FOSTER
we’re overjoyed you want to become a Volunteer foster & help save lives, however it’s important you understand the type of rescue we do!
Fostering encompasses caring for a cat or kitten our team has rescued in your own home or apartment. Some fosters are short-term ( 2-4 weeks), other fosters donate their love for several months.
It’s important to understand the gritty, boots on the ground rescue work our volunteer trappers do. We DON’T have a ‘holding’ facility, meaning we CAN’T rescue a kitten or cat from the street without a pre-approved foster on call, ready to jump when our volunteer trappers can save a life. Leaving a cat or kitten on the street for even an extra day could be the difference between life or death. This is rewarding, but very serious volunteer rescue work.
Our fosters provide food litter so we can dedicate what funds we scrape together for required medical care. Please note, volunteer trapper’s donate not only their time but also come out of pocket to cover wear & tear on their vehicle,, gas, cat food & supplies necessary to trap 20+ cats every week.
Our policy for fosters & adopters is INDOOR ONLY. Fosters are required to keep their foster kitty 150% SAFE at all times, meaning there’s absolutely no possible way for your foster to ever escape.
We require regular updates, photos & your insight into what the best home looks iike for each kitty.
Our fosters are NOT responsible for finding adopters, but we encourage everyone work as team to cast a wider net for those truly extraordinary adopters. Sharing is caring!
Luxe Paws assumes full responsibility for all medical care, fosters will NEVER take their foster to a vet & we will NOT reimburse fosters for medical care they obtain without WRITTEN pre-approval from our foster manager.
If all the above sounds good, just fill out our application below, tell us about your strengths & weaknesses, even your eagerness to learn new skills! IF your application is approved, our foster coordinator, Katherine will email you within 72 hours to schedule a phone interview & get you up & running.
