Join us for
the Lampshade Ball!

Friday, May 31st @ 7pm
Star Theater in Portland
$10 in advance / $15 day of event

The Lampshade Ball is a concert gala benefiting FCCO and Fences For Fido.

Performances by Radical Revolution and Red Light Romeos will light up your night, so grab your lampshade and click here for tickets!

What an amazing night! A record setting crowd of more than 300 guests gave generously to fund spaying/neutering for feral and stray cats. We are truly grateful to everyone who supported the Furball, including those who were not able to attend.

"Rosie" is our 60,000th cat spayed/neutered and vaccinated since FCCO's founding in 1995!

Thank you to all the volunteers, donors and caregivers who have helped these cats. This milestone, reached on March 21, 2013, means that at least 240,000 first generation offspring were prevented and are not suffering - nor giving birth - on the streets.

This landmark kitty is one of a colony of four cats in La Center, WA. She is the offspring of a roaming female that showed up in her caregiver's barn last year. Kittens were soon born. Rosie and her siblings are now spayed/neutered and vaccinated. They will continue to live as barn cats, watched over by their kind caregiver.

Petco Foundation Shows Support for Spay/Neuter

On April 5, 2013, the Petco Foundation presented FCCO a check for $5,000 to sponsor FCCO's annual fundraiser, the Furball. On behalf of Petco Foundation, Tualatin Petco general manager Jim Jeans (pictured at left with Karen Kraus, FCCO Executive Director) visited FCCO's North Portland clinic for the honor. "It's all about helping those who make a difference in the lives of animals," Jeans said.

The Petco Foundation is a nonprofit funded through donations raised during seasonal fundraisers at Petco stores to benefit local animal welfare organizations. FCCO is a Petco Foundation partner because the Coalition's mission to improve the lives of stray and feral cats through spay/neuter program and education. Spay/neuter advocacy is an important goal of the Foundation. 

FCCO is honored to have this significant support for the Furball which is critical to FCCO's ability to spay/neuter 6,700 cats this year. See below for more Furball information.

Help FCCO Help the Cats... Volunteer!

We are always looking for help at our clinics, with fundraising, and in the office. Right now we also have some specific positions we are seeking to fill right away in Portland.

General office volunteer– email caregivers and help with data entry and office projects.

Outreach volunteer– attend street fairs, farmer’s markets, and other events sharing information about our services with the public

Trap Depot – maintain a trap inventory at your home or business where caregivers can pick up and return humane traps.

Phone scheduling volunteer– pick up inbound calls, screen cats for eligibility for FCCO clinics, and assist callers with questions regarding feral cats and spay/neuter.

Click here to read about these volunteer positions and more ways you can help!

The Animal Shelter Alliance of Portland (ASAP), of which FCCO is a founding member, wants to dramatically reduce the euthanasia of cats across the Portland Oregon metro area during the next five years. This is a collective effort - we need your help, too. Are you a feral cat caregiver? Do you have a cat that needs to be spayed/ neutered? There is help! Click here to read our caregiver information and about our spay/neuter clinics.

Please help us help the cats. Follow this link and print out our flyers and keep some in your car. When you are at the store, coffee shop, vet's office, church, or any place with a community bulletin board, please post one. Remember, each caregiver you reach is another cat helped, and suffering for future litters prevented!