Located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina, with an office in downtown historic Marshall, FOMCA works to reduce the number of unwanted animals in Madison County and increase their well-being. Programs include the following (click on the red heading to get to that page):
Something will be coming up soon. Stay tuned.
FOMCA offers Madison County residents low-cost spay/neuter surgery for their pets. Check the Spay-Neuter page for more information about clinic dates coming up in 2012.
Clinics are held once a month in different locations around Madison County, offering low-cost rabies and other routine vaccinations for dogs and cats. For more information about upcoming clinics, go to the Vaccination Clinic page.
If your dog tends to wander, we recommend microchipping, which you can get inexpensively at our vaccination clinic. Check the Vaccination Clinic page for more information.
Note: Due to winter travel challenges, our vaccination clinic is on hold until March, 2012. Check our Vaccination Clinic page for a 2012 monthly schedule.
Chain-Free Madison County? Wouldn’t it be wonderful? We wholeheartedly support the concept of a chain-free environment for dogs. There are many reasons not to chain a dog. Go to the chain-free webpage to see them listed, and watch the inspiring video.
TNR stands for trap/neuter/return, a humane way of gradually reducing the feral cat population.Special funding enables FOMCA to help individuals who want to establish controlled feral cat colonies.
Note: August, 2011. Friends of Madison County Animals’ (FOMCA) Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) program has been suspended due to the exhaustion of grant funds that provide for this project. Go to the Feral Cat page to get more information about other options.
FOMCA provides humane education to the community by furnishing elementary school classrooms with subscriptions to Kind News, a Humane Society of the United States publication geared towards teaching children about animal compassion.
FOMCA operates a resource center in downtown Marshall which is open two hours on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 2:00-4:00pm. Information on programs and other assistance is provided on a walk-in or call-in basis.
Volunteer help is always needed for existing programs, as well as to create new programs. See where you might fit in.
Volunteer Office Position
We are very pleased with the response to our request for office help and want to thank our new volunteers who will be helping out in the office, returning phone messages and assisting with other office tasks. Thank you and welcome aboard! We can always use more help in the office, so call if you have an interest in volunteering to help out at our office in downtown Marshall.
Pet food is available to families in financial crisis who are having difficulty feeding their cats and dogs. Call the FOMCA office during business hours (2:00pm-4:00pm, Mon/Wed/Fri) for more information. The Pantry Coordinator will meet with people every other Thursday between 10:00am and noon to give out food. Our next pantry date is January 19.
We have good friends we want you to meet. Click on Our Good Friends! to find out more.
FOMCA relies on membership dues, grants and donations to fund programs. It is not affiliated with any national organization. You can help us improve the lives of animals of Madison County by donating now:
Call us at 828-649-9798. Our mailing address is P.O. Box 191, Marshall, NC 28753.
Our email address: fomca@yahoo.com
Our office is located in Marshall, NC, at 107 S. Main Street, by the traffic light at Bridge Street. We are directly across the street from the Post Office and next door to My Sister's Attic.
