Caring For Creatures

10/10/2025

Please join us tomorrow at the Fluvanna Fall Festival! We'll be there with a few of our friendly canines still hoping to find their forever homes.

This event celebrates Fluvanna's agricultural heritage and will feature local growers, farmers, and artisans, including a Punkin Chunkin Contest. Admission is free, with non-perishable food donations welcomed.

🍂 It’s Almost Fall Festival Time!🍂

We can’t wait to welcome you this Saturday, October 11th from 11 AM – 4 PM at Pleasant Grove Park! Free admission with nonperishable food donation (or $2 cash - but we would prefer the food!) Kids are free.

Enjoy live music from Joshua Luongo and Wrong Way Johnny, performances by Studio Chasse and Brushwood’s School of Dance, and fun for the whole family - including Touch-a-Truck, historical exhibits by the Fluvanna & Louisa Historical Societies, a beer garden, and our first Punkin’ Chunkin’!

Bring your friends, family, and fall spirit for a day full of community, crafts, and celebration. Please leave pets at home. See you at Pleasant Grove!

10/09/2025

We did it again!

Caring For Creatures has been voted Gold Winner for Best Nonprofit in Charlottesville’s Finest magazine for the second year in a row!

We surprised Mary today with mini cupcakes and lots of smiles as our amazing staff and volunteers celebrated this special honor together.

This recognition means so much because it comes from YOU - our incredible community of supporters, adopters, donors, and friends who believe in giving every animal a second chance.

From all of us (and all the tails wagging at the sanctuary) thank you for making Caring For Creatures Charlottesville’s Finest!

10/08/2025

Thank you Animal Connection - All Natural Store for Healthy Pets!

10/07/2025

Free Rabies Clinic!

10/07/2025

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10/07/2025

We made the very difficult decision to not do the Strut Your Mutt Halloween Pageant this year. CFC is in the middle of an important capital campaign to raise dollars for our first permanent dog building - Dog Pod #1. This project is very exciting and requires all hands on deck to fundraise and manage. For more information on this special building visit our website at: https://caringforcreatures.org . We will definitely miss seeing all of you and especially seeing your adorable dogs in their costumes! We will keep you posted on next year.

10/06/2025

Imagine...

Imagine a handsome Tuxedo kitty feeling rotten, perhaps with a respiratory infection. Imagine no one caring for him so, being double positive for FIV and FeLV, his immune system can’t fight the infection that settles in his eyes. He goes blind. Then imagine being abandoned—confined and alone.

This is Popeye, CFC’s latest feline rescue and the Observation Room’s newest occupant. I met him last week. I wasn’t surprised he didn’t welcome my attention.
On our first encounter, he hissed a lot and occasionally slashed his condo wall in my direction. I never tried to approach him but only sat nearby, speaking softly to him. I did wave my hand and a toy in front of him. He didn’t follow it so I’m pretty sure he is blind.

During our second encounter, I still got hisses and one lunge but he seemed less stressed. I think he relaxed a little and closed his eyes.

Popeye is going to be a challenge. But I promised him I’d spend extra time with him on each of my future CFC visits. He’s had a horrible life so far. He deserves all the loving attention I can give.

Steve, CFC Volunteer

10/06/2025

Please join us! This event celebrates Fluvanna's agricultural heritage and will feature local growers, farmers, and artisans, including a Punkin Chunkin Contest. Admission is free, with non-perishable food donations welcomed.

10/05/2025

Titan & Stephanie’s Big Adventure on a gorgeous fall day. First a hike through Pleasant Grove Park and then on to Crossing Brook farm stand to stop and smell the flowers (and share an apple).

Titan has been working hard to prove that he deserves to be in a forever home. Gentle, smart, affectionate – and great with children! Come meet him – you won’t be disappointed!

https://caringforcreatures.org/dogs/titan/

10/03/2025

Need a little help tackling that mountain of laundry? 🧺 Meet Groucho! This handsome little guy will turn chores into smiles.

From the moment Groucho and his siblings arrived, they’ve captured the hearts of our staff and volunteers. Groucho especially shines—he’s social, affectionate, and absolutely loves to be held. Snuggle him in your arms and he’ll happily melt into you…until kitten curiosity kicks in! Then he’s off, scampering around in search of his next big adventure.

Looking for a cuddle buddy and a playful explorer? Groucho is ready to bring joy (and maybe a few laughs) to your home! 💙

Thank you CFC volunteer, John, for capturing this special moment!

https://caringforcreatures.org/cats/groucho/

10/03/2025

Congrats to Caring For Creatures for winning Gold Best Nonprofit Organization for this year's Charlottesville's Finest!

10/02/2025

✨ Cuteness Overload Alert! ✨

Meet siblings Gandalf, Arwen, and Eowyn—three little bundles of magic who were discovered abandoned in a church parking lot by one of our staff.

Now almost 3 months old, these sweet kittens are healthy, playful, and ready to bring joy to their forever families. 💕

Come meet them—you’ll laugh, you’ll melt, and you just might leave with your heart (and maybe your lap) claimed forever. 🐾

https://caringforcreatures.org/cats/gandalf/
https://caringforcreatures.org/cats/arwen/
https://caringforcreatures.org/cats/eowyn/