SafePAWS
The Community Safety Network and PAWS sponsor a collaborative program, SafePAWS, which offers temporary foster home placements for the companion animals of CSN shelter guests.
The Community Safety Network offers free and confidential shelter for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking. However, due to health and safety considerations the agency has been unable to offer shelter to the companion animals of their clients. Now, through collaboration with PAWS, trained volunteers are opening their homes and their hearts to these pets.
Nearly 25 volunteers participated in a three-hour awareness workshop in order to prepare them for this responsibility. These volunteers will provide temporary, confidential foster homes for all animals.
For more information, please call Shannon Nichols, Director of Education and Outreach for the Community Safety Network at 733-3711 or for 24-hour crisis support, call 733-SAFE. Please vist the Community Safety Newtwrk's website at: www.communitysafetynetwork.org