The Meow Mission

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2915 E Mishawaka AvenueSouth Bend, IN 46615 United States

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http://www.themeowmission.org

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Sunday Cat Herders

Flexible Schedule | South Bend, IN 46615

Trapping and spaying one cat saves thousands of births of homeless kittens. What we do is PROACTIVE and works towards the SOLVE the problem of overpopulation of free-roaming cats. Help us be part of the SOLUTION. We need Sunday cat wranglers! You'll help collect cats from their caretakers, ID them, provide food/water/and comfort padding. Shifts usually run 9:45-11:45am or 3-4:30pm. We schedule per month. Times vary, you can sign up for as few or as many Sundays as you'd like. No experience necessary, we'll teach you!

Date Posted: Apr 15, 2025
Dialing for Donations

Flexible Schedule | Virtual Opportunity

Do you have a great purr-sonality? Do you have great communication skills? Would you like to put those skills to use and better cats' lives? Our biggest fundraiser of the year, Alleys for Alley Cats is October 1st. We'll have: Polish Dinners * Bowling * Silent Auction * Contests * Goodie Bags * Prizes * Cash Bar We need your phone skills to call local businesses asking for donations and sponsorships. We'll even give you a list of businesses and a script of what we need. What you need: A few hours a month in August and September to make donation solicitation calls A winning purr-sonality A desire to help us help community cats Please contact us today and help us make this year's even the most successful yet! Cats need you!

Date Posted: Apr 15, 2025
Tuesday Cat Transporters Needed (in our van!)

Flexible Schedule | Mishawaka, IN 46544

Every week, we help spay/neuter anywhere from 20 - 40 cats. Most of the cat caretakers pick up their cats but sometimes we have to take them back to their colonies. We have a Meow Mobile (small van) available, we just need people to help transport. The shift is relatively flexible. You can go anytime on Tuesdays after 12pm. We schedule per month and you can sign up for as few or as many shifts as you like. This is a great opportunity for buddies. Don't have a buddy? We'll partner you with someone. You need to be able to lift and carry 15-20lbs (some kitties are fatties!). There's a tiny bit of paperwork - and a little bit of clean up. Usually takes about 2 hours, dependent on the number of cats. You must be 18 years old and have a valid driver's license.

Date Posted: Feb 27, 2025
Event Manager

Flexible Schedule | South Bend, IN 46615

We are in need of a take-charge person to initiate and manage our three annual events: February - Purses for Purrs Designer Purse Auction April - Trivia Night October - Alleys for Alley Cats Bowling & Polish Dinner We need a manager to get the ball rolling on our events and keep us on-task. We have fantastic volunteers, we just need someone to provide direction. Since 2011, we have neutered over 13,000 community cats. This prevents the births of hundreds of thousands of homeless kittens. The work we do is imperative to lowering the free-roaming cat population as well as significantly improving their lives. We are an all volunteer nonprofit. We rely on donations, events, and grants to help community cats and we need YOUR help! If you can write grants, great! If you can't, there are other things you can do as well as manage events: Approach local businesses for give-backs Contact community foundations Arrange volunteer days (many businesses donate to non-profits when their employees volunteer) Network You need to be a minimum of 21 years old and live in the greater South Bend, Indiana area. You need to have initiative and be diplomatic and encourage our volunteers to be the best they can be. This is an exciting opportunity for someone with these skills to make a significant impact on fundraising for Meow Mission.

Date Posted: Apr 15, 2025
Community Cats Need You!

Flexible Schedule | Mishawaka, IN 46544

The Meow Mission needs your help! We are an all volunteer Trap/Neuter/Return group. We assist people with trapping their free-roaming cat colonies, transport the cats to the veterinary clinic for spay/neuter and vaccines, care for the cats during overnight recovery, and return them the next day. If you believe all cats deserve the right to life, and have the passion to make a difference, please join us today. You can help! Contact us for volunteer opportunities including: Trapping Transporting Cat Care TNR advocates Fundraising Cleaning Clerical tasks Volunteers need to be age 18 or over

Date Posted: Apr 15, 2025

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Mission Statement

Our mission is to: 1) humanely and proactively reduce the free-roaming cat population of northwestern Indiana/southwestern Michigan 2) eliminate the barriers free-roaming cat caretakers encounter with spaying and neutering colony cats 3) educate the community on the merits and methods of trap/neuter/return practices

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Michiana faces a problem most communities face - an overpopulation of free-roaming cats. A significant amount of these cats are tame, discarded pets. Feeling compassion, many families (referred to as "colony caretakers") feed these community cats. Unfortunately, a great deal of the cats are found in low-income neighborhoods. Without our intervention, these cats will continue to breed, overwhelming our city’s residents and animal control in a never-ending cycle. With your help, we are able to reach out to these kind-hearted citizens and offer them the financial support needed to spay and neuter our community’s discarded and free-roaming cats.

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by Shayna B. (July 28, 2022)

Very rewarding work, beautiful cats to work with and excellent colleagues and leadership. If you are thinking about volunteering here I highly recommend it.

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