Because we're a No-Kill animal rescue group, Safe Haven saves lives. Hundreds of them in the past few years alone.
Instead
of a shelter filled with cages, our foster
volunteers open their homes and welcome these animals into their lives.
It's much healthier and happier for both. It's
also a good feeling, knowing that you're saving cats who might
have been put down at the average overcrowded
shelter.
Want a little more unconditional love in your life? Consider becoming a Safe Haven foster volunteer. All it really takes is a little time, patience and love. (No, you don't have to be home all day.)
Safe Haven will teach you everything you need to know. You'll have a "foster buddy" to answer your questions and help you set up a fostering room in your home. Safe Haven pays all vet bills, of course. If you can afford the food and litter for your foster animal, it will free up funds to pay our other expenses. But if you can't, we understand and will provide you with what you need.
The love you take is equal to the love you make. By showing a homeless cat some kindness and affection, somehow you get back more than you give. Such a deal.
A lot more cats are out there, hungry, scared and lonely. Often they're sick, abandoned or abused. They need our help. But until the PowerBall people give us the winning numbers in advance, we're limited by the number of foster volunteers we have. We need more NOW! How about you? Won't you help? Do you have a friend or co-worker who would?
If you've ever wanted to help the animal cause in a personal and direct way, fostering may be the perfect solution.
Most are simply in need of a temporary home until they are adopted. Many were just unlucky. Maybe their owners moved away, or decided they just didn't want a cat anymore, and turedn them over to us. Others endured a pretty rough life of neglect and even abuse before they were rescued. We've found kittens abandoned in cardboard boxes by the side of the road, and left in a neighbor's driveway. We've even rescued housecats stranded by their owners deep in the woods, at the mercy of predators like fishers and God knows what else. Many still bear emotional or physical wounds that need healing. What better place than in the loving care of someone like you?
Sometimes we get "special needs"
animals who require experienced foster volunteers. Nursing
mothers and kittens,
and cats with upper respiratory infections are all at-risk but thrive
in
foster care. We want to save them all, but we need more people like you
to help.
A few cats test positive for feline leukemia or the FIV (feline AIDS) virus, like Traveler here (right). Conventional wisdom says these cats are doomed. Not so. Often the virus lies dormant their whole lives, and they remain perfectly healthy. Traveler is FIV positive and has been completely healthy for years now. (OK, he could stand to lose a few pounds. Who couldn't?)
Even the small percentage who do develop a disease deserve a life of love and happiness. Aren't all lives are worth saving?
Won't you consider becoming a foster volunteer? Your home can be the temporary "safe haven" they need until they are adopted.
Download our application
form or contact
us for more information.
Then how about providing financial support? Every month we spend (literally) thousands on vet care, medications, pet food, supplies, transportation, etc. Our ONLY source of funding is your tax- deductible donations. Wouldn't you rather support a NO KILL organization?
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