We’re Friends of Contra Costa Animal Shelters, or FOCCAS. Our mission is to enhance and establish services that benefit the lives of shelter animals throughout Contra Costa. As FOCCAS we are committed to: Find great foster and adopted homes for shelter animals. Offer community low-cost spay/neuter programs to reduce over-population. Commit to reducing the euthanasia of healthy animals in local shelters. Coordinate community training and education services to enable companion animals to stay in their homes. Advance responsible pet ownership within the community. Support local shelters to identify and implement improvements in services provided for their animals. Why FOCCAS? We know the animal shelters in our communities do great work! But the simple fact is that the needs of the many homeless, abused, and abandoned animals in their care often overwhelm the services that shelters are able to provide. That’s where we come in! As a “Friends of” organization, we work to complement and amplify the services our community shelters. We focus on animals that may be overlooked – animals that deserve a chance to shine and find a family that will provide a loving home and great care. Whether it\"s marketing the hidden gems, getting animals into foster homes until adoption, organizing to provide specialized veterinary care, or arranging transports to areas where successful adoptions are more likely, we’re there. We are small, grassroots, and fiercely passionate about what we do. We receive no funds from any government services and are not a part of any other organization. We are members of our community working hard to make our great community even better. We are friends - of our community shelters, our community animals, and our community.