The Honey Fund
Update on March 27, 2025: The Honey Fund has been exhausted because of such high need due to extreme veterinary costs. It's clear with each Honey Fund request that our neighbors are having to make choices between food and housing or medical care for their animals.
AniMeals was able to offset the cost of medical expenses for 36 companion animals in 2024 thanks to a $10,0000 grant from Clearwater Credit Union. However, receiving this kind of funding again is very uncertain.
The Honey Fund is one of AniMeals most critical diversion programs that keeps pets in loving homes. That's why we are asking for your help to raise $3,000 to fill the Honey Fund again. Your donation may be the difference between keeping pets with their people or being surrendered to a stressful shelter.
It is economically smarter to help people with a $70-$150 medical exam and one-time prescription medications for their pet verses the cost of sheltering a once-housed animal for $950 at minimum. This also frees up space at our shelter to intake cats that truly have no alternatives at all except starting fresh at our facility.
Please consider a donation to refill the Honey Fund today! Thank you!
The Honey Fund exists to help people make informed decisions for a pet experiencing a health crisis.
Through this fund we have helped pay for problem exams and one-time prescriptions, eye enucleations, and x-rays.
AniMeals considers each request on a case-by-case basis and generally awards up to $150 for each approved application. We are most likely to fund problem exams.
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**The Fund is used for emergent medical needs with a good prognosis.
Unfortunately, the Honey Fund cannot be used for spay/neuter, routine veterinary visits, vaccinations, euthanasia, cremation, or ongoing care for medical diagnoses.
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Please limit requests to one application for a cat or dog within a 12-month period. Our goal is to equitably administer this program to help as many pets and people as we can. If the cost of the vet visit is less than the amount offered, there is no credit towards another animal or visit.
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Blatant abuse of the program will result in denial of the application.
