Mission - “We are a nonprofit organization focused on rescuing shelter pets, abandoned pets, and special needs pets. We work on providing necessary medical care, training and love in our foster homes. Our ultimate goal is to home these pets with the right owner in either the general public or with veterans that need a special companion as a service or emotional support animal.”
Rescue Pets Serving Vets is honored to have some incredible volunteers organize a fundraising dog walk to support the founder, Casey Shonis, in her mission to save dogs and help place them in loving homes. Rescue Pets aims to rescue dogs from high kill shelters in other states, transport them to Pennsylvania, and adopt them out. They adopt to anyone looking for a dog, but adopt to veterans at no charge in hopes of helping veterans to find a companion dog, support dog, or a service dog.
You can find out more about Rescue Pets Serving Vets atrescuepetsservingvets.org or their social accounts@rpsvets.
After stepping away from the Navy in 1985 to pursue civilian life, Don soon realized that the challenges, camaraderie, and sense of purpose within the SEAL Teams were irreplaceable. He returned to the Naval Special Warfare Community in 1988, sharpening his skills at the Defense Language Institute for Spanish before joining SEAL Team FOUR. His deployments took him across the globe, including missions in the Persian Gulf and Panama, where he served with Naval Special Warfare Unit EIGHT.
