SOCA-FBC is celebrating National Foster a Pet Month with the Petco Foundation and Skechers’ charity footwear collection, BOBS from Skechers, by recognizing our Local Foster Hero, Amy Vogelsberg, for stepping up and saving animal lives in Fort Bend County. Amy plays a critical role in fostering cats and dogs, supporting other fosters, organizing and attending [...]
Thank you to Susie's Senior Dogs (SSD) for helping us save Paula, a 12 year old Chihuahua. SSD contributed to Paula's medical expenses, and they are helping Paula find her forever home to care for her from now on. Paula's owner passed away, and the family reached out to us to take her, as well [...]
We thank PEDIGREE Foundation for their continued SOCA support - most recently with their donation to help us save triple our usual number of dogs during the pandemic. In addition, PEDIGREE Foundation gave us $10,000 to support our new Transport program. Their generous donation will be used to build out the transport van, recruit and [...]
Rita Garretson, President (no change) Before becoming SOCA's President, Rita was active in Ft. Bend Co. animal rescue, fostering animals through local rescue groups, and then becoming an active volunteer for SOCA. During her first year as president, intakes, adoptions and revenues more than doubled, and continue to grow each year. Her commitment to forming [...]
Thank you so much to the Dickinson Elementary Student Council for your $500 donation to SOCA-FBC! Dickinson Elementary School 7110 Greatwood Pkwy Sugar Land, TX 77479 832-223-1400 Dickinson School is one of the outstanding schools in Ft. Bend Co. Please check out their many accomplishments/participation in local events - for example, Dickinson Day of Caring, [...]
SOCA is announcing our 2019 year-end animal statistics. Adoptions: Dogs 276, Cats 291 = Total 567 17% increase over last year Euthanized: Dogs 7, Cats 1 = Total 8 (All severely ill or injured, and recommended and done by veterinarian) Passed away: Puppies 11, Kittens 15 = Total 26 Reclaimed by owner: Dogs 8, Cats [...]
Our foster program provides loving temporary homes to animals before being adopted. Help us provide a temporary home to more dogs, cats, puppies, and kittens - until we can find them a loving, permanent home. Fostering can include caring for kittens too young to be adopted, or helping an animal who needs time to recover [...]
Job Overview: In this role, you'll be responsible for assisting the Dog Foster Coordinator to pre-screen dog foster applications following standard guidelines. To be successful in this role, you need to communicate effectively and professionally with a variety of people, and be willing to work closely with the Dog Foster Coordinator. Responsibilities and Duties: Review [...]
Thank you, SOCA - FB supporters, for your donations to our Scanned and Homed Program! Because of your generous support, SOCA was able to donate an AKC hand-held microchip scanner to Precinct 3's Animal Crimes Investigator, Fort Bend County Constable's Office. Each scanner costs approximately $200 - your continued donations for this program will allow [...]
Petco Foundation Invests in Lifesaving Work of Saving Our Companion Animals – Fort Bend County Grant of $14,000 will extend efforts to save more animal lives in Fort Bend County, TX Contact: Rita L Garretson, 281-849-7622, info@localhost Rosenberg, TX April 13, 2019 – Saving Our Companion Animals of Fort Bend County, TX (SOCA-FBC) announced it [...]