Maggie is no ordinary cat—she’s a confidante, a travel buddy, a shopping companion, and, according to her person Michelle, a spirit companion. Over the years, Maggie has charmed countless strangers, comforted friends, and even startled a few people with her uncanny ability to talk back.
The two are inseparable; Maggie accompanies Michelle on errands, participates in Michelle’s work with children, and even “speaks” now and then, surprising people with a perfectly timed meow that sounds suspiciously like “yeah” or “hi.”
Michelle first met Maggie at a city shelter, but the encounter felt more like destiny than adoption. She had gone there to find a cat for someone else, but when she and Maggie locked eyes, it was over—Maggie reached out her paw, pulled Michelle close, and kissed her face. “She picked me,” Michelle says. “That was it.”
Life with Maggie has been full of stories. She walks on a leash, loves to shop (sniffing every shelf as if she’s hunting for deals), and has been known to jump into strangers’ shopping carts—once surprising a woman who happened to have a tattoo reading “Maggie” in honor of her grandmother. She’s also traveled cross-country, visited beaches, and happily sits in Michelle’s car for outings when the weather is nice.
Maggie is now about 18 years old and still charms almost everyone she meets. But like many senior citizens, she has some health problems—kidney and heart issues, along with keeping a watch for pancreatitis. Michelle, herself a senior, is on a limited income, and the cost of monthly vet visits can be challenging. That’s where June’s Senior Cat Rescue’s Help Meowt program was able to step in and help them both.
Our Help Meowt program is here to help cats like Maggie, providing financial assistance for vet care to senior citizens with cats of any age, or to anyone who needs help with a senior cat’s vet bills. The program keeps cats in their homes with the humans they know and love. It also prevents these cats from being surrendered to a shelter because their humans can’t afford expenses like spay and neuter, vaccines, and other veterinary care.
Michelle is thankful for JSCR and the Help Meowt Program, which helped her purchase an office visit plan at her vet’s office so she can take Maggie in for her monthly health checks without worrying about where the money will come from. “I’m so grateful for the ability to keep such a close watch on Maggie’s medical problems,” she says. “She’s more like a person than a cat. She’s truly my spirit companion.”
If you have a beloved senior cat and cannot afford his or her care, apply for the Help Meowt Program by filling out the application here. Help Meowt requires applicants to provide documentation of the cost of the services, pays the vet directly, and requires the applicant to cover a small amount of the cost for the care requested.
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