Because lifelong care requires lifelong support.

Most rescues focus on getting animals adopted into permanent homes. That work is VERY important.

As a sanctuary, Shadow to Shelter focuses on a different but equally necessary part of the process: providing lifelong protection and provision for animals who are unlikely to be rehomed because of age, trauma, species, or medical complexity. In other words, we focus on giving a home to animals that most other people don't want to adopt.

When you become a Monthly Guardian, you help create a foundation of stability the sanctuary can count on month after month.