About us

Who we are.

We are students, neighbors, and animal lovers who decided that noticing wasn't enough — so we organized. Flame of New Hearts (新心之火, aka Sparkleheart) is a community-based stray animal rescue and education organization.

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team of volunteers together, candid and smiling

Why we started

It began with the strays we saw every day — around campus, behind restaurants, under parked cars. Everyone felt sorry for them; no one had a system for helping them. We started Flame of New Hearts to be that system: organized, humane, and sustained.

Our mission

We rescue stray animals, promote responsible TNR, encourage adoption, and build stronger communities where people and animals can live together.

Our vision

Communities where no animal suffers unnoticed — where feeding is responsible, populations are managed humanely, adoption is the norm, and children grow up knowing how to care.

How we work

Volunteer-run and documentation-first: every rescue, surgery, and adoption is recorded. We partner with veterinarians, schools, and community managers so the work outlasts any single one of us.

The people

Team & volunteers.

Students who trap, transport, foster, photograph, fundraise, and teach — plus the adults who back us up.

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Founder & coordinator

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TNR lead

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Foster & adoption lead

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Education & outreach

Partners

We don't do this alone.

🏥 [Veterinary clinic]

Discounted spay/neuter surgeries, vaccinations, and emergency care.

🏫 [School / club]

Volunteer recruitment and humane-education programs.

🏘️ [Community / property management]

Cat-house placement and long-term colony management.

Sound like your kind of people?

There's a place for every skill — from trapping to translating to spreadsheet-keeping.

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