Is Fostering Right For Me?

What Does Fostering Mean and How Will It Impact Me?

What exactly does fostering mean? It means bringing a homeless animal into your home, caring for them, providing them with affection and socialization, until a permanent family comes along who will love them forever.

Adoption First Animal Rescue will provide the supplies you need to foster! You do not have to provide your own supplies, although you are more than welcome to. The rescue pays for all veterinary care for the foster pet.

The benefits of fostering are numerous, and not only a wonderful thing for the animal and shelter or rescue, but can be beneficial to the one doing the fostering in so many ways!

FOSTERING SAVES LIVES
YOU HAVE A HAND IN HELPING MAKE THE animal MORE "ADOPTABLE"
YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CHANGE A animal'S FUTURE
FOSTERING CAN BE GREAT FOR YOUR FAMILY
YOU BECOME PART OF A WONDERFUL "COMMUNITY"
YOU WILL MAKE SOMEONE'S FAMILY COMPLETE

So,
Change a Life,
Save a Life, &
Become a Foster
Today!

DEAR FOSTER MOM:

There I sat, alone and afraid,
You got a call and came right to my aid.
You bundled me up with blankets and love,
And, when I needed it most, you gave me a hug.

I learned that the world was not all that scary and cold,
That sometimes there is someone to have and to hold.
You taught me what love is, you helped me to mend,
You loved me and healed me and became my first friend.

And just when I thought you'd done all you do,
There came along not one new lesson, but two.

First you said, "Sweetheart, you're ready to go,
I've done all I can, and you've learned all I know."
Then you bundled me up with a blanket and kiss,
Along came a new family, they even have kids!

They took me to their home, forever to stay,
At first I thought you sent me away.
Then that second lesson became perfectly clear,
No matter how far, you will always be near.

And so, Foster Mom, you know I've moved on,
I have a new home, with toys and a lawn.
But I'll never forget what I learned that first day,
You never really give your fosters away.

You gave me these thoughts to remember you by,
We may never meet again, and now I know why.
You'll remember I lived with you for a time,
I may not be yours, but you'll always be mine.