“I’ve been fostering for 10 years now.”
Earlier this summer, Chrissie Norman accepted the role of foster care coordinator at the Gloucester-Mathews Humane Society. Though she is new to the area, she has been working in animal welfare since graduating from Virginia Commonwealth University in December 2015.
“I never really looked back,” said Norman.
She started her animal welfare career with the Richmond SPCA as part of its admissions team. In this role, she would transport animals to her shelter from other shelters facing capacity issues, limited resources and emergency situations.
Since then, she has worked for different rescue organizations, municipal shelters and was even once employed as an animal control officer in Richmond.
“I’ve done a little bit of everything,” said Norman.
Her passion for fostering animals began while she was employed at the Richmond SPCA. Norman started fostering young kittens who needed to be bottle-fed in her home.“One of my cats now was one of my first bott...