Foster home
A few weeks at a timeYou keep an animal until they are adopted. We send the crate, the food and the vet appointments; you send photos and tell us the truth about how they behave.
Volunteer & foster
The job is mostly
couch space.
Fostering is the flagship role and the one we always need. But there is also a Saturday shift, a car ride, a camera and a bag of kibble with somebody else’s name on them.
Roles
Six jobs, honestly described
Time commitments below are the real ones, not the recruiting-poster version. Every role can flex around a busy month.
Adoption-day helper
One weekend shift a monthSet up pens, greet families, hand out water and keep the leashes untangled. Ideal if you like people almost as much as animals.
Transport driver
An hour or two, now and thenCarry an animal from a clinic to a foster home, or from a partner shelter to us. Your car will smell faintly of dog. Sorry.
Photographer
A couple of hours a monthGood photos get animals adopted faster than good adjectives. Bring a camera and a lot of squeaky toys.
Pantry packer
Second Saturday morningsBag kibble, sort litter and hand things to neighbors with a smile and no paperwork.
Event crew
A few times a yearFundraisers, vaccine clinics and street fairs. Tables get carried; lemonade gets poured; dogs get admired.
The flagship role
Fostering, without the mystery
People assume fostering means taking on the whole cost and the whole risk. It does not. Here is the arrangement in five lines.
- We provide: food, crate, bedding, litter, leash and every vet visit.
- You provide: a room or a corner, a routine, and a willingness to text us.
- You choose every animal — species, size, energy level, all of it.
- Going away? Tell us and we will arrange a foster-sitter.
- Fall in love and you get first refusal. It happens more often than not.
What to expect
From first message to first shift
1
Send a note
Tell us your neighborhood, your schedule and whether you have pets or kids at home.
2
Have a chat
Fifteen minutes on the phone with a coordinator, mostly about what you would enjoy.
3
Come to a walk-through
Meet the crew at a weekend shift and see how a day actually runs.
4
Take your first shift
Or your first foster. Somebody experienced is on the other end of the phone the whole time.
From a volunteer
“I said I could give one Saturday a month. Nobody has ever asked me for more than that, which is exactly why I am still here.”
Tomas L. · adoption-day crew
Questions
Before you sign up
No. Most roles are learned in an afternoon, and you are always paired with somebody who has done it before.
Then we match you with cats, kittens, transport runs or an adoption-day shift. There is a job for every household.
Yes, with a parent or guardian on the same shift. Adoption days and pantry mornings are the usual starting points.
Tell us and we will move the animal. Life happens; nobody is trapped and nobody is shamed.
Tell us what you have got
An afternoon, a car, a camera or a spare room — send one message and a coordinator will find the job that fits it.