Who are We?
The Clarion Cat Initiative Group exists to promote humane, community-based solutions for outdoor and stray cats through Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR), education, and collaboration.
We believe communities and cats thrive together when compassion is paired with practical action. By preventing reproduction, improving health, and supporting responsible caregiving, we work to reduce suffering, stabilize cat populations, and create more peaceful neighborhoods throughout our Borough.
Our purpose is not simply to respond to problems but to build long-term solutions that benefit animals, residents, and the Borough as a whole.
The Clarion Cat Initiative Group supports residents through humane cat management solutions
Support for trapping and getting outdoor cats spayed or neutered
Resources to help residents understand community cats and humane solutions
Working with local residents and partners to create long-term solutions
Meet the founders and volunteers behind CCIG
Alicia has volunteered with Clarion PAWS since 2019. She has experience with fostering kittens and special-needs cats, shelter management, and TNR. Alicia is eager to serve the Clarion animal community further by using TNR methods to reduce unwanted cat populations. She currently has 3 cats of her own and an ever-changing gang of fosters.
Ben lives in the borough with his wife Jen. He is a software engineer and passionate cat dad. A foster volunteer with Stray Cat Central and owner of four cats, he combines his technical skills with hands-on animal care.With CCIG, Ben helps with website development, humane trapping, transportation, and more — contributing wherever he’s needed to support cats and the Clarion Borough he calls home.
Christy A. Logue, Esquire, is a Clarion County native who earned her undergraduate degree from Clarion University before going on to graduate from Duquesne University School of Law. Following law school, Christy returned to Clarion to build both her career and her life in the community that shaped her. She began her legal career at Seidle Law, P.C. and is now a Partner at Logue & Urik, P.C. Christy is active in the community, serving on the Immaculate Conception Finance Council, Clarion Vocational Services Board, Clarion County Community Foundation, and Clarion Blueprint Community, Inc., and as Vice President of Clarion Borough Council. In her free time, she can often be found enjoying a good cup of coffee with her Border Collie, Max, never far from her side.
Helen is a member of the Clarion Borough Council, a PennWest Biology Professor, and proud cat lady. She lives in Clarion with her three rescue cats, Rogue, Zenzen, and Toops, collectively known as "The Odd Squad". Helen is very passionate about animal welfare and in addition to her rescue cats also has an ex-racehorse that she has spent a lot of time emotionally healing and retraining. Helen loves living in Clarion and is excited to be instrumental in compassionately addressing cat overpopulation and helping the Borough residents.
Jen lives in the borough with her husband Ben. She is a social worker with experience in community engagement, advocacy, and policy work. A devoted cat mom to four cats and a foster volunteer, she is passionate about animal welfare and thrilled to be part of the Clarion Cat Initiative Group’s foundational team to create lasting, humane solutions for cats and neighbors alike.
Teresa is excited to work with CCIG to help the stray cats of Clarion. She has volunteered with Clarion PAWS for seven years and currently serves as the organization’s treasurer and spay and neuter clinic scheduler. She is the proud mom of Missy, a seventeen year old orange and white tabby who is fed canned food seven times a day by her partner Bob. She works for PennWest University. She is pictured here with Silas, a chirpy and very friendly PAWS cat.