Aunt Carol's story
Since 2015, Aunt Carol has been a protector in the animal rescue cause. Every animal she saw, she took in — at one point she had more than 50 cats inside her own house, while also raising her child, running the household, and working.
Cats like Salem needed round-the-clock care, and Aunt Carol spent nights without sleeping to look after him. Others, like Milo, who is no longer with us, needed special care too. She never abandoned a single one of them.
After almost 20 years of moving from house to house in New York because of how many animals she was caring for, she moved back to her hometown of Tyler, Texas, to look after her 85-year-old father — and brought her cats with her.
The move itself was frightening: a 30-hour drive in a rented van, squeezed into a tiny space, afraid that something terrible would happen to her and her animals. When she arrived, the best place she could find on such short notice was a barn with broken, mold-covered walls.
Many people fought alongside her for this new refuge, but the bills are real: rent, water, electricity, about 175 pounds of cat food a month to keep up with new rescues, spaying and neutering, and vet care. Our goal covers the essentials to keep the shelter running, and every amount — a dollar, ten, twenty — helps.
This shelter exists because of her community of more than 70,000 followers, who have trusted her from the start. Now she's asking you to hold her hand, and the little paw of each cat.
