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Friends Of All Critters At Shelters Supporting rural shelters in MD , VA & WV by rescuing, healing, and rehoming animals. Focused on fostering, adoption, and donations.

Based in Potomac, MD, we are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to making a difference. FOACAS raises money for food and other essential items, fosters, provides vet care, posts to identify loving homes for the animals, and spreads the word about how wonderful yet overlooked most of the animals are. FOACAS aims to contribute to the Shelter’s goal to become part of Petfinder, enhance its thrift shop,

subsidize trainers who will make each animal adoptable, take photographs and write appealing blurbs about each adoptable animal. When times are safe, FOACAS will help the shelter during Thanksgiving and the December holidays. Until then, we will, at the shelter’s request, sponsor a Montgomery County, MD, POTOMAC, BETHESDA/CHEVY CHASE AREA fostering program during the holidays. The shelter has tried that program with some success in the past in Cumberland and would like to try it in the Montgomery County, MD, POTOMAC, BETHESDA/CHEVY CHASE AREA, at least on an experimental basis.

So many shelter animals aren’t given a chance — not because they’re unloved, but because shelters run out of room. That’...
01/07/2025

So many shelter animals aren’t given a chance — not because they’re unloved, but because shelters run out of room. That’s where we step in.

FOACAS takes in the ones at risk of being left behind, and gives them what every pet deserves: safety, care, and a shot at forever.

Your donation literally saves lives. 💛 foacas.org/donation

Think your $10 won’t go far? It feeds a dog for a whole week. 🥣 $25? That’s meds for an injured pup.At FOACAS, every don...
24/06/2025

Think your $10 won’t go far? It feeds a dog for a whole week. 🥣 $25? That’s meds for an injured pup.

At FOACAS, every donation goes directly to the animals — no admin fees, no middlemen. We’re 100% volunteer-run, and 100% fueled by love (and you).

🐾 Donate today: foacas.org/donation

THIS FRENCHY NEEDS HER FIRST LOVING HOME Betsy is a year old, 35 pounds, fully grown, sweet as sugar, and wishing and ...
19/06/2025

THIS FRENCHY NEEDS HER FIRST LOVING HOME

Betsy is a year old, 35 pounds, fully grown, sweet as sugar, and wishing and hoping for her first loving home.
Betsy got caught up in the craze for Frenchies. Terrible people , backyard and full-time breeders, started breeding them at young ages, trying to make money and not caring about the cruelty they were inflicting.
Poor Betsy before her first birthday was forced to have puppies. She lived in a metal cage. No one thought about her suffering.
FOACAS cared. When it heard Betsy’s story, it not only took her into the FOACAS family, it spayed her and paid for her trachea surgery, the surgery all Frenchies can benefit from, the costly surgery to enlarge the nostril area to allow for better breathing.
Betsy recovered with flying colors and is now being fostered with other dogs, large and small. She loves to greet new people, she loves affection, you can touch around her face and her feet, a sign of an amiable dog.
 Betsy is on the larger side of Frenchies, not the largest by any means, but she has a petite, sweet personality.  if you are looking for a small dog, it will not be Betsy, but if you are looking for a lovely, affectionate, and grateful dog, it is Betsy.
She is house trained, good with other dogs and oeople of all ages, and fully vetted. And microchipped.
 Please contact us at wew.foacas.org with any questions. You can find her application at www.foacas.org.
Betsy is not a trophy dog. But she deserve a trophy for slugging through a year of cruelty to emerge as an appealing, gentle survivor, And waiting for you.

19/06/2025

New day, new wagging tails ready to steal your heart! 🐾✨ From couch snugglers to ball-chasing legends, our pups are all about love and second chances. Come meet your soulmate and join the rescue fam! 💖

Adopting a rescue dog isn’t just a feel-good moment — it’s a journey. Many of these pups have never known stability, lov...
17/06/2025

Adopting a rescue dog isn’t just a feel-good moment — it’s a journey. Many of these pups have never known stability, love, or even a comfy bed.

They may test your patience. But give them time… and they’ll give you everything. Forever love takes time. But it’s always worth it. 🐶💫

🐾 Learn more at foacas.org

We are thrilled to partner with HART in Garrett County to save this adorable girl.
15/06/2025

We are thrilled to partner with HART in Garrett County to save this adorable girl.

LADY LUCY PASSED TODAY In April 2021 FOACAS was 7 months old and pulling one dog after another from Allegany County. We ...
01/06/2025

LADY LUCY PASSED TODAY

In April 2021 FOACAS was 7 months old and pulling one dog after another from Allegany County. We received a call from a kind woman in Bethesda, who had heard about our work in Cumberland and said that she wanted to adopt the oldest dog at the shelter.
The shelter manager did not hesitate. She said “take Lady, she’s a good old girl, 12 years old.”
Lady had been at the shelter for at least a year. No one wanted her. She was gentle and quiet but hidden openly in a cage. When we placed her in the car, she was so thunderstruck that she was free, she sat on my lap, her 50 pounds wedged in tightly, with one paw on John’s arm for the entire two hour ride home.
Dennise, Lady’s new owner, gave her a bath, fed her chicken, bought her toys and a jacket, and walked her around the canal by her house. Lady blossomed. The vet told Dennise that he thought Lady was more like six years old. We asked the shelter manager if she could possibly be six, not twelve, and she said that could be.
Dennise was brushing Lady one day and said out loud, “What could your name have been before someone abandoned you?” She called out name after name, and when she got to Lucy, Lady suddenly whirled her head around in recognition. From then on she was Lady Lucy.
Lady Lucy had four years of love and family. She was no longer just another big brown dog in a shelter, discarded like a worn tissue.
This week Lady Lucy stopped feeling well. Her body was wearing out and she was too tired to get up. Still, Lady Lucy ended life not as the oldest dog in the shelter, but as one family’s beautiful queen.
Dennise wanted to save one devalued life, to do a good deed . She did and Lady Lucy sprung to her second, her only life.
And in doing so she and Lady Lucy showed us all what compassion and morality are, how one dog riding down a highway to freedom can steer us all in the best direction.

Handsome, loyal, and oh-so-sweet — meet Bentley, our 10-month-old Schnoodle (schnauzer + poodle)!He’s great with kids, l...
29/05/2025

Handsome, loyal, and oh-so-sweet — meet Bentley, our 10-month-old Schnoodle (schnauzer + poodle)!

He’s great with kids, loves car rides, and is ready to be your new best friend. 🐕 Fully vetted, microchipped, house-trained — and waiting for his forever home.

Learn more & apply at foacas.org

Say hello to Alison McWilliams, one of the incredible women behind FOACAS.Alison is the Executive Director of the Naomi ...
22/05/2025

Say hello to Alison McWilliams, one of the incredible women behind FOACAS.

Alison is the Executive Director of the Naomi and Nehemiah Cohen Foundation and has spent over three decades championing nonprofits that make the world better. From fighting homelessness to promoting social equity, she’s spent her entire career lifting others up. 🫶

She joined FOACAS as a foster in April 2023 and quickly became an integral part of our team — offering her time, expertise, and heart to help us grow and rescue more animals in need. 💼🐾

She and her husband live in Maryland and have three adult daughters.

We’re so lucky to have Alison as part of the FOACAS family — her leadership and love for animals inspires us every day.🧡

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