Pandemic Time -- Humane Society Volunteering

When choosing to self-isolate you look for things to do that do not involve venturing out in public.  We generally do quite a bit of traveling each year.  This year is different.  So why not volunteer for our local Humane Society.  Kittens are the first thing that came to mind.  Foster training was required via a Zoom classroom.  A handbook and application fill in more details for both us and them.  We indicated a willingness to care for kittens.  This is a new venture for us.  The program we are involved in is to care for a kitten(s) that are too physically small for the neutering surgery required prior to adoption. Once a kitten weighs 2 lbs it can have surgery and be available for adoption.  Due to the pandemic all pickups and drop offs are done in the parking lot of the facility. We have been enjoying our time with these babies.  And we get to name them too!  Our community has a large feral cat population.  Kittens may have been abandoned or the mom was injured/killed.  We do not learn the back story.  We just get to love on them and teach them that humans aren't so bad.

 Willow was silver gray so named after the Pussy Willow tree.

Oreo, named for the black and white cookie, enjoyed videos of birds.

https://quarantinechat.com

Learned about this app listening to public radio.  I have been participating in random conversations for a while now.  If you are under self-imposed isolation due to the current pandemic it can be a good way to learn how others are filling their time.  Working from home? Walking outside? A new hobby? A project?  Calls are connected via a random selection computer program.  The fun is in the surprise of learning the geographic location of your connection and speaking with new people.  Washington DC, NYC, Michigan, California, India, London are a few of my conversations thus far.  If your phone should ring and you are busy a "decline" option is  available for you to choose.