In 2015, I lost my very best friend, Potter, to an aggressive heart-based cancer. Potter happened to also be my dog. When I was trying to manage my intense grief over his passing, I created a small nonprofit called Paws4Potter in 2016, whose mission is to raise awareness for pet cancer in local and regional communities of upstate NY, to provide people with the tools that they need to detect cancer earlier in their pets, and to help people understand that pet cancer is not necessarily a death sentence. Paws4Potter also raises money for the National Canine Cancer Foundation through fundraisers and donations. In the future, Paws4Potter hopes to broaden its mission statement to include communities throughout the USA.

Over the past 5 years, Paws4Potter has hosted several educational events for pet owners across New York State and has raised over $50,000 for the National Canine Cancer Foundation.

Profits raised from this t-shirt fundraiser will assist in helping us raise more awareness for pet cancer to more pet owners. If we can reach more and more people, then less dogs and cats will succumb to cancer because it can be caught earlier and treatment can be started earlier. Knowledge is power!