Foster A Pet

When an animal arrives at the Arizona Animal Welfare League & SPCA who is not quite ready for adoption, AAWL & SPCA relies on the love and homes of our foster care volunteers. These volunteers open their homes to kittens and puppies needing time to grow, pregnant or nursing cats and dogs, dogs who need a little extra attention or a break from the shelter, or a companion animal recovering from an illness or injury. Many foster families assist with finding new homes for their fosterling.

Foster Help That You Can Provide:

Our foster care program matches volunteers with animals who need special care in a home environment (e.g., young puppies and kittens and animals needing a quiet place to recover from medical conditions). This year, more than half of our adopted animals were placed in foster care at some point during their stay at AAWL & SPCA.

Interested in the foster program? In order to foster, you need to:

• Watch the Foster Training Presentation
• Read the Foster Manual
• Take the Foster Quiz
• Fill out an online Foster Application
• Register and attend Volunteer Orientation

Volunteer Orientations are held the second Saturday of each month from 9:00 am to 11:00 am in the AAWL & SPCA Pets Gone Wild™ Training Center located at 30 N. 40th Pl., Phoenix, AZ 85034 - in the Administration & Training Building. At Volunteer Orientation you will learn more about AAWL & SPCA, and learn your next steps to becoming an Active AAWL & SPCA Foster Volunteer.

Visit our Calendar to review a list of upcoming Orientation dates.

*Please note that we are temorarily waiving the Volunteer Orientation class as a prerequisite to fostering; however, you will be required to take a Volunteer Orientation class within 60 days from when you become a foster.