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Since 2011, Operation Foster (formerly PACT for Animals) has helped more than 3,500 pets stay safe in temporary foster homes while their owners navigate deployment, hospitalization, or other crises (at no cost). The stories reveal a gap in America's support systems that few people recognize until they face it themselves.

Dollars 2 Dogs was created to make a way that families could support rescue financially, spread awareness, and bring people together around a cause that matters and build a solution that lasts. Every D2D event is family-friendly, charity-driven, and community-powered.

Foothills Animal Rescue will bring that meaning to life through its annual 831 Adoption Special, offering $0 adoptions Saturday through Monday, Aug. 29-31, at the Brynne Smith Memorial Campus, 10197 E. Bell Road in Scottsdale. The campus will remain open for extended hours from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. all three days, giving visitors more time to meet available dogs and cats and find a forever companion.

At Paw Arty, we believe anyone/ everyone can help a shelter pet, without having to adopt. We create sketched canvases of pets in shelter and then host events, encouraging people to find something inside themselves, something that might have been lost or be hibernating, art, confidence, growth, spirit, talent. We bring it all back out and wrap it in ‘purpose’.

The idea for the program came after the nonprofit learned about a similar initiative in California. Inspired by the impact it had on both dogs and people, One Love Arizona adapted the concept to serve communities across Arizona.

With school out for the summer and families settling into more flexible summer routines, animal shelters across the country say now is a great time to consider fostering a shelter pet. The support is needed now more than ever as organizations care for growing numbers of animals with fewer resources— something Tempe-based Lost Our Home Pet Rescue (LOH) is experiencing firsthand. That’s why now through July 31, the shelter is taking part in the nationwide “Foster 50 Challenge,