When I started PAALS it was not out of a desire to make money. So how does a leader of a small nonprofit literally fuel her passion?

If you are me, you Pray, you take classes/seminars, learn from mentors and you share your passion. We have a lot of support to foster and a lot more of our community members need to hear about the need.

One of the good and bad parts of running PAALS is we don't have enough staff. The down side of that is obvious I think, but the good side is this: I get to personally see our needs in the faces of veterans of ones like I just met. This is a young veteran with two small children who is now on disability from serving all of us in recent wars. He tugged on my heart strings with his stories that I know only skimmed the surface of the trauma he has endured. He didn't complain or tell me how his lack of support since his return has left him heartbroken, but I'm pretty sure that is what he conveyed to me in a subtle way that broke my heart.

See, I can't fix this for him, but he and I both know a specially trained dog IS his answer as he worked with a military canine partner and lost him as his plane returned him home. 

I need all of my PAALS supporters to help me answer this prayer/need/calling. PAALS needs a facility, to house more dogs, to help more veterans, to make a bigger difference for the people who deserve it the most.

There are days that we get tired wondering if we should settle for where we are/what we do now, but we are inundated with calls for help, especially from our local veterans. By joining PAALS Pack you can help me not turn them away. 

Please pass this message to other service minded, generous, future PAALS Pack members. You can make a difference, PAALS does make a difference, we will with enough monthly promised support, rise to this occasion!

Yours in Service,

Jennifer Rogers

Executive Director and Co-Founder