Animal Welfare Professionals

We are starting a day foster program in addition to our daily walking program and traditional fosters.  We'd like to hear about any successes or challenges of having the public be able to day foster (rather than having to have been a volunteer for some time). We're nervous about there being problems with the public. 

Looking forward to any and all comments

Traci Tingley

West Columbia Gorge Humane Society

wcghs.org

#FosterPrograms

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Traci Tingley
Grant Writer
West Columbia Gorge Humane Society
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So glad to hear you're considering it! I'd love to hear about everyone's experiences with these types of programs too.

Here are some additional resources, in case they may be helpful:

• You may already know this, but just in case, here's a link to our MU course on short-term foster and to the Petfinder grant you'll be eligible for after you turn in your final project for the course.
• This video about the Adventure Tails program at Fredericksburg SPCA (2 min.)
• This video about foster field trips at Louisville Metro Animal Services (3 min.)
• How shelters can overcome obstacles to dog field trips (blog)
• More resources

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Kelly Duer
Senior Community Solutions Initiative Specialist
Maddie's Fund
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Many thanks for this information! We are a rural Mississippi no-kill shelter in constant need of fosters and volunteers. It's tough to get folks to understand the need and to commit to fostering. Day fostering is a fantastic idea and a great way to build this. Since we are not funded by the city and there are no paid staff, we are funded strictly through donations; it is problematic to sell the community on furthering their time donations to fostering. And the dogs need this. This is valuable info for us!  Thanks so much for posting!

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Cynthia Howle
volunteer: community relations
Dog Lovers' League
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Original Message:
Sent: 02-21-2023 09:40 AM
From: Kelly Duer
Subject: Day Fosters

So glad to hear you're considering it! I'd love to hear about everyone's experiences with these types of programs too.

Here are some additional resources, in case they may be helpful:

• You may already know this, but just in case, here's a link to our MU course on short-term foster and to the Petfinder grant you'll be eligible for after you turn in your final project for the course.
• This video about the Adventure Tails program at Fredericksburg SPCA (2 min.)
• This video about foster field trips at Louisville Metro Animal Services (3 min.)
• How shelters can overcome obstacles to dog field trips (blog)
• More resources

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Kelly Duer
Senior Community Solutions Initiative Specialist
Maddie's Fund
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Glad you started this thread Traci. We are starting up the same kind of program and looking for any and all info we can get our hands on too. 

Thank you, Kelly for the info! 

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Erin Ellis
Community Engagement Director
Humane Society of Truckee-Tahoe

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Foster Program & Volunteer Management Specialist
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