HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. — People have actually been pertaining to First Ladies Farm and Sanctuary in Riverview to adopt cats for many years, however the First Ladies will quickly be pertaining to you.
“The whole concept of First Ladies Farm was we were naming chickens after first ladies of the United States of America,” said creator Chelsea Edmonds.
What began with lots of plumes has actually transitioned into a great deal of fur. First Ladies Farm went from embracing 13 cats in year one to 1,000 in year 5.
“We take them in pairs, all over the state of Florida, and match them to farms and homesteads and nurseries and warehouses,” said Edmonds.
“I have two kittens in the house that we brought back from the edge, the brink, there is no reason for those kittens to be alive and they’ll be up for adoption this weekend and I will probably have some tears,” said Director Claudia White.
The non-profit says they have one huge obstacle, like many farms, they’re extremely rural.
“Just don’t get the foot traffic we need to get the amount of adoptions that we need, so this year we had a bus donated to us, a University of Miami former sports team bus,” said Edmonds.
The strategy is to turn the bus into a mobile cat adoption center.
“Be able to go down to the Hyde Park market, be able to go to a brewery, be able to go to a music festival,” said Edmonds.
However, cats won’t be the only thing available to take home.
“The doors will open up, and we’ll have a serving window to serve coffee out of the back of the bus,” said Edmonds, who said the wheelchair lift presently on the bus is available to anybody who requires it, totally free of charge.
The farm has actually partnered with Hugo Coffee, a business with comparable objectives.
“$2.50 of every single item sold, not every purchase, every item sold, goes to a different animal rescue; she picks a different animal rescue every week,” said Edmonds.
The just thing delegated do is recondition the bus, and they’re requesting the general public’s help through a GoFundMe. For more info, go to Firstladiesfarm.com.
“People plan to go visit their favorite food trucks; we are hoping people plan to go visit the cat bus,” said White.
First Ladies Farm is likewise holding an Art on the Farm adoption occasion, consuming 30 suppliers, Saturday, May 12, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
