Home For The Holidays Foster Program For Shelter Pets Held By AWLA

ARLINGTON, VA — The Animal Welfare League of Arlington is hoping to find foster homes for its animals at the shelter over the holiday season.

For AWLA's Home for the Holidays event, foster families must be able to pick up a pet at the shelter by Saturday, Dec. 23 and be able to keep the animal in their home until at least Jan 5.

“If you’re staying in town for the holiday season and have extra room in your home, you can foster a dog, cat, or small companion animal and give them a much-deserved break from their kennels over the holidays!” AWLA said.

The shelter will provide basic supplies to the foster families, but other items will need to be purchased by the foster family. Here are the items provided by AWLA:

• Dogs: Food, leash, harness.
• Cats: Food, bowls, litter box, litter, bed, toys.
• Small companion animals: Enclosure, food, hay and CareFresh bedding, litter box, enrichment items, bowls.

Foster families must live in Virginia, Maryland, or D.C., and cannot travel out of the area with their foster pets.

Foster families will be matched up with a pet on a first-come, first-matched basis.

Families interested in fostering a pet during the Home for the Holidays event should fill out an AWLA application form and then come to the shelter on your chosen date to be matched up with a pet.

Families that choose to adopt their foster pet at the end of the foster period will get 50 percent off your adoption fee, AWLA said.