🌺 Starving Cats Fund

Please Help Us Feed and Care for Hawaiʻi’s Cats and Dogs

Every day, community volunteers across Hawaiʻi Island — especially in and around Pāhoa — are feeding, caring for, and providing medical help for hundreds of abandoned and homeless cats and dogs.

These compassionate caretakers — including Kahu Popoki and local Community Cat caregivers — do this entirely from their own pockets.

Now, they need your kōkua (help).

🐾 Who Your Donation Helps

Your gift provides food and care for:

1. Mini-Cat Sanctuary (Lower Puna) – 33 cats, safely enclosed and fed daily

2. Lower Puna Cat Colony – 20 cats fed daily

3. Six Cat Colonies in Pāhoa Town – over 100 cats fed daily

4. Community Pet Food Bank – supporting families and caretakers who cannot afford food for:

   • An elderly Pāhoa couple caring for 20 cats and 6 dogs

   • A small Kalapana Gardens colony of 20 cats

   • A Kaimū colony of 8 cats

That’s over 200 cats and 6 dogs who rely on our community to survive.

🍽️ The Real Cost of Compassion

• 🐱 Canned cat food (5.5 oz) – about $0.92 each

• 🐱 Dry cat food (30 lb bag) – about $30 ($1.00 per lb)

• 🐶 Dry dog food (35 lb bag) – about $47 ($1.35 per lb)

Every can and every scoop counts.
When we can’t afford wet food, we feed only dry — though every cat does better with both.

And yes — every cat we feed is part of a Trap–Neuter–Return (TNR) program.
Feeding goes hand in hand with sterilization to reduce future suffering and stabilize colonies humanely.

❤️ How You Can Help Right Now

The most effective way to make a difference is to set up a Monthly Recurring Donation.

Your steady support means:

• No cat goes hungry.

• Caretakers can keep feeding and providing vet care.

• We can continue TNR for long-term population stability.

🐾 Just $25 a month feeds 10–12 cats for several days.
🐾 $50 a month helps an entire small colony.
🐾 $100 a month keeps multiple colonies fed and cared for.

🙏 Mahalo Nui Loa

Your donation directly supports the hands and hearts caring for Hawaiʻi’s forgotten animals.
Every dollar helps fill a food bowl, heal a wound, or give comfort to a hungry cat or dog who would otherwise go without.

Please give today — and consider making your gift monthly.
Together, we can keep them fed, safe, and loved.

With aloha,
Greg Puʻuwai Aloha Baker, MBA, CCM
President, Hawaiʻi Animal Advocacy
📧 [email protected]