1ataTime Rescue A- How you can Help Us

WE WOULD APPRECIATE THAT YOU DO NOT CALL US TO REQUEST APPLICATIONS OR INFORMATION ON PETS AT THIS TIME. WE WILL UPDATE THEIR BIOS AS WE HAVE INFORMATION. IF YOU HAVE DIFFICULTY DOWNLOADING FORMS THEN FEEL FREE TO CALL. WE ARE VERY BUSY SHIPPING ANIMALS DUE TO HURRICANES RITA AND KATRINA. Thanks.

Foster Homes

1atatime rescue runs solely on foster homes, without them we could not continue doing the work we do. The length of time a person fosters for us can vary from a week or more to a couple of months. Some foster homes maybe required to medicate their foster animal with the veterinarian’s guidance but if you’re not able to do so please indicate on your application.

All foster homes are required to provide a safe and happy environment and this will be checked out prior to 1atatime rescue placing a dog in your home. We require all of our foster homes to be home checked before having an animal placed into any home to make sure the animal isn’t in any home that could be dangerous or not meet the dog’s needs.

Foster homes should also be prepared to work on their foster animals manners and house training as some of these animals may be stressed or may have had little training. 1atatime rescue will offer advice and guidance on problems you may be having as well as we offer a package to our foster families explaining certain things they may encounter while fostering.

Best of all foster families get to have the feeling that they have helped a needy animal in finding its forever home. Whether that is with a new family or with the foster family, we offer all of our foster families the option of adopting their foster pet.

Please fill out our Foster application below and send it to our email address.

Volunteering

Without the help of volunteers rescue organizations like ours would not be able to run sufficiently. Since we are a new rescue group we have many volunteer positions open and are looking for out going people to fill them. We are looking for people who can make a long-term commitment to helping our rescue group. If you are interested please see the opportunities we have open and fill out an application form indicating which position you are applying for.

Volunteer Coordinator: The volunteer coordinator is responsible for interviewing potential volunteers and explaining their duties as well as answering any questions they may have. Your duties will also include helping recruit new volunteers to fill the needs of the rescue.

Foster Home Coordinator: The Foster home Coordinator is in charge of interviewing and looking through foster home applications. The Foster home coordinator is also in charge of making sure that a home check is done on the foster home before a dog is placed there. Their final duties involve making sure all is going well in the foster home and to answer any questions the foster family may have as well as relaying an concerns between the foster family and the directors of the rescue.

Home Check Coordinator: The Home Check Coordinator is responsible for filling any home checks that are needed for the rescue. Whether it is for an adoptive home or a foster home this person needs to find someone in the area or someone willing to do a home check. They are also in charge of calling the perspective home and arranging the home check around their schedule.

Event Coordinator: The event coordinator is in charge of the events committee. This person needs to have immense people skills and has to work well in a group situation. This person is the go between the events committee and the Directors and will need to relay any information past the directors before they can get the go ahead. The Event Coordinator will have to hand out tasks to the event committee members that will suit that member the best.

Events Committee: The Events committee will be working with the events coordinator in putting together events/fundraisers for the rescue group. Each committee member will receive a job from the coordinator prior to the event. Each member is crucial to the event going as planned and each member should be able to communicate freely in a group environment.

Photographer: The Photographer would be in charge of meeting the dogs at the vets when they arrive and taking pictures of them to put up on the website. Also you are required to have your own camera as 1atatime does not have one to provide at this moment. Also it would be wonderful if the photographer could make it to most of the events to take picture as well to go on our website.

Home Checkers: A home checker’s duties are to go into a prospective home whether it is a foster or adoptive home to meet the family as well as check out the home. Each home checker is given a form to fill in as they walk around the home to make sure their home would be safe for a dog or cat.

Transporters: The Duties of a transporter is to get the animals from point A to point B., which can mean picking them up at the airport and dropping them off at the vets where their foster family can pick them up or taking them to special events. If the foster family cannot get the to the vet then we would call on a transporter to help.

Media Relations: Our media relations person would be in charge of getting 1atatime rescue interviews with local newspapers and news stations when we have something big going on.