Our Team

Melissa and Vaughn founded this organization out of a desire to help homeless animals.  Melissa and Vaughn live in Bolton, CT with 3 dogs and 5 cats - all rescues. Melissa and Vaughn are usually the ones to meet potential adopters on the weekends.

Brittany is our foster director and works closely with all our fosters throughout the state of CT to make sure they have everything they need. Brittany also has a wealth of knowledge about vet care and is a critical part of our team.  

Theresa does so much for our rescue.  Theresa - you name it and she  does it! She spends numerous hours each week volunteering, researching and applying for grants, creating gift baskets for raffles, returning returnable bottles and cans to raise funds, socializing the cats, and so much more! Theresa has also adopted a number of cats from Paws 4 Life!

Sharon does so much for Paws 4 Life!  She helps with answering emails,  processing applications - including vet and reference checks, home visits, and speaking to potential adopters. Sharon also helps with transports and volunteers one day a week socializing the cats.   Her husband Barry also helps us with transports! Sharon and Barry have adopted 3 cats from us :) 

We met Renee when she adopted a cat from us! Like with many of our volunteers, Renee does a little bit of everything. She helps us with processing applications, vet checks, answering emails and transporting animals to/from vet appointments.  Her husband Ben also helps us with some of our IT needs.

Social media is critical in getting our mission and our adoptable animals out to the public.  Ashley helps promote our animals on various social media outlets.  In addition to helping with our social media, she also volunteers time to socialize with our cats.  Ashley and her husband adopted 3 cats from us! Two have their very own Instagram page (mila.n.birch).

We met Andrea and her family a number of years ago when they adopted a kitten from us.  Andrea and her children are now regular volunteers with us - usually spending 2 days a week helping us socialize cats.  In addition to volunteering their time, Andrea also takes pictures and writes most of the bios of the cats we have available for adoption. Andrea and her family have adopted 6 cats from us over the years!

Wanda and Bill - what can we say about this pair! They both help in so many ways - volunteering their time, transporting animals, and volunteering 2 days of week cleaning and socializing cats. They have been with us since day 1 and continue to help out wherever they are needed! They have also adopted two cats from us - Boomer and Thor!

Katrina has been with us since we started Paws 4 Life! She is our Secretary helps us keeps our meetings and minutes in order :) She and her husband Luke also help us with transporting. They have adopted 2 cats from us!

As we do not have a brick and mortar facility, we are only able to take in animals if we have a foster home that the animal(s) can hang out with until they get adopted.  We have a number of fosters that help us on a regular basis!

Thank you 

We couldn't be successful without volunteers.  We have a number of volunteers that help us on a regular basis!

Transporters are the lifeline of our rescue and help move animals from foster homes, vet appointments, and from various Animal Control facilities. Without their help, we wouldn't be able to help as many animals as we currently are.

Thank you