cats. I trap as often as I'm able to and take the cats to the Fairchild Foundation where the cats are neutered/spayed and given a rabies vaccine. I then return the cats to the farm. I cannot begin to express my gratitude for the work that the volunteers at Fairchild do! The cats they have seen are happy and healthy and not producing more kittens that will just continue to reproduce.

I was a client and appreciated what they do soo much I have volunteered at one of the clinics ! One of the best around !!

The vets are fabulous! They sterilize, immunize, treat for parasites and fleas, microchip if requested, tattoo, and treat any other medical problem they see. The cost is never more than $35, usually a lot less. It is an all volunteer center held at a local veterinarian's office. Some of the volunteers have even taken in "friendlies" who were trapped to foster until an owner can be found or they get adopted to new families. All the funds for everything are donated, they get no income from the local governments or animal shelters.

We bought a rural foreclosure home that came with a feral colony. We knew we had to fix this problem before it got any bigger. Fairchild Foundation rented us the cages to catch the cats.
They are so wonderful to neuter/spay ,vaccine, flea treat & tattoo names on the cat's ear. All for the Affordable price of $5. So much appreciated !
We know these ferals live a hard life and this is a small way to make it better, besides feeding them.
We now have 8 inside cats. We have trouble returning them of the TNR. Trap/Neuter/return. The cats think our home is a good place to stay!
We live where it seems to be a favorite spot for people to dump cats. So when we think we have them all fixed, more arrive. We will always need Fairchild Foundation! Thank you!

I had a stray cat that enjoys hanging out (living) on our property. She decided to deliver 7 kittens to us this spring. After finding them homes thought it would be best to get her fixed. Feral Friends were amazing! They spayed her, tested her, and gave her shots. Now she can hang out and enjoy the country life without dropping more kittens on us.

I am very happy with Fairchild feral foundation. If it wasnt for their 10.00 clinics I would'nt have been able to stop the overpopulation of feral cats in our neighborhood. They explain everything you need to do from making an appt to picking up the cat. Very happy with the program and so thankful to all who volunteertheir time every month.

We were very fortunate to learn of Fairchild Foundation through one of their volunteers. She showed us how to humanely trap and transport cats to their clinics. We had a feral momcat and her kittens all done, as well as other ferals who showed up. The cats received great care, all recovered well and the volunteers and doctors at the clinic were wonderful. We are grateful.

I cannot begin to praise Fairchild "Feral Friends" Foundation enough for all the hard work and compassion they put forth for cats in need. My mother and I have been caring for a feral colony outside of our house for about the past 10 years. What started out as feeding about 3 cats who would regularly come to our house, ending up growing into a colony of nearly 30. For years, we dealt with what felt like the never ending cycle of new kittens, and even new fully grown cats showing up, and we felt like it was a situation we would never get control of. Anyone who has ever cared for a colony of outdoor cats knows the struggles involved. After losing a whole litter of kittens to FeLV I knew something HAD to be done in order to make sure all of the cats we cared for were fixed and that there health needs were maintained. With Fairchild Foundation's clinics, and Dr. Fry's caring and professional service, we are now down to just 3 cats who are still in need of being sterilized. It's amazing the time, effort, care, professionalism, and compassion Dr. Fry and her volunteers put into the work they do, and I am endlessly grateful for the help they have provided to not only the colony I care for, but all the other many colonies in the area. Not only have they spayed and neutered our cats, they have provided wonderful advice on how to use drop-traps(for the hard to catch kitties), and early on provided us with birth control until we were able to get some of the higher reproducing cats to the clinic. If you are ever in need of any help involving feral cats, this is the first place I would go to, and the first I would recommend.

There was a large feral colony (50+) at a strip mall near my house. Some of the cats were in terrible shape - limping, missing eyeballs and very sick looking. The colony caretaker was doing her best but couldn't afford to get the cats sterilized. Lucky for her (and the cats) I found Fairchild Foundation which is run by Dr. Fry. Over the past 2 years we have successfully sterilized all the females in the colony and are working on trapping the 2 final males. Quite a few of the cats had FIV or leukemia (a couple even tested positive for both) and were humanely euthanized. The remaining cats in the colony? They look fantastic - glossy coats, flabby bellies and gleaming eyes signifying healthy and happy felines. The colony has shrunken as the cats age and disappear but it's now under control; none of which would have been possible without Fairchild. The advise, guidance and services they offer are bar none (especially for the cost). These folks truly believe in their mission - every person involved is a volunteer! I can't say enough about this organization - they are inspirational and provide much needed services in this area!

For the past 3 years I have been taking care of the feral cats in our area. We live in the country so our numbers were not just getting higher because of kittens but people dropping cats off. Last year I called our Humane Society to see if they had a feral cat program they did not and could not tell me of anyone that did. Thankfully a co-worker of mine had some feral cats and found the Fairchild Foundation. This past month I had two of my cats spayed. I cannot say enough about this program. The volunteers were so friendly and helpful I was sure that my cats were in good hands. They were very well taken care of, I didn't have to worry about them one bit. It is so wonderful to know that there are programs like this.

I am so thankful to the Fairchild Foundation for making it possible to spay/neuter these cats that are very dear to my heart.

In January of 2001 my local paper had a full page article on the number of cats that were euthanized at our two public animal shelters in my county. I had no idea! 2,000! I was so horrified I never slept all night.

I was retiring in a few months and vowed that I would find out what was being done in my county to help with this terrible situation. So when I retired I started to ask questions... first my vet, then the name and phone number she gave me, then off to a feral cat conference, and then I learned about the Fairchild Foundation and what they were doing. They were doing what many should be doing... spaying and neutering feral cats so that those terrible numbers and the suffering of homeless cats can be reduced. I have been a supporter of the Fairchild Foundation ever since. They have terrific volunteers that put many hours into working for the betterment of this situation.

I started feeding some stray cats a few years back who just showed up on my porch one day; there were 3 of them and all 3 ended up being pregnate at the same time! (At one point i had 24 cats @ my place!). As they had their kittens i tried to keep them were they would have human contact so i could give them to friends and I took some of them to a pet store if they were friendly enough. They just kept multiplying and having more kittens and not always in a place where i could get to them ~ we live in a wooded area with a couple of acres & housing development behind us. It was getting harder & harder to find them homes and the longer they were outside the more wild they became. After having several of them spayed/neutered at my vet i realized i could not afford to get them all done & tried to get several organizations to help but with no success as the waiting lists were so long or I didn't live in their county... I was getting overwhelmed & then i found the Fairchild foundaiton when i took one of the sick strays to the vet. Dry Fry put me on thier list and was able to help me the next month! They were the only one who did help me. The Fairchild Foundation gave me birth control, which I think helped cut back on litters, and is letting me use one of their humane traps for free; I had no idea at the time how to trap a cat humanely and Dr. Fry provided instructions and helpful hints. This is the first year I started using the birth control I did not see any kittens in the fall. It is getting harder to get the birth control into the feral cats because the spayed/neutered cats are now actually staying on the porch where i have provided shelter for them and they are usually the first to eat. I do have a shelter down behind the house that i try to feed then the birth control & hope the unspayed cats eat first so hopefully no kittens will appear this spirng. Some of the more wild cats have just dissapeared and some have died but several cats are still coming around for food. The spayed cats will sit on the porch and watch us and only 2 will let us pet them. i still have a few that need to be spayed/neutered & I am very thankful/grateful for The Fairchild Foundation clinics and Dr. Fry for helping me to reduce the amout of cats here.

I began feeding stray cats who were hanging around the bird feeder in the backyard they appeared to be starving and eating bird seed. I had no idea at the time how to trap a cat humanely and no place to keep a cat until I could get an appointment at a vet to have them spayed or neutered. I do not even know where they came from, but they started to have kittens under the garage or in the woods in holes made by wild animals, such as groundhogs. When they began to have more and more kittens I took them to an animal shelter because I hoped they would find them homes. These were cats and kittens that I had never been able to touch. When I found out that the animal shelter I took them to puts feral cats and kittens to sleep right away I tried to find a no kill shelter for them. I found out that no kill shelters want cats that are friendly or they can not find homes for them either. The no-kill shelter I found would spay and neuter the cats and kittens for me but they insisted I could not release them and had to have a place for them to recover. Fairchild Foundation gave me birth control, which I think helped cut back on litters, and left me use one of their humane traps for free for a long time. The first year I started using the birth control I did not see any kittens in the fall. As the cats were getting spayed and neutered it became harder to get the birth control into the feral cats because the spayed and neutered cats were usually first to the food dishes. I have been helped a lot by The Fairchild Foundation and Dr. Fry. Some of the cats have dissapeared and some have died but most of the cats are still coming around for food and their lives seem to be better. I am hoping to not have any kittens this spring. But if any new cats show up I know that if I can catch them I can take them to one of The Fairchild Foundation clinics.

The Fairchild Foundation has been working tirelessly to reduce the stray/homeless cat population. Many people volunteer their time, give money, organize fundraisers and care for the cats. Without the support of the people many more cats would be homeless and disease ridden. I have seen cats taken from barns and streets be given the chance to live a comfortable life in a nice warm home. I have seen colonies of cats that were breeding out of control be spayed and neutered. I have seen sick cats be cared for and returned healthy. This program works, is being done efficiently and effectively and most of all is making a difference in the surrounding communities.

I was one of the first to have the Fairchild Foundation help spay/neuter the feral kitties on my property. It took over a year to trap them all and the last few were very difficult to trap. Volunteers came to my home and helped me. I will be forever grateful for all the help they were to me. Dr. Fry is a caring professional who is providing a much needed service. She and her staff of volunteers are a gift to all the feral kitties they have helped over the years.

I wish to tell you of my own personal experience and the success of TRAP-NEUTER-RETURN. Understand that the problems we face are not the fault of these precious lives themselves. My wife and I are caregivers to the registered feral cat colony (Sweet Bay). I can tell you that prior to seeking the support and assistance of Fairchild Foundation we spent thousands of dollars to neuter, and provide a safe, healthy environment for these animals to live out their lives. My personal phrase is “It’s not easy to be an alley cat.” I can tell you of the appreciated love from a distance that we have received from these felines.

While fiscal issues of our community be as they are it truly would be to the greater good to allow and support Trap Neuter Return and Fairchild Foundation.

Understand that the Sweet Bay Colony has over the years gone from dozens of animals to but fifteen with no births or additions this year. All this while I still provide health care as needed and the opportunity for them to live out their lives. And for this I feel good, because I have done good!

In a world of anger, hate, war, and disease a program of TRAP-NEUTER-RETURN offers simply a chance at a cared-for life for a most unfortunate creature on this earth.

Support TRAP-NEUTER-RETURN!

Thomas D. Delcamp, Vice President

The Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College

215.222.4200 Ext. 3013

I could not have done it without Fairchild. When I moved to my property- a small farm- the prior owner had abandoned several cats. They had been breeding out of control for sometime. With the help of Fairchild I was able to bring the population under control and substantially improve the colony health. This was also a big plus for the entire neighborhood which had become overrun with feral felines. We all love cats but it had become frustrating trying to control the breeding, care for the kittens, and listening to the fighting Toms.

I foster cats and dogs with an animal rescue and Dr. Fry has helped us so much with our rescue vetting needs. She also volunteers her time with The Fairchild Foundation to do TNR. I have volunteered at the clinic, brought feral cats myself as well, and what they are doing there is wonderful. Fairchild is passionate about helping to control the cat population that is so out of hand in this country. What they do is a very much needed service in the area for people in the community that need a place to reach out to for help. I have seen first hand as well when someone comes in that needs to help a cat, but financially cannot even afford the small donation fee......Dr. Fry helps anyway because someone cared enough to bring that cat for TNR even though they have no money...they have a heart and that counts for something. So, to be awarded this $5,000 will help Fairchild immensely in their mission to continue to help the cats in Berks County and beyond.

I am a friend of a very caring vet that gives her time and expertise to Fairchild Foundation in helping feral cats by traping them, vaccinating them, spay/neuter and then releasing them again. She is tireless in her compassion for these cats. Fairchild is a very needed organization that helps to keep the homless cat population down while helping the cats to live a better and healthier life.

I work with a vet who volunteers her time with the Fairchild Foundation & we have told people about their great program when they called our animal hospital looking for help with stray cats in their area. They are a wonderful, helpful group of volunteers!!!

The Fairchild Foundation helped me to catch a colony in its early stages and avoid it getting out of hand. Their dedication to the cause of Trap, Neuter, Release is clear in everything they do, from the clinics themselves to their efforts to educate the public. Dr. Fry has proven to be a compassionate person and a skilled professional. This is an organization which is deserving of support.

To Whom It May Concern,

Dr. Fry and her team are awesome and doing something that is really needed. Dr. Fry was our vet at one time and we love her so much!!! I feel trap, neuter, vaccinate and release is a wonderful program that helps the over populating of cats. They also get the vaccines that they need. Not only does it keep the cats from over populating, it also helps the cats from fighting and spraying!!! This program should continue for it helps not only the cats, but us humans as well!!!

Thank you!!!

Hello!! I have been volunteering with Fairchild for several years now. I am one of the veterinarians assisting with surgery, vaccinations, and viral testing of the cats.
I have seen the gratitude on caregivers faces when they pick up the cats at the end of the day. Thanks to them, at least some of the ferals have better care in our county.

Fairchild Foundation practices Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR), which is a much needed service here in Berks County, PA. Fairchild has helped dozens of families and hundreds of cats since 2002. They are a small group of dedicated volunteers that love cats and are advocates for them. Trap-Neuter-Return improves the lives of feral cats and improves their relationships with the humans who live near them!! TNR is the HUMANE solution to the cat overpopulation problem.