Fostering Saves Lives!
A nonprofit fundraiser supporting
Whatcom Humane SocietyFostering saves lives!
$600
raised by 8 people
$1,000 goal
New update
Here is one of our newest fosters, he's about 4 to 5 weeks old, brought into the shelter with 8 other kittens of various ages, sizes, and health. We have two of the biggest, Bruiser here is eating like a horse. His little sister not so much. We'll be starting her on some special food to try to get her to gain weight. Bruiser still has a cold, so he's getting eyedrops and probably some antibiotics soon. Little kittens really love it when you hold them tight and drop liquid into their eyes!
Hello Facebook Friends,
You know I’m not on Facebook very often, and it doesn’t seem quite right to pop on just long enough to post a fundraiser but I’m going to do just that for the kittens. Don’t worry! I’m won't beg you to donate. I just want to tell you what Mike and I have been doing and encourage you to participate however you wish.
For the last five years Mike and I have been fostering kittens for our local humane society. We’ve had nearly 250 kittens come through our house.
Kitten season is off and running again. In 2025 the shelter had 583 kittens go through the foster program at the shelter. That means volunteer foster providers served an estimated total of 63,056 meals, gave 19,482 doses of medicine, scooped poop at least 31,528 times, and spent uncountable hours playing, nurturing, comforting, and cuddling kittens. Some kittens are brought in to the shelter by concerned people. Some kittens follow a rougher road before they find us. As foster parents to these kittens, it’s our job to heal them, care for and socialize them, and help them be as adoptable as possible.
It’s a lot of work, but very rewarding. And the bulk of the work is done by volunteers.
Anyway, that's my interest in this fundraiser and why I posted about it here. I hope you're interested enough to take a look at the five options. If you do choose to act on any of the options below, let me know and I'll send you a sheet of really cool stickers that I made with images of past foster kittens.
1. Read my post and think nice thoughts about kittens and your old friend who is obviously working her way into being a cat lady.
2. Message me to say ‘hi’ and tell me you’ve spayed or neutered your pets and that you’ll encourage other people to do it as well.
3. Donate to your local humane society.
4. Volunteer! Foster! It doesn’t get much better than 5 tiny kittens on your lap.
5. Donate here for our foster kittens.
Full disclosure – if I get any donations, this is what I'd do with it:
$10 TOTAL: I’d buy some fresh toy mice to replace the shredded tailless ones hidden around our house.
$100 TOTAL: I’d buy a couple cases of the super-high-protein canned food for the sick kittens I know we’ll have during the season.
This is Mr Blue Sky, hanging out with me at the thrift store.
$1000 TOTAL: I take foster kittens to the Humane Society thrift store once a week to offer cuddles and information to shoppers. It’s been very successful in educating about kitty care and adoptions! I’d like to expand to other stores but would need a couple more portable cages that are safe, easy to move, and give the kittens enough room to play.
$3,000,000 TOTAL (ha ha): I’d build a neonatal unit at the Humane Society that could care for newborns, with heated incubators and staffed day and night.
Okay, this got longer than I intended. Sorry about that. Thanks for reading this far and hope all is well with you.
Our dog Nova helps with the kittens.