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- Memorial to horse Smiley and a very special chicken named City Chicken - Updated 1/28/12
- Amazing update on injured kitten Cosmos, and others helped by our Serenity Fund - Updated 1/27/12
- Visit our Happy Homes page to see all the animals going off to their new lives. - Updated 1/27/12
- Special thanks and some special mentions of donors this holiday season - Updated 1/7/12
- Visit our Kids Kudos page to see some very special young people who helped raise funds for the animals - Updated 1/27/12
- 2012 schedule for Dawn's Workshop, Embracing Spirit, is now available - Updated 11/29/11
- Now you can help our animals WHILE you shop on line! Find out more, its easy! - Update 11/19/11
- Meet our Horses and farm animals who live in our sanctuary
- The Facts Against Hydrofracking - Whether you own land in New York State or not, this is valuable information you need to know! This is a direct threat to Spring Farm CARES
- We are desperate for donations of towels, sheets, and comforters (no pillows please)! If you or any of your friends have some to get rid of, our animals would love to make good use of them. Thank You!!
- HELP US GO GREEN! Please sign up for our e-newsletter and stay current with all our updates. We do not give away your email addresses for any reason.
- Special thanks to many kids who have donated to the farm!
- Sponsor an Animal - check out our new additions and new format
- We thank our dedicated volunteers for all their help and service!
- Wish List for Orphan Kitten Supplies. Here is a great way you can help if you can donate any of these items!
- Help support our special needs animals while you shop for dog and cat treats for your animals from US Bones!
- Help support Spring Farm while you search the internet
Special Thanks
We want to thank everyone who donated for the animals this past year. At this holiday season, we have a few special mentions that we wanted to acknowledge.
- Tracy Stuber and her Facebook Friends raised funds and donated for the animals.
- Several workplaces presented us with donations after their employees collected for us instead of gift sharing with each other: NYS Division of Motor Vehicles - Utica office; M&T Bank - downtown Utica branch; Slocum Dickson Medical center - anonymous doctors office; Biogenic Dental Laboratories.
- Several local school classes also raised funds for the animals: (visit our Kids Kudos page to see photos as well!)
Oneida County BOCES - Joanne Daley's Animal Science Junior Class made and sold dog biscuit ornaments; Westmoreland Elementary, Mrs. Hecklau's class made and sold gingerbread houses and gave us the proceeds; Myles Elementary, 3 classes led by Mrs. Schmidt's class donated cash and goods for the animals; Girl Scout Troop 633 collected bedding, treats, food, and toys for the animals.
- And a very special thanks to a young grade school student, Dakota Fallon, who came for a tour with his family and then surprised us with a very generous donation from money he had saved and wanted to donate to a charity he chose.
A heartfelt thanks to all of you from all of the animals and staff of Spring Farm CARES. You all remind us of the caring compassion that exists in this world.
Another special thanks to the NYS Department of Motor Vehicles - Utica division for their outstanding support for the Serenity Fund for Cosmos. The young lady in the center (above) is the one who found Cosmos so badly injured in the road. Her mother (left) works for the DMV and when she and one of her co-workers (right) found out what happened, they organized a fund drive for his vet bills. The department got together and in lieu of Christmas gift exchanging, they raised funds for Cosmos.
Help SFC animals while shopping right from your computer!
Over 1000 stores particiapate in this program. Many popular ones such as Amazon, Target, Barnes and Noble, Best Buy, Staples, and many many more. Click the above link for more information. Then just download the tool bar with Spring Farm CARES as the designated charity and everytime you shop online in one of the affiliated stores, we get a donation based on your purchases. Check out the list of stores and the percentages of your purchases that get donated to us. It really can add up fast.
WISH LIST FOR ORPHAN KITTENS
Below is a list of things that we need desperately in the rearing of orphan kittens. We have included some links to places on line where they can be obtained, but you may have other sources as well. If you can donate any of these items it would be greatly appreciated!!! Items can be shipped directly to the farm at: Spring Farm CARES, 3364 State Rt. 12, Clinton, NY 13323
KMR - brand kitten milk replacer - powder form please.
Gerber Baby Food - 2nd Foods - Chicken (that is the one flavor we find the kittens seem to accept most readily. We can use this to ease them over to solid food and also for administering medications when needed.) We go through cases of this each year.
Play Pens - Petyard XT or Super Yard XT (human version) - this particular kind only please! We have made special tops that fit these pens exactly and work perfectly for us. These work great for giving the kittens more room than a crate, until we can move them into a room or they get adopted. Two sets make a complete pen and we never have too many. There are two links below where they can be found on line. There is one version at Petsmart, packaged for animal use, and the exact same product can be found at Toys R Us and often less expensive.
Click here for the Petyard XT at Petsmart
Click here for the Super Yard XT at Toys R Us
Paper towels - again, we can never have too many!
Old blankets, sheets, towels - we go through these like crazy with kittens and other animals as well.
Rice - for making rice bags to keep kittens warm
Cat toys - little kittens love to play!
Small cat trees or condos
Small cat beds for kittens to snuggle up in
THEIR LEGACY..... IN MEMORIAL
OCTOBER 31, 1993
18TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY
OF THE SPRING FARM CARES FIRE
24 Animals perished in the blaze. 17 cats, 4 dogs, and 3 parakeets. Two cats and 2 dogs got out to safety and have since also passed away. All of them left us a legacy of moving forward with our hopes and dreams. All of them are remembered in the very breath of the farm. Although we moved on without them, it is because of them that we knew we must continue forward. In 15 years, we have done a lot and their legacy lives on always in the work we do. With a moment of silence, we give tribute to their lives and our memories of the joy we shared with them and for what each one of them taught us about giving, loving, and living.
Here's a way to help us while you shop for dog and cat treats and supplements!
Spring Farm CARES will get 25% of your total purchase at US Bones.com!
Follow this link to start shopping and helping the many special need animals in our care.
Here's a way to help us
while you search the internet!
Click on the GoodSearch bar below and search the internet. Every search you make, earns us a penny. A penny doesn't sound like much but it quickly adds up. Think of how many times you use a search engine! Now your searching can help us continue our programs and care for animals in need. Click below for details and you can follow instructions to download the toolbar to make it even easier to search, shop on line, and help Spring Farm CARES in the process!
