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This Giving Tuesday, Connection Is the Cure

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Hand in Paw is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization, and your donation is tax-deductible within the guidelines of U.S. law.

Why Your Support Matters

For many in our community, life feels overwhelming. Health challenges, stress, anxiety, loneliness, and uncertainty take a real toll — and often, people feel they have nowhere to turn. Hand in Paw Therapy Teams help change that. Through simple but powerful moments of connection, our volunteers bring calm, grounding, and hope to tiny patients, stressed students, older adults, exhausted nurses, and families facing difficult seasons.

For nearly 30 years, Hand in Paw has helped create these moments of comfort through the unconditional love of animals. Your Giving Tuesday gift powers every tail wag, every smile, and every moment of connection that brings healing when words fall short.

Your donation helps:
• Train and equip 30 new Therapy Teams for HIP’s 30th anniversary year
• Reduce waitlists across hospitals, schools, and eldercare communities
• Bring comfort and connection where it’s needed most
• Keep every visit free of charge for those we serve

Every visit is made possible because of donors like you. Thank you for helping us share comfort and connection across our community.

Hero for Healing

Help ensure Hand in Paw's services remain free with a donation of $5,000 to offset program expenses for one Therapy Team per year!
$
2,500
USD
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Top Dawgs

Your donation helps cover the cost of Animal-Assisted Therapy for patients and their families at hospitals in Central Alabama.
$
1,000
USD
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Furever Friends

Your gift offets the cost of Animal-Assisted Education programs for children in schools, libraries, and community organizations.
$
500
USD
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Pawsitive Partner

Cover the cost of liability insurance for one Therapy Team for a year.
$
250
USD
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Helping Hand

Sponsor business cards for a Therapy Team for one year.
$
100
USD
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Monthly donation

Join The Pack

Become a member of Hand in Paw's sustaining donor community, The Pack, with a recurring donation!
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USD
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Donors Like You Propel Our Mission

Impact by the Numbers

99

Therapy Teams

HIP Therapy Teams provide Animal-Assisted Therapy services to 80+ Program Partners.

6,491

Program Visits

Hand in Paw volunteers conducted nearly 6,500 visits in our community.

157,587

Therapeutic Interactions

Our Therapy Teams engaged in more than 157,000 therapeutic interactions in 2024.

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