Fostering

Help a rescue feel closer to a furever home, be a Foster parent!

Fostering allows adoptable animals to move out of the shelter while they are waiting for their new home, opening up more space in the shelter and giving more dogs and cats a second chance at a new life! Foster volunteers are caring, compassionate people who want to make a difference in an animal’s life. A foster parent should be willing to treat the foster as their own during its stay. You must live in the mid-shore area and have some familiarity with caring for animals. A foster must be at least 21 years of age. 

CCHS places healthy, adoptable animals into foster homes to open up space in the shelter. In addition, we also frequently need help fostering animals that may not do well in the shelter environment, including mothers with very young litters, orphaned puppies or kittens (that may need bottle feeding), puppies or kittens too young to be adopted, animals recovering from surgery, and shy or timid animals overwhelmed by the shelter environment that need special one-on-one socialization in a home.

CCHS will provide routine preventative medical care including spay/neuter, vaccinations, deworming, heartworm or FeLV/FIV tests, heartworm and flea/tick preventative. Foster parents must be willing to meet with potential adopters (by appointment at the shelter), be able to transport the animal to and from the shelter and sometimes veterinarian appointments. Must be able to isolate/quarantine fosters from other pets in the home. All current pets owned by the foster must be up to date on vaccinations. Be able to release the foster pet to its new owners when the new home is found. 



There is no time limit on foster care while we attempt to find permanent homes for the animals.

To become a Foster family

You must be 21 or older

You must live in the MId-Shore area

Complete the Foster Application

Volunteer

Even a short amount of time goes a long way!

If you are looking for a way to help, and have a flexible schedule, volunteering at our shelter may be the perfect thing for you! There are many ways you can help us through volunteering:

• Adoption events
• Rabies Clinics
• Become a dog walker (18 years or older)
• Groom animals
• Transportation of animals to rescues
• Pick up donations and supplies
• Fund raising or event planning
• Administrative tasks
• Animal enrichment
• Provide pro-bono services such as electrical, plumbing, landscape or handyman
• Birthdays - celebrate your birthday by asking for items from our wishlists or collecting monetary donations
• Collect items on our wishlists through your school, business, friends or family.
• Lend a hand in our Pet Pantry
• Help seasonally with clean up or decorating around the shelter

To become a volunteer

You must be 18 or older to work with the animals

16 or older to work independently in the shelter

Under 16 can work with a parent.

Please complete the Volunteer Application Form. We look forward to seeing you at our shelter as a CCHS Volunteer!