Southern Alliance for People & Animal Welfare - Safpaw

10/14/2026

We have an immediate need for a (full size) semi firm to firm mattress and boxspring set. Please! For an older woman who is no longer unhoused but needing a comfortable nights rest!

Laurie Green
Southern Alliance for People & Animal Welfare - Safpaw
[email protected]

safpaw.org
615-474-8390 (resource line, please text)

10/13/2026

Our newest SAFPAW foster! An area hospital called us when her human came in for treatment. When a little animal needs us we respond whenever we can. And this is something that brings me joy for us to do.

This little girl is now enjoying an afternoon nap after a late lunch. Meanwhile the cats are chuckling over a pup weighing less than any of them!

And she was treated to a mani pedi plus a new collar and leash! I happen to think the collar she picked out looks fabulous on her!

Laurie Green
Southern Alliance for People & Animal Welfare - Safpaw

10/13/2026

Regarding the pups, one is in good hands now, two were given away to someone unknown before we could get them and the last remaining pup died of Parvo. Hopefully the 3 little survivors will avoid developing Parvo and have a better future and most importantly, be fixed.

Our shortage of qualified fosters is keeping everyone from moving fast, which allows us to get these pups out of dangerous situations fast enough to avoid them being given away. But this is life on the streets for these animals belonging to folks who cannot care for them in any responsible way.

Since Davidson County has no ordinances to stop the careless breeding there is no way to force these people to spay the poor female dog. And would MACC (and the critical step) would our court charged with hearing animal cases be bothered to enforce the laws? They don’t enforce our current laws and that is a critical problem. People know that neglect and abuse will not be taken seriously.

All that could be done was done, but we let these pups down. I truly believe that so many more of you out there could foster. Fostering these animals at risk gives them a bridge from a bad situation that they won’t survive into a life with hope. And always work with rescues that insist on Spay/Neuter prior to adoption.

Think about it. Examine your excuses why you can’t foster and see if they are for real excuses or just barriers that could come down. Yes, fostering is messy. And sometimes you cry when they leave for a lifetime home after being fixed and vetted. But those tears are because you were their bridge to a life that they deserve.

No excuses, you can do this. So offer yourself up and change lives. There are so many rescues and organizations that need you to be on hold for an incoming dog or cat. SAFPAW especially needs you. But so many others do as well and I can connect you with some of the best along with being connected with us.

Laurie Green
Southern Alliance for People & Animal Welfare - Safpaw
safpaw.org

[email protected]

10/08/2026

SAFPAW is so thankful to have as our partners both Goodlettsville Animal Hospital and The Fix Foundation, Franklin, Kentucky.

We cannot carry out the programs that make up our mission without our partners.

And to Dr. Porter, you always go so above and beyond for us. Thank you.

Laurie Green
Southern Alliance for People & Animal Welfare - Safpaw

10/04/2026

This Saturday was our Lunch Meals Delivery Day and I have missed the folks we serve so much. We missed one due to too many of our team being sick so today was like a reunion tour.

We begin with our assembly team after our sandwich makers have delivered their offerings. You simply cannot take on and sustain something like our Meals Program (we began this program in 2020) without a solid team and we have one. Now we need more folks to help deliver so let us know if you might be that person. And if you have contacted us but received no response please forgive and text us (again) at the number or email addresses below.

And I have to give a shout out to our newest team members, Monica and Courtney! Calling them “new” just doesn’t really fit because they just walked in and owned their place!

But I’m going to be honest, we all have our Saturdays when we all would rather meet a friend for lunch. Work around the house. Or sleep late. That is just the truth. And then I hand that first person a lunch meal. Or an old friend like James shows up, back in town and with a hug. I watch our delivery team like Brena Stafford greet our folks and make them realize that they are truly loved. She is so amazing with everyone. And Kathy Halbrooks was back delivering with us today and there is no one better at making folks feel loved.

And how we love our folks. I know that conventional wisdom says you must have pictures. Sometimes a picture is okay and when it is I will share. But feeding, for me, is a sacred act and one that I really feel is not right to photograph. I know we need you and I know that without donations we cannot deliver any meals but you gotta know this truth. The people and animals we serve will always come first. To show them respect and dignity is everything to us and indeed, it is not an option.

Join us. This can sometimes be an emotional program to be a part of but it will change you for the better.

Laurie Green
Lori Eslick
Bettina Bowers
Southern Alliance for People & Animal Welfare - Safpaw
[email protected]
[email protected]

615-474-8390 (resource text line)

09/30/2026

When you open your heart up you will see these scenes every day. And they are hard to see. So often it hits me that all of us barely “scratch the surface” of what is needed to help folks regain their footing. Now knowing that does not excuse us from always doing what we can, when we can and for who we can.

I will not ever allow the scenes I see daily that I cannot solve keep me from doing what we can do. None of us are charged with fixing everything for everyone. But our mission and programs will continue to put boots on the ground every day.

Join us if you want to stop making excuses as to what you can’t do and instead focus on what you can do.

Laurie Green
Southern Alliance for People & Animal Welfare - Safpaw
[email protected]
safpaw.org
615-474-8390 (our resource line)

09/29/2026

This Saturday is your chance! Yes we are offering the first 5 folks who respond the chance to help us deliver lunch meals to folks we serve.

We leave out around 11am and we deliver until around 3pm.

So if feeding our neighbors who are hungry and lonely is something you think you could get behind, let us know.

Laurie Green
Lori Eslick
Bettina Bowers
Southern Alliance for People & Animal Welfare - Safpaw

[email protected]
[email protected]

09/27/2026

I had someone recently attempt to insult me by quoting an obscure passage from the Bible and using it in a most inappropriate and cruel way. No worries, that is on them. In the hands of some the Bible can be a weapon. In other hands it is a Holy book. As with all holy books I respect those who find the answers they are seeking inside. My Bible is not the only holy guide, just the one I follow. And SAFPAW is not an organization based on religion but rather the humanity we see in all we serve.

During 25 years of outreach to folks not housed and their animals I have witnessed so much that haunts me to this day and always will. The people I have served are no angels just as those I have met who are housed, and indeed financially well off are no angels. I have learned that one’s status in life is not the same as one’s ability to show compassion. But I have also met some true angels who walked this earth disguised as homeless. So many and they taught me all about this path I’ve been on. Some have challenged me because they did not make our relationship easy at all, but then what good am I if I only cared for the easy?

At the end of any day it is not perfection that I am seeking. It is to always get someone a step further in getting them, and sometimes an animal companion, off of these mean streets. But the resolution is never an easy one nor does it always look like how I wanted it to look. And that has taught me that it is not about me to begin with. If we are to be of any count as an Outreach Worker it will be when we discard self and focus on the one in front of us.

We will be judged by how we treat them, no matter what faith we follow.

Laurie Green
Southern Alliance for People & Animal Welfare - Safpaw

[email protected]

09/23/2026

Annie loves our screened in “catio” front porch. And she is under the impression that she guards our sanctuary of Misfit Cats! We’ve decided since she takes her job so seriously that we won’t tell her that we have cats tougher than she is.

And we love her so much. She just has the most innocent outlook on her world that makes every day an adventure.

A sanctuary where people and animals take care of each other has always been my vision. And we still have goals to reach before that vision is where I want it to be.

If you want to be a part of a new way of housing animals and people, if you think you could share my vision of what a sanctuary could be, get in touch with me please on our resource line below.

Laurie Green
Southern Alliance for People & Animal Welfare - Safpaw
Resource Text Line 615-474-8390

09/22/2026