❄️ Heating Up 🔥

Things are Heating Up at the Refuge

As winter sets in, the colder temperatures bring unique challenges to Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge.
Keeping our animals safe, warm, and comfortable during this season comes at a significant cost—but it’s a commitment we make without hesitation.

 

Overall, the refuge costs money each winter season to upkeep its facilities, update its sources of heat, and keep things running.
This means your contribution will go twice as far, helping us:

✅ Upgrade heating in older dens
✅ Enhance insulation to conserve heat
✅ Upgrade infrastructure to meet top animal welfare standards

We invite you to join this game-changing effort and help us reach our $200,000 goal. Your support will make a direct, lasting impact on the well-being of all TCWR’s animal residents, ensuring their safety and comfort from Rescue to Refuge.

🚨 MATCH ALERT 🚨

Thanks to the generous $100,000 gift from Richard and Beverly Gooch, every donation will be matched 1:1 until we reach $200,000! 

 

When you donate to The Rescue to Refuge Fund, you play a vital role in keeping all the TCWR animals warm during the winter months. Your support helps us maintain the Refuge’s habitats, continually upgrade our care for the animals, and cover essential costs like emergency medical care. The Rescue to Refuge Fund allows us to meet the ever-changing demands of sanctuary life.

Annual Operational Costs of Winter

  • $50 for heating bulb replacements for big cats.
  • $150 for fuel to run our plows.
  • $288 for shovel replacements to clear animal nighthouses after every storm.
  • $650 to replace heaters for small cats.
  • $2,000 for mulch to keep the cats’ dens warm.
  • $3,000 keep paths safe; salt & ice.
  • $7,500 in propane for the indoor heaters
  • $20,650 for electricity to power heaters and maintain warmth throughout the Refuge.

As the temperatures drop, we need your help to ensure the animals at Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge stay safe and warm. 

We’re making progress, but we need your support to close the gap. Here’s how you can make an impact this winter:

10 Big Cat Call Out purchases @ $125 each

Provides $1,250 to heat up the Refuge

10 Roar Box Members @ $150 each

$1,500 to heat up the Refuge

40 adoptions @ $150 each

$6,000 to heat up the Refuge

20 Pride Members @ $175 each

$3,500 to heat up the Refuge

6 India Members @ $300 each

$1,800 to heat up the Refuge

3 Small Cat Sponsors @ $1,000 each

$3,000 to heat up the Refuge

3 Big Cat Sponsors @ $2,500 each

$7,500 to heat up the Refuge