Four Paws To Love

08/10/2024

Anna 🩷 Sweet Anna will be at General Feed and Seed today from 12-3. Come by and meet her! We have lots of adoptable kittens!

08/03/2024

Anna and Elsa 🩷

07/10/2024

We are not having our adoption event this weekend but we will be back to normal on 7/20!

07/03/2024

Kitten season requires more resources, volunteers, foster parents, time, and money than anything else. But thankfully the kittens don’t seem too bothered.

Kittens really make this chaotic time of year worth it. They are just so darn cute.

If you are ready to adopt or foster some cute kittens, head to our website to learn more: fourpawstolove.org (linked in bio).

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07/01/2024

Sweet Zeze sleeping, ft. special cameo of sister Zaba’s ear.

We have so many adorable kittens right now! Come visit us and meet these cuties on Saturday at General Feed and Seed from 12-3.

06/29/2024

Adoptable cats and kittens will be at General Feed and Seed (on commercial way) on Saturday from 12-3pm. See you there!

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06/18/2024

What does it mean when we say we are 100% volunteers?

It means no one in our organization takes a salary. Everyone donates their time.

Our foster parents, admin, founders, board members, transporters, grant writers, and more, are all volunteers.

Four Paws would cease to exist without all of the amazing humans that have continued to pour their hearts into these animals.

Interested in joining our group? Head to our website (linked in bio: fourpawstolove.org) to get involved. 😻

06/14/2024

We will be at General Feed and Seed from 12-3 tomorrow (Saturday). Come by and hang out with some cats and kittens! You can even take one (or two) home!

06/04/2024

Meet little Lint 😻

This sweet girl is two months old and looking for her furever home. She is cuddly, playful, gentle, and adorable.

Head to our website (fourpawstolove.org) to fill out an application to adopt Lint. 💓

05/04/2024

It’s raining… KITTENS!

04/30/2024

Tis the season for kittens! And we need your help! There are lots of ways to help us, including:

-fostering
-donating
-fundraising
-volunteering
-grant writing

Head to our website fourpawstolove.org (linked in bio) to learn more!

04/26/2024

Do you need a cure? Come on down and see us tomorrow at General Feed And Seed between 12 and 3 PM. See you then!

04/16/2024

Did you know that you can help us raise money by just taking a walk? That's right! Download the WoofTrax app! https://www.wooftrax.com/ No dog required!

Choose Four Paws to Love as your favorite charity and start walking!

As kitten season approaches, we need funds to help feed all the little mouths that will be coming our way! Stay tuned for other ways to help!

WoofTrax - Unleash the Love. Do a good deed for dogs. Walking with the free WoofTrax app helps you earn for your favorite animal charity.

03/31/2024

As an entirely volunteer run rescue, we have lots of needs for various volunteers. With kitten season approaching, these needs are increased.

Interested in getting involved? Head to fourpawstolove.org to fill out our volunteer application. 😻

03/16/2024

To continue our 10th year anniversary celebration we are honoring our young volunteers!!!

One of the greatest joys I have had in the many years of being the Foster Care Coordinator in several organizations is watching the young foster kids grow up. Their parents teaching them love and compassion for animals is just amazing to see. We love and thank all our young volunteers.

The picture below is of Summer. I met her mom Laura when she was pregnant with Summer! Laura also fosters senior dogs for Peace of Mind. Summer helps in all aspects of fostering kittens, including loving and socializing some of the more spicy kittens and she just loves them all! We love you Summer, thank you for all your hard work! - Annette

03/15/2024

We are not having our adoption event this weekend but we hope to be back to our regular schedule next weekend.

Four Paws To Love is 100% volunteer based so our adoption events depend on volunteers.

Interested in volunteering? We have lots of volunteers needs from running adoption events to managing records to transport. Head to our website (fourpawstolove.org) to find our volunteer application! 😺

03/09/2024

We have kittens!!! 😻😻 visit our website to fill out an application to adopt!

02/14/2024

Be the valentine for one of our animals!

In honor of our 10th anniversary, a $10 donation allows us to provide necessary care to our animals.

https://www.paypal.com/US/fundraiser/charity/2129955

02/12/2024

Have you even wondered who was behind the start of Four Paws to Love?

The group that pushed the organization into existence with the desire to save the lives of animals. Below is a little bit about each one of them!

Chris, Executive Director & Board Member - Chris organized everything to get our Website built, Petfinder set up, get our veterinary relationship established and trained all of us on how to use the software that we needed. She was also our master bottle baby foster & was often juggling pre-wean kittens between doing everything else! All the while raising three young boys!

Terry, Board Member and Assistant Foster Care Coordinator - Terry was front and center on getting our relationship with Kings County Animal Services set up where there was such a huge need for rescue. She reviewed the adoption lists and arranged all of the transports. She would then meet Annette late into the night to receive the animals and get them to their foster homes. During this time she was working full time and her son was on a travel baseball team!

Annette, Foster Care Coordinator and Board Member - Annette filled out the IRS non-profit paperwork, which consisted of a very comprehensive process of documentation. Annette was responsible for getting medical care & foster homes lined up for the animals that were being rescued. This involved a lot of balancing & coordination. This also meant building relationships at a clinic for spays & neuters. She had to make sure everyone had vaccines & foster parents had the support they needed, which was quite the feat in a young organization. During this time was she was also working full time & commuting to San Jose.

Mark, IT Coordinator - Mark assisted us in getting our non-profit status established with the State of California. He also set up our server & made sure we had FPTL email up & running so we could “officially” communicate with everyone! Mark lives in Petaluma with his wife Jenifer and makes sure we are always connected!

Jenifer, Administrative Support & Special Projects - Jenifer assisted with administrative tasks that overflowed from any of us that needed help. She also picked up the slack for anything & everything that needed to be done, including driving all over the North Bay to find Costco cat food, & rescuing a group of kittens all the way from Mexico! She lives in Petaluma with her husband Mark and is often available at a moments notice to drive to Santa Cruz to help!

Trudi, Director of Volunteer Training - Trudi helped set up & staff our PetSmart adoption events in the beginning, then trained new volunteers to do the same. She also helped put together our training manual, edited the newsletter, & sent out donation thank you cards. Trudi has sadly moved out of the area, but has taken her skills to her new community and continues to foster kittens & is now a trapper & coordinator with a local TNR (Trap, Neuter, Return) organization.

Saira, Director of Public Relations - Saira ran our social media campaigns, including building our audience & maintaining engagement. She is also a professional pet photographer, and took the most amazing photos of our adoptable animals.

In addition to the above roles, all of our founding members fostered A LOT of cats and kittens! We are 100% Volunteer. We would not be where we are today without the skills, expertise, perseverance, and big hearts of this core group of wonderful human beings. A big THANK YOU to the Founding Members of Four Paws to Love!

02/09/2024

As promised, we are sharing a few rescue stories! This one is the story of our very first rescue back in February of 2014 - Jax and Hopscotch. Not only were they special because they were the first rescues but they were special because of how loving and sweet they were. Here is looking back at their story:

Jax and Hopscotch were rescued from the Kings County Animal Shelter in Hanford, California (near Fresno), and were Four Paws to Love’s very first rescues. They were owner surrenders and extremely depressed in the shelter. They were young, just a little over a year old. Sadly, their human mom was diagnosed with breast cancer and could no longer care for her babies. She had raised them as tiny kittens and so their world was turned upside down. Our wonderful foster mom, Terry, could not resist their little faces on the list of animals needing rescue. So Misty, the representative from the Kings County Shelter, arranged to bring them up to us. The kittens were obviously very frightened and unsure of what was happening. For about two weeks they huddled in a cat tree together with only their foster mom talking to them, loving on them, and giving them a special treat twice a day. Finally, the kittens started to relax, venture out, and explore their new surroundings. We posted Jax and Hopscotch on Petfinder and after a few months we were contacted by a wonderful woman named Sunny. She wanted a sweet boy to enjoy time in the garden with her and be a love bundle. She came to meet Jax and he immediately fell in love with her! He rolled around and just settled into her arms. Of course, it was love at first sight for Sunny also. She really wanted to take Hopscotch, too, but her living situation wouldn’t allow it. Some months passed and Sunny couldn’t stop thinking about Hopscotch… and to her excitement, her living situation changed! She contacted Terry right away and asked if Hopscotch was still available. We were all so happy and excited that the brothers would be reunited! Hopscotch and Jax now are enjoying the good life together with Sunny, with all the love and comfort they could possibly dream of in their forever home.

01/31/2024

January marks Four Paws to Love’s 10th Anniversary! We were established by close friends who had all been part of several different animal welfare organizations for many years. These friends felt that there was a need for another rescue group that not only focuses on the importance of helping save animals' lives, but also focuses on how the love of a pet in our everyday lives affects each one of us.

Our organization is 100% volunteer--no one takes a salary. Our Board and Volunteer Staff are comprised of people with full time careers, stay at home moms, and full time students. All give their heart and soul to the animals in our care to ensure they get what they need in order to be adoptable! This includes medical care for injuries and illnesses, spay & neuter surgeries, vaccinations, microchips, LOTS of love, and extra socialization, when needed. Then up they go on our social media and adoption sites to find their purrfect forever homes!

Over the last 10 years we have saved 1441 cats and dogs! This is truly an amazing feat and we would never have done any of it without our amazing small but mighty group of dedicated foster families. These families often include children of all ages, who are learning the importance of spaying & neutering pets and volunteering in their communities. These foster families continue to step up for the tiniest and most vulnerable animals that are in desperate need of our help, and we are so very grateful to each and every one of them.

During the month of February we will look back at all the love that has been shown over the last 10 years!

01/27/2024

We’ve earned our Platinum Seal of Transparency
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01/19/2024

We are not having our adoption event this weekend. We will be back at General feed and seed next week!

01/06/2024

Do you have an extra cat carrier that you are willing to part with? We would love to take it off your hands!

12/29/2023

Help Us Continue Saving Lives in 2024 - https://mailchi.mp/413053c645dd/help-us-continuesaving-lives-in-6157852

12/27/2023

Yearly Newsletter — Four Paws To Love 🐈‍⬛ - https://mailchi.mp/1ec3d29f5829/december-2021-newsletter-6156372

12/27/2023

Is it a toy? Is it a bed? Cats will always keep us on our toes!

12/06/2023

You too?? 🙈

11/21/2023