Lending Paws a Hand - Making a Difference in the Lives of Animals

Shannon
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Lending Paws A Hand Rescue to Join Unleashed's Spring Fling! — Lending Paws A Hand Rescue to join Unleashed's Spring Fling!

Lending Paws a Hand (LPAH) is one of our OG Spring Fling vendors. LPAH is a 501c3 nonprofit foster-based dog and cat rescue that focuses on helping animals in Lee County, NC. They have many wonderful opportunities to volunteer, foster, donate, and adopt. The things that LPAH loves most about Spring Fling is meeting all of the wonderful cat and dog owners, passionate businesses, and rescues that support animal rescue!

Ed and Mary - Lending Paws a Hand Fundraiser — Ed and Mary - Lending Paws a Hand

Lending Paws a Hand was founded in 2014 with a mission to save the lives of unwanted dogs and cats throughout Lee County, North Carolina. Lending Paws A Hand works with their community and a rural county animal shelter to transfer at-risk animals into temporary foster homes and ultimately find them permanent, loving homes where they can find happiness, comfort and care for the rest of their lives. They also work closely with their community, including establishing their Tails on Trails program to help promote walking, wellness, and pet food distribution at their local food bank to help owners provide for their pets.

In 2025, LPAH rescued over 150 animals (cats and dogs) from Lee County, NC. They were also honored to be selected as 1 of 27 nonprofits across the nation for the Defender Service Award-Honoree Category. They look forward to also expanding their reach to continue helping their rural community with needs through their Ichi and Luke Legacy Fund, which they originally launched in 2024.

This group has been helping the animals of Lee County since 2014. Like so many rescue groups, they are foster based, which means that they don't have a physical shelter location. All of their adoptable dogs and cats live with foster families which gives them a great picture of how the pet will behave in their forever home! It also means that they are limited in the number of animals they can help; without people opening their homes to foster, they can't take in more animals. If you would like to join their volunteer and foster team, please fill out a Foster Application or Volunteer Application.

LPAH is just starting to launch their pet food bank in partnership with the Christians United Outreach Center of Lee County Food Bank, and they are in need of pet food donations. Whether you have a dog/cat that has recently changed diets or if you work for a store that has extra pet food to be donated, they will gladly accept donated food to help launch this program. The food bank serves 750 families each month with almost 80% of them having pet food needs. The need is great as there is no current pet food bank in Lee County. Lending Paws a Hand would like to help out as many families as they can!

To learn more about the organization, view other adoptable pets, and see how you can help, visit their website, or follow them on Facebook, and Instagram.

Featured Adoptable Pup, Tully!

(available as of 3/23/25)

Tully is a mild mannered, happy sweet girl! She loves to be right by your side. Tully likes to chase her foster dog siblings, chew on bones, and mostly lay on the couch close to her person. Tully makes the most of every moment. Tully is crate trained and potty trained. She knows sit, crate, stay, and spin. Tully is food motivated and a quick learner. Tully rides well in the car and looks forward to going on adventures big and small. Tully would thrive in a home with children, other dogs, or both. She’s a happy, social pup ready to bring joy, cuddles, and kisses to her forever family. Learn more about Tully on her Petfinder profile!