origin story

Charlotte came into our founder’s life as a foster from a local shelter. She was a Mama dog; paws full of puppies and heart full of hope. When the time came to return her, it became clear that Charlotte was headed back to a dangerous and unstable situation.

Faced with an impossible choice, our founder made the only decision that felt right — she pivoted from fostering to rescuing. Charlotte became the very first official “pull” of what would eventually become Fosters & Paws (F&Ps).

That was just months before COVID, when the world shut down and animal rescues plunged into unprecedented chaos. Shelters became overwhelmed, resources were stretched thin, and the need grew at an exponential rate, beyond imagination.

But we stood firm.