January's Share the Plate: SAFPAW - Southern Alliance for People and Animal Welfare
Our January Share the Plate partner is the Southern Alliance for People and Animal Welfare. SAFPAW is a non-profit organization serving Davidson County, Tennessee, by improving the quality of life for people and pets in need.
“SAFPAW provides pet food, supplies, and veterinary care free of charge to pet owners who are homeless or living at or below the poverty level. Through our weekly Spay/Neuter Transport, animals are spayed or neutered, fully vaccinated, dewormed, treated for fleas & ticks, and they get their nails trimmed. Since our founding in 1998, we have fixed and vaccinated more than 10,000 dogs and cats in Davidson County, Tennessee, and that number continues to grow. Since 2001 we have focused solely on pets belonging to folks who are homeless or housed but live at or below the poverty level.
Our Homeless Outreach Program provides food, temporary shelter, and other basic needs to the friends we serve. We also assist those looking to secure more permanent housing by helping with transportation, acquiring necessary IDs (such as social security card, state ID or driver’s license, birth certificate, etc.), helping them through the application process—and everything in between—including move-in day!
And through our new transitional post-recovery house for women, we are able to bring a few of our most vulnerable neighbors indoors and help 160 homeless pets find permanent indoor homes each year through our pet foster program.”
Please help SAFPAW to make its tremendous positive impact in the lives of people and pets, by making a generous donation to Share the Plate this month.
If you know or discover such an organization, please nominate it by using the form found with the Share the Plate Nomination form..