On Friday, May 31, Lisa Brucchi walked out of her Windsor home into the blistering heat to check her mailbox. She was expecting an important letter from her mom and […]
Category Archives: fostering
Did you know you can go on dates with dogs who are waiting to be adopted at the Aiken County Animal Shelter (ACAS)? You can! If you live in the […]
By Ellen Priest, FOTAS Board Member and Home-to-Home Coordinator Friends of the Animal Shelter (FOTAS) is constantly looking at best practices for the Aiken County Animal Shelter. Recently we discovered […]
by Kathy Jacobs, FOTAS Program Director Some dogs at the shelter just can’t seem to catch a break. Take our friend,Vegas. He was a shelter favorite, often referred to as […]
By Joanna D. Samson, FOTAS Vice President It’s so rare these days to find someone who does what they love and loves what they do, except at the county shelter, […]
In early November, a stray puppy was brought into the Aiken County Animal Shelter by one of the animal control officers. I have seen a lot of neglected dogs enter […]
Our family welcomed a temporary house guest over the Christmas holidays. We were joined by Tillie, a six-month-old, partial Mini-Pinscher puppy that we “fostered” on behalf of the Aiken County […]
When Yvonne and Colin Brookes moved to Aiken from the UK two years ago, they didn’t think they’d have any dogs in their home. They planned to make frequent trips […]