We Want To Help Them All...

We want to help them all. Ask a humane rescuer what they would do if they won the lottery and their response will not include dreams of tropical vacations, new cars, or a mansion on the lake. No. Our dream is simple.

We would build a shelter so we can save all of the animals in the pound.

In the future, we will build a No-Kill Shelter in Bedford County. Until that time, we rely solely on foster homes to save homeless pets. We are lucky to have an amazing network of families willing to open up their homes to animals in need.

Sadly, there are more animals that need our help and not enough foster homes able to help them.

We get a phone call asking us to take in a young dog whose family is moving and can’t take him. Someone finds a starving kitten in their shed and brings it to our office. We visit the pound and see this sweet boy who is clearly losing hope of ever getting out.

These are the lives we can't save right now. We know that, as your local Humane Society, you look to us to save them. And we desperately want to. But we need your help.

Do you have a spare bedroom or bathroom that you rarely use? Do you have room in your yard for a kennel? Do you have a little extra love to give?

This may be all it takes for you to save a life.

We will provide the kennel, the litter box, the food, the collar. We arrange and pay for all veterinary services. We handle the advertising. We help screen potential adopters.

You choose when to foster and how often.
You select which animal you want to foster.
You decide whether to foster short term (2 weeks) or long term (2-3 months)

And if your fear is that you will fall in love, well, you will. Time and time again, you will fall in love. And your greatest gift to each life you touch will be the love you give them on their journey to their perfect home.

This knowledge far outweighs any pain you will experience. And really, aren't their lives worth a little heartache on our part? I much prefer to cry watching one of my foster babies walk into the arms of their forever family than to cry over seeing these devastated faces in the pound week after week.

Email sunshine@bhsva.org today to find out how to become part of our very special family of foster homes. Even if you just have a question, please ask. There is never any pressure to foster. But we would love for you to have the option whenever one of these faces speaks to you.

On a happy note, sweet Tyrone pictured above was one of the lucky ones who was adopted straight from the pound after he was posted on our Facebook page. Most are not that lucky.