{"id":2,"date":"2009-03-11T13:12:34","date_gmt":"2009-03-11T13:12:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/barcstl.314media.com\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-03-04T00:53:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T00:53:28","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/barcstl.org\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/barcstl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/BARC-Logo-Oct-20122.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-683\" title=\"BARC Logo Oct 2012\" src=\"https:\/\/barcstl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/BARC-Logo-Oct-20122-300x274.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/barcstl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/BARC-Logo-Oct-20122-300x274.jpg 300w, https:\/\/barcstl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/BARC-Logo-Oct-20122-1024x937.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/barcstl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/BARC-Logo-Oct-20122.jpg 1041w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>BARC<\/strong> is a non-profit<em> all-volunteer<\/em> organization dedicated to animal welfare. We obtained our (501C3) status in 2002. <\/span>Our mission is to eliminate the euthanasia of adoptable dogs and cats by promoting and subsidizing spay\/neuter surgeries for pets of low-income families.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>BARC<\/strong> offers a year-round spay\/neuter program specifically targeting those who can prove financial need.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We have received several spay\/neuter grants in the past which have helped to fund our relentless endeavor. Due to these generous grants and additional funding from our donors, <strong>BARC<\/strong> has subsidized over <em><strong>80,00<\/strong><strong>0<\/strong><\/em> spay\/neuters for low-income family pets since October 2003.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">BARC&#8217;s program is open to anyone who can provide proof of financial need with no residency restrictions. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">No rescue groups or breeders are allowed please.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Be a friend to all animals and <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">FIX YOUR PETS<\/span><\/strong>!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BARC is a non-profit all-volunteer organization dedicated to animal welfare. We obtained our (501C3) status in 2002. Our mission is<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/barcstl.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/barcstl.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/barcstl.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barcstl.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barcstl.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":188,"href":"https:\/\/barcstl.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2835,"href":"https:\/\/barcstl.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/2835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/barcstl.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}