Kitten Shower
Choose the purrfect gift for tiny kittens in need!
Thank you to all who made our 2026 Kitten Shower a big success! Because of you, we are equipped to provide lifesaving care to the tiniest babies in need. With thousands of orphaned or injured kittens arriving at our kitten nurseries this year, your support means that each one will receive the safe shelter, nourishment and specialized care they need to thrive in their new homes.
If you'd like to choose a special gift to support the animals in our care, please visit our Wish Lists to see supplies that are needed year-round.
Jim Lester Kitten Nursery & Foster Center
In 2009, San Diego Humane Society opened the country’s first-ever around-the-clock kitten nursery to meet the resource-intensive needs of kittens under the age of eight weeks. Today, the Jim Lester Kitten Nursery & Foster Center develops and shares best practices for kitten care with shelters across the country. In addition to providing critical care for kittens up to seven months old, the Jim Lester Nursery & Foster Center engages hundreds of trained foster volunteers to provide 24-hour care in their own homes and offers a daycare space for fosters who need help caring for kittens during the day. The facility is now part of a broader Kitten Program that also includes nurseries at San Diego Humane Society’s Escondido and Oceanside campuses. Programs like this are few and far between, and it’s one of the key components that allows San Diego Humane Society to Stay at Zero euthanasia of healthy or treatable shelter animals.