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We are thrilled you want to volunteer with us. Our volunteers are the backbone of our rescue. We can't wait to introduce you to our organization and the team that makes it all happen. Please take a few minutes to read through the website. Learn our foster and adoption processes (no quizzes...we promise), and read the stories of the cats whose lives have been changed through Heavenly Paws Shelter. When you're ready, please fill out our VOLUNTEER APPLICATION
We need volunteers in our stores to help feed, clean, and love on our kitties. These volunteers help our cats stay happy and healthy during the stressful time they spend in the stores on their search for their forever homes. Our store volunteers also help us out during events to help promote our cats and raise money for the shelter.
Our most desperate need is always fosters. Since we are a no-kill shelter, with no physical shelter location, fostering is the backbone of our rescue. We need people who have the space, time, energy and extra love to dedicate to all of the wonderful cats and kittens that come into our lives. Fostering is not easy and is more than just keeping a cat fed and watered in a room. Our cats come from the streets and often have fleas, worms, or other health issues that need to be cared for. Over the past two decades, Heavenly Paws Animal Shelter has placed thousands of cats in permanent, loving homes. Our foster families are the vital bridge between a rescued cats unfortunate situation into the loving, forever home that awaits them. Fostering an animal is one of the most rewarding experiences imaginable and there is always a kitty who needs you. The length of commitment depends on the reason for the foster need. Some kitties just need to gain a little weight and others might need socialization or time to recover from a medical procedure. We also need foster parents for newborn kittens who need to be weaned and reach the age of 8 weeks before adoption. Fostering can last anywhere between 10 days to several months.
**We always work with you to find a foster cat that best fits your interest and schedule.**From the time we rescue a pet until the day it leaves foster care, Heavenly Paws assumes responsibility for ALL expenses related to your foster cat’s care. We pay all veterinary expenses, including all vaccinations, deworming, spaying/neutering, routine medication, emergency veterinary visits, food, litter and all of the necessary supplies to care for your foster. While the cat is in your care, we work diligently to quickly provide a carefully screened, permanent home for the kitty you’ve so graciously taken in. Our fosters become our babies, so we make sure they get a caring, loving, forever home.
Volunteer to help in many different ways at our fundrasing events.
Consider hosting a bake sale, organize a raffle . . . the options are endless. Contact us so we can help you get the resources you need to create an amazing event.
Give a little time and make a big difference! We are looking for committed volunteers to help care for our cats by volunteering once or more a week at some of our store locations. Store volunteers are asked to come play with kitties and clean cages. Do you have an extra hour or two? It doesn’t take much time at all.
