Stray Central

Large, super-tough outside trash cans – We generate a tremendous amount of garbage and the trash collectors are less than kind to our garbage cans!

Cordless phone with answering machine and 2 extra handsets – I’m disabled and can’t always get to the phone in time to take calls – plus our answering machine is old and doesn’t always work.

Gift Cards to Petsmart, Petco, and Wal-Mart – To keep our rescues in food, treats, toys, and other supplies.

Gift Cards to Lowe’s or Home Depot – For sisal (rope) to re-cover our well-worn cat scratching posts.

Gift Cards to Office Depot – For printer cartridges & miscellaneous office supplies for Stray Central business.

Credit paid on our account to our veterinarian – Dr. Alan Thompson of Farmington Veterinary Clinic (479-267-3276) on Highway 62W in Farmington (next to Redi-Lube). The account is under our Director’s name, Lisa Barnett.

Carpet runners – With a houseful of animals, we need these to protect the carpet we have.

Multi-packs of paper towels – As you can imagine, our rescues make a lot of messes to clean up!

Large sacks of Purina Cat Chow (in the blue bags) – While we’re grateful for any cat food, Purina Cat Chow has very little dye whereas Friskies, Meow Mix, etc. are loaded with dye, which make the cats sick more often.

Cat condos and cat trees – Our rescued felines love these to climb, scratch, and sleep on but their favorite use is for perches to look out the windows and watch the birds.

Disposable blue underpads with waterproof backing – These are great to line cages and carriers and keep our rescues drier than regular beds and towels. We’ve been using the 35”L x 23”W ones but any size will help.

Frontline Plus (any size for dog or cat) and Frontline Spray – Over-the-counter flea/tick spot-on’s like you get at Wal-Mart simply don’t work and Hartz is deadly to cats!

Cinder blocks and lengths of wood – To put up a barrier-type fence to keep trespassers from cutting across the front yard and upsetting the animals.

Vinyl privacy fence panels, posts, hardware (available at Lowe’s), and a kind soul to install it – The rescues really need a safe outdoor enclosure and this is perfect because it’s movable.

New computer and flat panel monitor – Our poor computer is seven years old and is plain ol’ worn out! It doesn’t have enough memory for all of Stray Central’s business, has crashed twice causing us to lose all our info and precious pix of our adopted animals, and is slower than Christmas. We only use it sparingly, fearing it will crash again and we really need one we can depend on!

Late-model reliable vehicle (car or SUV) – We rely on my 14-year old car that needs more repairs than it’s worth! We need dependable transportation to get our rescues to the vet, to attend adoption events, to transport between rescues, and pick up donations. If your car dealership or business donates a vehicle, Stray Central will gladly acknowledge your kindness with a sign on the vehicle saying it was donated by your business. What a great way for you to get a tax break and free advertising while letting everyone know you support a great cause! Plus, we can give the donor our 1995 and 1996 Dodge Intrepids if interested.

A permanent residence for our rescue home – Three times in the past four years, Stray Central has been forced to relocate because our rented residences were either sold or foreclosed on. Every move is extremely hard on our rescues, who have had enough turmoil and need consistency in their lives. Many of our rescues will live out the remainder of their lives at Stray Central due to severe emotional, behavioral, or medical problems that make them unadoptable and relocating them time after time only makes their problems worse and makes getting problem rescues ready for adoption very difficult.