diff --git a/app/models/contact.rb b/app/models/contact.rb
index 091b5b7cd..05eb07764 100644
--- a/app/models/contact.rb
+++ b/app/models/contact.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ class Contact
   include ActiveModel::Model
   attr_accessor :name, :email, :message
 
-  validates :name, :email, :message, presence: true
+  validates :name, :email, presence: true
+  validates :message, presence: true, length: {maximum: 500}
 
   # credit: https://medium.com/@limichelle21/building-and-debugging-a-contact-form-with-rails-mailgun-heroku-c0185b8bf419
 end
diff --git a/app/models/organization_account_request.rb b/app/models/organization_account_request.rb
index 1d1eb659c..85b64b116 100644
--- a/app/models/organization_account_request.rb
+++ b/app/models/organization_account_request.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ class OrganizationAccountRequest
 
   before_validation :normalize_phone
 
-  validates :name, :email, :city_town, :country, :province_state, presence: true
+  validates :name, :email, :requester_name, :city_town, :country, :province_state, presence: true
   validates_format_of :email, with: /\A([^@\s]+)@((?:[-a-z0-9]+\.)+[a-z]{2,})\z/i
   validates :phone_number, presence: true, phone: {possible: true, allow_blank: true}
 
diff --git a/app/services/organizations/create_service.rb b/app/services/organizations/create_service.rb
index 8a4f2ebfe..599bba598 100644
--- a/app/services/organizations/create_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/organizations/create_service.rb
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
-# class to create a new location, organization, user, and staff account with role admin
-# email is sent to admin user if all steps are successful
+# Class to create a new location, organization, user, and staff account with role admin.
+# An email is sent to admin user if all steps are successful.
+# Be sure to use the Country and State codes from countries_states.yml
 # call with Organizations::CreateService.new.signal(args)
 # sample args:
 # {
 #   location: {
-#     country: 'Mexico',
-#     city_town: 'La Ventana',
+#     country: 'MX',
+#     city_town: 'JAL',
 #     province_state: 'Baja'
 #   },
 #   organization: {
diff --git a/app/views/layouts/adopter_foster_dashboard.html.erb b/app/views/layouts/adopter_foster_dashboard.html.erb
index bb4858c06..e6eaca4b3 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/adopter_foster_dashboard.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/layouts/adopter_foster_dashboard.html.erb
@@ -121,11 +121,6 @@
                           <i class="fe fe-power nav-icon"></i> Log Out
                         <% end %>
                       </li>
-                      <li class="nav-item">
-                        <%= active_link_to adopter_fosterer_dashboard_index_path, class: "nav-link" do %>
-                          <i class="fe fe-trash nav-icon"></i> Delete Account
-                        <% end %>
-                      </li>
                     </ul>
                   </div>
                 </div>
diff --git a/app/views/organizations/adoptable_pets/index.html.erb b/app/views/organizations/adoptable_pets/index.html.erb
index e2fc693ad..563459244 100644
--- a/app/views/organizations/adoptable_pets/index.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/organizations/adoptable_pets/index.html.erb
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
               </div>
               <div class="form-group">
                 <%= f.label :sex_eq, "Sex" %>
-                <%= f.select :sex_eq, ["Male", "Female"], {include_blank: 'All'}, class: "form-select" %>
+                <%= f.select :sex_eq, [["Male", "male"], ["Female", "female"]], {include_blank: 'All'}, class: "form-select" %>
               </div>
               <div class="form-group">
                 <%= f.label :breed_eq, "Breed" %>
diff --git a/app/views/organizations/staff/pets/index.html.erb b/app/views/organizations/staff/pets/index.html.erb
index 1c512133b..98df3b5f9 100644
--- a/app/views/organizations/staff/pets/index.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/organizations/staff/pets/index.html.erb
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
                   </div>
                   <div class="form-group mb-3 col-md-3">
                     <%= f.label :sex_eq, "Sex" %>
-                    <%= f.select :sex_eq, ["Male", "Female"], {include_blank: 'All'}, class: "form-select" %>
+                    <%= f.select :sex_eq, [["Male", "male"], ["Female", "female"]], {include_blank: 'All'}, class: "form-select" %>
                   </div>
                   <div class="form-group mb-3 col-md-3">
                     <%= f.label :species_eq, "Species" %>
diff --git a/app/views/shared/_location_fields.html.erb b/app/views/shared/_location_fields.html.erb
index 89da415c0..b01a2b4e9 100644
--- a/app/views/shared/_location_fields.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/shared/_location_fields.html.erb
@@ -21,5 +21,5 @@
                 }  %>
 <!-- City/Town Text Field -->
 <%= form.text_field :city_town,
-                    required: false,
+                    required: true,
                     class: "form-control" %>