Two and a half years ago, I started my Pup-To-Pup Program inside of Five Freedoms Photography.

The aim of this program is to donate 10% of all my client product sales back to a rescue of choice each quarter as nominated by my community!

After all, what do rescues usually need outside of fosters? Money to help pull more animals.

Since the inception of this program, we’ve been able to support ten different rescue across North Carolina by donating almost $6K to support them in their journey to help save more dogs. View our full donation list here.

The rescues that were nominated and selected for 2024 were:

At the start of every year, I choose four rescues, non-profits, or animal shelters at random to be the recipients of the funds from this program.

The kicker is - it is you, my community, who nominates your favorite rescue, shelter, or non-profit that is doing good to help homeless animals in our community across North Carolina over on Instagram!

The only requirements for the nominations are:

They must be located in North Carolina
They must help companion animals
They must not have been a recipient of the Pup-To-Pup Program before (or any of our other fundraisers in the past two years)
And they must be a rescue, non-profit, or animal shelter that is helping pets and their people

Once all of the nominations are in, to keep things fair and even, I input all of the names into a random name generator - and voila! The four names are chosen at random as the recipients of these very special funds for 2025.

With all that being said, it is time to announce the 2025 Pup To Pup Program Rescues Of The Year.

Head down below to see who the winners are for this year!

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Q1 - Hope Animal Rescue

Their mission is to rescue, rehabilitate, and re-home abandoned dogs in North Carolina that need help the most, while assisting members of our community in helping them to care for their dogs and keep them in their homes.

Learn more about Hope Animal Rescue!

Q2 - Perfectly Imperfect Pups

Perfectly Imperfect Pups (PIPs) is creating a better world for at-risk dogs, with a focus on those with special needs, by building a community of like-minded people through advocacy, education, fostering and adoption.

Learn more about Perfectly Imperfect Pups.

Q3 - Neshama Animal Rescue

Neshama Rescue is an all volunteer independent, 501(c)(3) animal welfare and education organization. Our mission is to promote the rescue and adoption of companion animals, with a focus on senior and special needs pets. We believe every soul has intrinsic value and we seek to help communities see that value to create a kinder world. Our goals are to rescue animals from shelters, place them in loving foster homes, and adopt them out to forever homes, as well as strengthen our communities’ education, laws and regulations regarding animal overpopulation and care.

Learn more about Neshama Animal Rescue here.

Q4 - SPCA Of Wake County

The SPCA of Wake County (SPCA Wake) helps pets and people in over half of the counties across NC through collaborative partnerships. SPCA Wake is an animal welfare agency headquartered in Raleigh, NC. Donations keep families together, make frontline rescue work possible, and save pets and people in crisis across NC. SPCA Wake is an independent, 501(c)(3) animal welfare organization and shelter.

Our mission is to transform the lives of pets and people through protection, care, education, and adoption. Our vision is to create a humane community.

Funded by charitable support, we provide vital community programs that pick up where local government agencies leave off. For 56 years, we have provided comprehensive support services to companion animals in need with sheltering, care and adoption services.

We provide people-focused programs that keep families and pets together, including spay/neuter assistance programs, affordable access to basic pet vaccines and preventative care, delivery of pet food and supplies for home-bound, low-income seniors, professional pet behavior assistance, disaster relief and response efforts, and youth education programs that promote empathy.

Learn more about the SPCA of Wake County!

I am elated to be able to help these incredible organizations this year with additional funding! Stay tuned to the end of the year to hear what our final giving total ends up being for 2025!

And thank you as always to my community who nominated each one of these organizations and more. Even if your organization wasn’t a recipient this year, every year is another opportunity to nominate them!