I started volunteering with Town Cats about 5 years ago when I got my first lesson in trapping after a kitten had babies on our fence. A friend referred us to Town Cats and they told us how to handle the situation. Soon after, we received our first foster kitten named Venus, and since then, I have been volunteering for Town Cats.
About 2 years after that, I was required to do some Community Service with a group of friends for a Girl Scout project, and we all decided to go to Town Cats to help the kitties there. Since that was my first experience at the shelter, and it was a good one, I went back to help again, and with the volunteering came Dartanian, a gray and white tabby mix, then Giovanni shortly after. I also decided I liked fostering and received another batch of pre-wean kittens, and to-date, I have fostered over 150 cats and kittens. I mainly do fostering of pre-wean kittens and I run Sick Bay; both my mom and I do the I.V. fluids, shots, and everything needed to save the kitties, along with getting up at 2 a.m. to bottle-feed pre-wean kittens.

Although I am a teenager and should be spending my summers going to the movies and having parties and such, I instead foster kittens and research their health and medications and spend my days caring for sick and pre-wean kittens, or I trap and do the TNR program on ferals. I also occasionally run pet fairs in Morgan Hill and will be running a Gilroy Pet Fair soon. I plan on attending U.C. Davis or Cornell University, New York, and pursuing a career in Veterinary Medicine. I am already a sophomore in High School and I plan on attending U.C. Davis or Cornell University, New York and pursuing a career in Veterinary Medicine due to my love of animals, particularly cats. I feel I have Town Cats to thank for the love of cats I now have!

A big paws up to Chris! Send us an email if you'd like to volunteer to help the cats!