June 2025 A new month and it's time to honor one of our Foster Heroes! Melissa Wallis is our Foster of the Month for June! A few words from Melissa: 'It’s been so great working with the OFOSA team. Everyone is so kind , capable and dedicated and I’ve loved the opportunity to be involved with so many darling animals. ' Thank YOU, Melissa! We [...]

June 2025 Melissa Wallis Melissa Wallis is our Foster of the Month for June! A few words from Melissa about her fostering journey: 'It’s been so great working with the OFOSA team. Everyone is so kind , capable and dedicated and I’ve loved the opportunity to be involved with so many darling animals.' Thank YOU, Melissa! We simply can't fulfill our mission without fosters like [...]

May 2025 -- Lisa Sanchez Put your paws together for our Foster of the Month for May -- Lisa Sanchez! Fosters are a vital piece of our lifesaving mission...without them, we would not be able to rescue as many homeless animals. A few words from Lisa on her fostering journey: "My daughters convinced me to foster when they said “we will never know what it’s [...]

Oregon Friends of Shelter Animals' (OFOSA) mission is to rescue as many ‘last chance’ animals from overcrowded shelters, restore them to health, and through adoption, find them loving, forever homes. We believe this lifesaving mission is only possible with a deep respect for every single person involved: rescue partners, fosters, volunteers, donors, corporate sponsors, teammates, social media followers, vendors, adopters, and community members. That’s why [...]

By Bridget Clough We started our commitment to fostering in the summer of 2020.  It all began with us asking ourselves what we could do with our time that would have a positive impact, and the answer we came up with was fostering. The first time we signed up to foster puppies, thinking that it might be a good way to test the waters and see [...]

By the Collier Family After the passing of our family pet, we knew we wanted to care for a pet in some capacity. However, emotionally we were not ready for a forever pet. We thought about fostering, but we were not sure how our 5 year old would do. We explained to her the fostering process in which we would love and care for a [...]

My name is Donna Johnson and my husband Dave and I started fostering with the onset of quarantine.  We had all of this time and wanted to share some love with a needy puppy. There were so many volunteers throughout the city we could not find a pup!  We came across OFOSA and decided to give a cat a try.  We had never really been “cat people” before. [...]

When you are blessed in life and an animal lover, it somehow seems fitting, when you have the time and patience, to become a foster. So I went to a couple of websites of shelters to see if there was a need. The reason I decided to get involved with OFOSA was that they seemed professional, caring, and helpful. This turned out to be true. [...]

by Michelle Forbes / Published February 4, 2022 We were lucky to adopt our family dog from OFOSA in 2015.  I met her foster briefly the day I picked her up and I remember thinking maybe I’d be in a spot to do that one day.  Our pup is such a sweetheart and has become such an important part of our family. I found myself thinking [...]