Our Programs

Foster Care ensures the animals are raised in a healthy environment, and it frees up limited space in the shelter for other adoptable animals.

Citizens to take shelter dogs out for an hour, afternoon or overnight. Bring happiness to a deserving dog and you.

A group play program designed to give shelter dogs better quality of life and social interaction through properly managed play groups helping them to become more adoptable.

Keep animals out of shelters through direct home placement. Find your pet a new home or find a new pet for your family.

FOTAS is dedicated to reaching out to the community in many different ways, such as pet food assistance, sponsoring adoptions for veterans, Junior FOTAS, & more. 

FOTAS offers financial assistance for the basic treatment of adoptable Heartworm Positive (HWP) dogs that are otherwise very healthy.

To begin your lifelong relationship with your new pet, your adoption fee includes a free training session with an experienced local trainer.

FOTAS funds more spay/neuter surgeries for community cats and pets owned by citizens in need of financial assistance than any other nonprofit organization in Aiken County.

FOTAS supplies runners and other humane mediums to citizens to house their dogs, and supplies such as dog houses to shelter when needed as well.

FOTAS organizes and funds the transport of the transfer animals to established out-of-state shelter partners that then get the animals adopted.