People Understanding Recognizing and Responding aka PURR

10/06/2025

⚠️🚨 Guys, there's a homeless cat epidemic in Springfield right now. To be honest, probably in all of Western Mass, but I can't officially speak for other cities. P.U.R.R. has a route of feeding stations in Springfield. Honestly, the route is probably just a 6 mi radius. It's not a large part of Springfield. I also feed on my front porch, because there's a ton of cats that roam in my neighborhood. Some are owned and just left to wander the streets on their own but most are homeless. I feed one other spot in West Springfield. To make it easier, we will say that I have 15 stops total on a regular day. Would you like to guess how many cats I feed on a regular day at those 15 stops? I'll give you some time to think about it....
70. Yes, you read that correctly SEVENTY cats. People are moving and leaving their cats behind. People are bringing home cats and then letting them free roam without getting them spayed or neutered. Kittens are out here having kittens. Yes, we humanely trap and release after getting them fixed, but there's just too many cats and not enough appointments. Do you know how much money it costs to feed 70 cats? Do you know how draining it is? Physically, mentally, and emotionally to watch these cats shiver out in the cold during the winter while they wait for a bite of food? Do you know how badly those of us who help feed and take care of these cats wish we had the ability to just bring them all home? Do you know how many times we've sat in our cars and cried because we're at our breaking point? But we can't stop. What will happen to these cats if we stop? There are women in their 70's and even older feeding cats every day in Western Mass because there is no one else to do it if they stop. We need to step up as a community and do better. Support mom and pop rescues. A friend of mine that has a rescue likes to say adopting a cat from a mom and pop rescue saves two lives - the cat you adopt, and the space you create for them to take in another cat. Donate to these mom and pop rescues. The big shelters don't need your help as desperately as the small ones do. If you see someone on your feed asking for food donations to help feed homeless cats, buy them a bag of food. Buy them a case of cans. Let's work together to fix this problem! 🚨⚠️

07/03/2025

It's currently raining, thundering and lightning here in Springfield, MA. That doesn't stop us from going out to feed cats, and that doesn't stop them from showing up for food. We don't have the financial resources or man power to feed every day. Can you help? Food donations are GREAT, and we would love to add one or two more people to the feeding rotation! We feed roughly 40 cats a day between 12 different feeding sites. Even someone who can pick up one day would be amazing! Here are some friends that braved the weather for dinner and whom your time or donation could help! ❤️

06/06/2025

Happy Friday, everyone! It's us here at P.U.R.R. again reaching out for awareness, likes, shares, and donations! The last time we asked, we were able to raise $250 for a lawyer between food and monetary donations! While that is only about 1/4 of what we need, we are super excited, thankful, and hopeful!!

We are hoping, once again for some shares to hopefully 🤞🏻 raise another $250 to get us halfway to our goal! We have PayPal, Venmo, and Cash App; or a member of the team can come to you (within in reason 🤣)! Like we've said before, we understand the hesitation to just give someone cash; but we also take food donations!!! If you are outside of the local area, we can provide an address for deliveries! This weekend, we will be humanely trapping a mom and two kittens. Mom will most likely be spayed and returned to her familiar territory, but the kittens will hopefully be fostered and handled in order to find homes! Who doesn't want to be part of that?! And to make it even HARDER to say no, here's a short video of one of the kittens....

04/03/2025

We need your help!! We are trying to become an official nonprofit! But we can't afford both cat food and the lawyer fees. I understand if you don't want to donate cash. But can you donate cat food so that we can save money for the lawyer fees?! It doesn't have to be Blue Buffalo or even Friskies! Both Stop & Shop and Walmart have 22 oz cans of wet food for $2!! And Walmart has a 44 lb bag of outdoor formula dry food for less than $30! Live too far away, ship it or send a gift card for anywhere that sells cat food!! The cats wait for us each day, like Mr. Goliath below. And when we get there, they are so excited for their daily meal like Charlie and Mouse that they can't even wait for me to put it in the bowls!

07/06/2024

Guys, we need your help!

Let me reintroduce ourselves! We are P.U.R.R. - People Understanding there's a need, Recognizing how they can help, and Responding with that help! We currently feed 40 homeless cats a day. But we don't just feed them - we provide shelters when we can, we provided medicine when we can, we provide vet care when we can, we provide spay an/or neuter when we can, and we provide homes when we can! We provide all of this out of our own pockets! We need help feeding. Even one day a week helps! It is easier if you can provide your own food; but if you can't, let's figure it out together! If you don't want to or can't physically feed, can you donate some food? 100% of all donations go to these cats! With rising prices, it now costs about $15 - $20 dollars a day to feed these cats. That's between $450 - $600 dollars a month - out of our own pockets! We are trying to take the steps to become an official nonprofit, but all of our money is currently going to food and supplies! Please take a look at our older posts, and stay tuned for new posts this weekend!

07/31/2023

Stop & Shop and Walmart both have 22 oz cans of cat food for $2 each. Not only is this more cost effective, but it saves time by not having to open a ton of smaller cans! I stock up every time they restock the shelves!

Walmart also carries a 44lb bag of dry outdoor cat food. One bag will cover about 2.5 days of feeding... 😳

07/31/2023

More information and pictures to come in the next few weeks.

https://gofund.me/cb3bdb71

https://www.walmart.com/registry/ER/7a249641-e533-447d-8183-0ac4328c664b

https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/8K80XZ5VKYV?ref_=wl_share

07/31/2023