<![CDATA[Community Cat Club - Blog]]>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 12:47:30 -0700Weebly<![CDATA[A Forever Home for Community Cat Club]]>Sun, 01 Jun 2025 07:00:00 GMThttps://www.communitycatclub.org/blog/a-forever-home-for-community-cat-club
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​As hard as we work to find forever homes for our Community Cat Club foster kittens and cats, we've been working just as hard in our search for a forever home for the rescue as well. Today, we're so excited to give you the first introduction to our first official headquarters and cat adoption lounge! But first, some history...
Community Cat Club's story begins in 2020 in President and Founder Sara Sharp's family home. Sara, having a decade of rescue and shelter experience under her belt, saw the desperate need for a dedicated TNR effort in Camden County in order to slow and prevent the overwhelming influx of cats and kittens flowing into our local shelters. The home's attached garage was converted into our headquarters where we saw thousands of cats for intake, isolation, vaccinations, and TNR recovery. It's where foster volunteers picked up supplies for their cats, where owners were reunited with their lost pets, and where some new adoptive parents brought home their new family members. So much good happened in our community because of this tiny garage, but within two years in operation it became very clear that we outgrew the space and the growth (and survival) of the rescue depended on finding a forever home.
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Securing a headquarters was easier said than done. CCC is so proud to be entirely community funded, specifically through small individual donations. It truly is a community effort to keep this train running as it has been for the last nearly five years. We don't receive any funding from local or state government (we've tried!) and outside of animal welfare specific grants, we very rarely find opportunities for business sponsors. We ask our supporters for so much in any given year to keep our shelves full of food, help us pay down high veterinary bills, and attend our TNR fundraisers, and now asking them to help us buy a home felt like too big of a request. But as they always do, they came through, and we're still overwhelmed with gratitude. One day soon, we'll find the words, but since our offer was accepted, we've been overwhelmed in all of the ways one gets overwhelmed when buying and moving into a property (during kitten season no less!).
Here's what we've been able to do so far
Now that we're on the other side of closing on our property, we have been so busy outfitting it for all of our rescue's needs.
  • Our neo-natal nursery is fully operational! With it being kitten season, we knew this was the first room that needed to be up-and-running and since we had recently received a grant from the Orphan Kitten Club for new lifesaving equipment, like new incubators, we wanted to put that money to use right away. The nursery now has three incubators, an oxygen concentrator, nebulizers, and two Clearly Loved playpens which collectively has tripled our neo-natal care efforts.
  • Larger space for new intakes! Our new isolation space is massive, now that it doesn't have to be shared with TNR recovery. Thanks to our volunteers, the new space was refreshed and our isolation kennels were moved in. We now have empty space to eventually make room for additional kennels so we can soon increase our volume of intakes.
  • Secure and private TNR recovery space! As mentioned above, it's a relief that the TNR recovery space is separate from our isolation space. We've increased our isolation space to allow for a higher volume of cats for recovery purposes (pre and post surgery). This will allow us to increase our TNR efforts and streamline the existing TNR process with our volunteers.
  • The property is secure! Since the headquarters is located on a busy main road, the first order of business was adding security. Our fully managed system was $3000 but worth it for peace of mind, knowing that the buildings are safe as are our residents, both human and cats.
  • Our name in lights! Thanks to a generous volunteer, her family business Astro Sign Company, designed and installed our new street sign! Next up is to paint the poles and add lighting, but for now travelers on the Black Horse Pike will see our beautiful purple sign for the Cat Lounge.
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Work in Progress on the Adoption Lounge
Work has begun on converting the existing office space into our free roaming cat adoption lounge. We have a ton of work to go, but here's what we're working on and what is yet to come!
  • Bye bye carpet! We're in the process of removing the carpet that was laid throughout the lounge space - including what we believe is a linoleum layer underneath - so we can prepare for new, durable, and hygienic flooring to be installed in its place
  • The ceiling is falling! The drop ceiling tiles have to go. We've removed a few tiles and already the space feels so much larger! Once all of the tiles are removed, we'll have electrical and hvac teams come in to move electrical wires and replace the flex ducts with metal
  • Curb Appeal! High up on our list is to have the asphalt lot extended and repaved. This is sure to be a high cost and we're actively looking for asphalt companies that can assist us with this project. We also had volunteers help to clear the landscaping the beds along the building and are in the process of planting various flowers and plants to beautify the property.

Next season on the CCC Adoption Lounge Rehab Project!Once all of the prep work is completed inside of the lounge (removing carpet, reworking electrical and hvac, installing new flooring), we can move on to the next phase of our rehab which will be the fun part: Creating a beautiful and functional space for our free-roaming fosters and adoption lounge visitors! We can't wait to share more of our design plans and see our vision come to life over the next weeks and months.


Donate towards our renovations!We still desperately need more funds to cover this massive renovation. HVAC, asphalt, tile, paint, labor - these costs add up and add up quickly. Here's how you can support our mission :

]]><![CDATA[January 16th, 2026]]>Sat, 01 Feb 2025 08:00:00 GMThttps://www.communitycatclub.org/blog/january-16th-2026
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There's so much happening in the Community Cat Club universe, so let's jump right in with the updates :
We've made an offer on our dream property in Mount Ephraim and it was accepted! If you've ever bought a house, you know how the rest goes but for everyone else, bumps in the road are to be expected. Earlier this month we completed our inspection and now we're negotiating repairs. If all goes well, we hope to close within the month, which is when the real work begins (think renovations AND zoning applications). We're hopeful, excited, anxious... all the things. We hope to share more news soon!
We are expecting costs for renovation, as well as building/zoning permits, to be substantial. Please consider supporting our move through our fundraiser. Business partners can reach out to sara@communitycatclub.org for any opportunities!

Although our TNR team and partners have been putting in a tremendous amount of work over the fall and winter to spay and neuter as many free-roaming cats as possible, we're still anticipating another record-breaking influx of kittens this spring and summer. And we need your help to prepare!

We're so excited to announce that Upcycle Fitness & Social Club is hosting this years Kitten Shower! With the change in scenery, we wanted you all to look forward to some new additions to our event. In addition to providing refreshments, a raffle, and adoptable cat cuddles, we'll be holding educational workshops! We not only want to show our community what it is that CCC does, but give you all the confidence to participate. So we'll be holding a neo-natal kitten care workshop, where you can see first hand what supplies Community Cat Club provides to our critical care fosters and even how to bottle feed. If fostering isn't a possibility for you, we strongly recommend attending the TNR workshop to learn all about trap-neuter-return and all the ways to support that initiative.

If you'd like to help us prepare our fosters for kitten season, whether you can attend our Shower or not, you can shop our Kitten Season Wishlist here (or shop most items at retailers of your choosing!)

Join us at any of our upcoming events! If you'd like to host CCC or partner on a fundraiser, please email events@communitycatclub.org
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]]><![CDATA[Community Cat Club is Buying a Home!]]>Fri, 20 Dec 2024 08:00:00 GMThttps://www.communitycatclub.org/blog/community-cat-club-is-buying-a-home
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Okay everyone. We have a HUGE ask. It's going to be all hands on deck
We have the opportunity to purchase the perfect location for Community Cat Club HQ. This space just recently came on the market and is perfect for what we want and need in a forever home for CCC.
This space has so much potential. Here's our vision :
  • an adoption lounge
  • isolation space
  • community cat surgery recovery space
  • residence for caretakers
  • kitten nursery
  • lots of storage space
This location would be the first of its kind in Camden County, a welfare facility dedicated entirely to cats that will also be open to the public! There will be adoption events, workshops, community outreach events, offering a community pet pantry and so much more!

Why we need this Community Cat Club started in 2020 with the mission to help cats and the people caring for them in South Jersey. Over the years we have helped thousands of cats (over a thousand in 2024 alone). Our intake and TNR numbers have been rapidly increasing year over year, which means we've quickly outgrown out current location.

This space isn't just a want, it's a need. Our service numbers show the true extent of the overpopulation crisis in Camden County and the surrounding communities in South Jersey. If we can move into a larger, multi-use space, it will truly help us help so many more cats and people in our community.

How you can helpThe property is listed at $389,000. We have an amazing anonymous donor willing to donate $100,000 and are hoping to match, if not surpass that to help use secure the property in addition to performing some minor repairs and necessary changes to build out what we need.

We've started a fundraiser and hope that you all will consider donating towards the purchase of this property and everything that goes along with it. So far we've been able to raise just over $1000 in donations which is so exciting but we have a long way to go!

Please check out our campaign and consider adding your contribution. No amount is too small. But we know it's the holidays and money is tight so if you can't spare anything at the moment, the next best thing you can do is share our campaign on Instagram and Facebook with your friends, family, in your local neighborhood circles... anywhere! The farther this goes, the better chance we have of raising the amount needed to for our new headquarters.

If you choose to donate outside of this link please include in the notes that it is for the building.

Put your name on the place!Whether you're an individual or a business, we have some incredible ways to be a part of our new home through your generosity.

Naming Opportunities for Donors: 
$100,000+ : option to name the building 
$15,000+ : Isolation room
$30,000+ : Adoption room
$15,000+ : Kitten Nursery 
$10,000+ : Community Cat Recovery Space 
$5,000 : Name a bench outside 
$500+ : Name added to donor wall in adoption lounge 
 
Any businesses donating $5,000 or more can have their logo posted to our website and a shout out on social media. Additionally, any businesses donating $10,000 or more can have their logo posted to our website, a shout out on social media and their information included in all printed material with adoption packets. 

Businesses, please reach out to rescue President and Founder, Sara Sharp at sara@communitycatclub.org to discuss opportunities!

Thank you all for getting this far. Community Cat Club is entirely volunteer run. Through our blood, sweat, tears (many tears, both happy and sad), we've been able to do some incredible things in our communities, save thousands of lives, and we are committed to being there for our cats in Camden County and beyond for many years to come.

Thank you and Happy Holidays to you and your families!

Love,
​The CCC Team
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