Berks Cats in Crisis

Berks Cats in Crisis We are a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that provides veterinary care funding for critically injured/ill stray cats in Berks County.

Our purpose is to alleviate the suffering of stray/feral cats. The steps to request funding assistance are here-->.

As I sit here tonight, listening to the wind outside, my thoughts are with all the injured cats in our care and those st...
12/30/2025

As I sit here tonight, listening to the wind outside, my thoughts are with all the injured cats in our care and those still needing our help. I found myself once again reading through the Christmas cards we received, each one filled with words of encouragement, hope, and warm wishes.

It’s moments like these when your words truly mean the world to us. Your thoughtfulness and caring are felt more deeply than we can express. Thank you for believing in us and in all that we do.

Please know that your kindness gives us strength, comfort, and renewed purpose and it reminds us that none of this work is done alone. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you for standing with us and for being part of this journey. 🐾

The holiday cold weather has brought many cats in need to BCIC, and the past few days have been especially heavy.🐾 Smile...
12/28/2025

The holiday cold weather has brought many cats in need to BCIC, and the past few days have been especially heavy.

🐾 Smiley (Reading) was found limping through a neighborhood with a severely swollen leg. Thankfully, the vet was able to treat him with antibiotics, and he’s now on the mend. Even better...he may already have a home lined up!

🐾 Mama (Hamburg) came to us unable to use her back legs or tail. She was rushed to the emergency vet, where it was determined that the infection and damage from multiple bite wounds were too severe. With broken hearts, we had to make the kind decision to let her go. Rest peacefully, Mama 💔

🐾 Tango (Reading) was found with a serious head wound but was friendly enough to be safely contained for treatment. The vet cleaned his wound, started antibiotics, and confirmed he was already neutered. He’s now on the road to recovery.

🐾 Retirement Community Kitty was found with an injury near his eye. Thanks to Carol’s efforts, the cat was safely contained and will receive treatment this coming week. Our friends at Pawsitive Heart Rescue will be taking him in, and he will be placed for adoption.

We are still actively trying to catch two more injured cats:
• A tabby in Kenhorst with an ear injury
• A cat in Birdsboro with head trauma

We are incredibly grateful for the amazing people who donated to our program before the holidays. Unfortunately, the need is great, and funds are quickly absorbed by emergency care and vet bills.

If you are able to donate to help any of these cats, we would be so grateful. Donations can be sent directly to our program at Berks Cats in Crisis, PO Box 723 Reading, PA 19607 or paypal.me/berkscatsincrisis. Let’s help them start the new year with hope, healing, and the chance at a new life.

Thank you all for your continued support, it truly makes this work possible. ❤️🐾 (click on the photo to see details on their locations)

Have unwanted Christmas gifts? You can help change a life. Donated items to BCIC will be used in our auctions and raffle...
12/28/2025

Have unwanted Christmas gifts? You can help change a life. Donated items to BCIC will be used in our auctions and raffles, with proceeds going directly to the stray and injured cats who need care, safety, and a second chance. 🐾

If you’re able to donate, please comment or message below and BCIC will reach out to arrange pickup.
Your kindness truly makes a difference, thank you for supporting the cats who need us.

This holiday season, our hearts are overflowing with gratitude for YOU, our wonderful friends of Berks Cats in Crisis!Yo...
12/25/2025

This holiday season, our hearts are overflowing with gratitude for YOU, our wonderful friends of Berks Cats in Crisis!

You help make miracles happen all year long. Every act of kindness, every share, every donation, every bit of support helps injured stray cats find safety, healing, and hope. Because of you, they are never alone.

From all of us (and the kitties!), thank you for loving them as much as you do. Wishing you a warm, cozy, joy-filled holiday season wrapped in compassion and purrs!🎄

WE ARE OPEN and our hearts are overflowing with gratitude!Every single donation you sent our way filled us with hope and...
12/11/2025

WE ARE OPEN and our hearts are overflowing with gratitude!

Every single donation you sent our way filled us with hope and reminded us why this work matters so much. Because of your incredible generosity, we can continue providing life-saving funding for injured stray cats who need love, care, and a chance to heal.

You believed in us. You believed in this mission.
With every gift, you wrapped these vulnerable cats in kindness and reminded them (and us) that they are not forgotten.

Thank you, from the very deepest part of our hearts.
Your support isn’t just appreciated… it’s cherished.
You are the reason these precious cats get another chance.

We are endlessly grateful for all of you. ❤️

We want to take a moment to thank each and every one of you who has stood beside us, supported us, and helped us care fo...
12/07/2025

We want to take a moment to thank each and every one of you who has stood beside us, supported us, and helped us care for the countless cats who have needed a second chance. Your kindness truly makes all the difference.

Unfortunately, due to a recent emergencies involving several injured cats who require immediate and ongoing care, we must temporarily close our funding intake for new cats. Our small program is currently doing everything we can to stabilize and support the sweet souls already in our care, many of whom are fighting to heal.

This is never an announcement we want to make, and our hearts are heavy. But right now, we must give our full attention to the injured cats depending on us.

If you’re able, your donation (no matter the amount) will help us to re-open our funding to provide medical care, comfort, and safety to the injured cats who need us. Your generosity becomes their hope, their healing, and sometimes their only chance. Donations can be sent to: Berks Cats in Crisis, PO Box 723, Reading, Pa 19607 or paypal.me/berkscatsincrisis.

Thank you for always showing up with love. Thank you for believing in the work we do. And thank you for giving these precious cats a chance at life. 💕

This tiny 9-week-old kitten was found injured and rushed to the vet for emergency care. Sadly, his injuries were severe,...
12/07/2025

This tiny 9-week-old kitten was found injured and rushed to the vet for emergency care. Sadly, his injuries were severe, and he needed both a leg and his tail amputated to survive. That’s when BCIC was contacted to step in and help this brave little guy get the surgery he desperately needed.

Fluffanutter’s surgery was a success, and he is now resting safely. Though it looks like he’s missing half his body, this little warrior is already showing us that once he heals, he’ll be able to get around just fine. We may never know what happened to him, but what we do know is that his future is already looking brighter.

Unfortunately, Fluffanutter’s surgery costs have completely exhausted BCIC’s emergency medical funds, leaving us unable to help other cats in need until we can recover. If you’re able to contribute toward Fluffanutter’s medical bills, we would be so incredibly grateful. Every single donation (big or small) helps us continue saving lives just like his.

Please send donations to our program to support Fluffanutter’s recovery and reopen our ability to help others. Donations can be sent to Berks Cats in Crisis, PO Box 723, Reading PA 19607 or Paypal.me/berkscatsincrisis.

Thank you from the bottom of our hearts… and from Fluffanutter, who says “thank mew”!

This poor cat showed up at a home with what we thought was a leg wound. We rushed him to Blue Pearl hoping he could be s...
12/01/2025

This poor cat showed up at a home with what we thought was a leg wound. We rushed him to Blue Pearl hoping he could be stitched up, fixed, and re-released. That was not the case.

Meet Putters.

His exam was full of surprises. What looked like a wound turned out to be a degloved portion of his leg. The bone and muscle are intact, but the skin that should be covering them is completely gone. There isn’t enough remaining skin to close the wound, so we are relying on the surgeon to determine whether his leg can be saved or if it will need to be amputated.

Either way, Putters faces a major surgery this week, and we need your help to make it possible. Donations are urgently needed. Please help if you can by sending a donation to: Berks Cats in Crisis, PO Box 723,Reading, PA 19607 or
paypal.me/berkscatsincrisis

Despite everything he’s gone through, Putters had one more surprise for us…
The staff at Blue Pearl described him as an INCREDIBLE cat, friendly, sweet, and trusting. They don’t use those words lightly, and we’ve never heard them say that about a rescued kitty before!

Putters is resting safely tonight. Let’s come together and make sure his days ahead are much brighter. This boy deserves a chance.
Thank you for stepping up for Putters.

🎄Holiday Giving Trees for Our Injured Stray Cats🎄This Christmas season, we’re spreading kindness a little further with o...
11/30/2025

🎄Holiday Giving Trees for Our Injured Stray Cats🎄

This Christmas season, we’re spreading kindness a little further with our BCIC Giving Trees, now available at several wonderful local businesses throughout our community. Each tree is adorned with special ornaments, each one featuring a cat we’ve helped through our injured stray cat program.

If you feel moved to give, simply choose an ornament that speaks to your heart. On the back, you’ll find our address and a QR code that makes donating easy. Any amount (big or small) truly makes a life-changing difference for the cats who rely on us for safety, healing, and hope.

Our Giving Trees can be found at the following locations:
🌟 Blue Pearl, Wyomissing
🌟 Vet on Main, Birdsboro
🌟 Ace Hardware, Sinking Spring
🌟 Crave Cafe, Sinking Spring

A heartfelt thank you to these generous businesses for hosting a tree and helping us bring comfort and care to injured strays this holiday season. Your support means the world. 💕

BCIC Giving Trees will be available now through Christmas, and we’d be so grateful if you’d take a moment to visit, choose an ornament, and share in the spirit of giving.

Thank you for helping us bring warmth, compassion, and second chances to cats who need it most this holiday season.
Wishing you all peace, joy, and a heart full of Christmas magic.

— ❤️ From all of us (and all the cats) at Berks Cats in Crisis

As we pause to reflect on what we’re grateful for this Thanksgiving, our hearts turn to you, the compassionate community...
11/27/2025

As we pause to reflect on what we’re grateful for this Thanksgiving, our hearts turn to you, the compassionate community that makes our mission possible. Because of your generosity, injured stray cats who once faced fear, pain, and uncertainty now have a chance to heal, feel safe, and discover kindness, often for the very first time.

Every bandaged paw, every restored heartbeat, every tiny, hopeful purr exists because you chose to help. You’ve turned cold streets into warm recovery spaces. You’ve transformed suffering into second chances. You’ve reminded these fragile animals (and us) that empathy is powerful, and that hope is something we build together.

Thank you for believing that every life, no matter how small or forgotten, deserves care. Thank you for standing with us, for giving these cats dignity, comfort, and the possibility of a brighter future.

From our team, and every whiskered friend you’ve helped rescue, we wish you a warm, joyful, and peaceful Thanksgiving. May your kindness return to you a hundredfold.
With heartfelt gratitude,
Berks Cats in Crisis

We’re starting Thanksgiving week feeling so GRATEFUL! We asked — and you listened. Thanks to your incredible generosity,...
11/24/2025

We’re starting Thanksgiving week feeling so GRATEFUL!
We asked — and you listened. Thanks to your incredible generosity, we’ve received much needed kitten formula and many other essential supplies from our wish list. You continue to show up in the biggest ways for the tiniest lives.
Thank you for caring so deeply. Every gift you send becomes warmth, nourishment, and hope for the most fragile cats and kittens who depend on us. Your compassion touches their lives and our hearts.
Wishing everyone a warm, thankful, and love-filled week ahead!

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Reading, PA
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