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.
Almost all our fosters provide food litter so we can dedicate what funds we scrape together for required medical care.
Our our volunteer trappers are also required to come out of pocket to cover wear & tear on their vehicle hauling cats in traps, gas, food & supplies necessary to trap 20+ cats every week. They’re also required to sanitize their traps & equipment every week & their volunteer job is done mainly at night, alone out on the street.
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 need our fosters to stay in contact, reach out with concerns, keep us updated & provide photos, insight into what the right home looks iike for each kitty.
Our fosters are NOT responsible for finding adopters, but we welcome everyone working as team to cast a wider net for those truly extraordinary adopters.
Luxe Paws assumes full responsibility for all medical care, our fosters will NEVER be asked to take their foster to a vet & we will NOT reimburse fosters for medical care they obtain without WRITTEN approval.
If all the above works for you, we need you! 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, Jenn will email you within 72 hours to schedule a phone interview & discuss foster options!
