A Thanksgiving Message

Dear Friends, This is a Thanksgiving post. If you read the whole thing, it’s going to involve a sad story, but I truly do feel thankful while I post today… for good friends, good family, good fortune, and a good community. If you’re not interested in reading the story, but would like to help some…

Her Dog Rescued Her. Then Strangers Rescued Him.

From the hometown of the Beckett Foundation comes a very touching story that stems from a scary incident with a relieving ending: Sinclair Larson was struck by an SUV while walking her dog across a crosswalk in Chapel Hill NC on Nov 8, 2020. As onlookers and helpers gathered around her to help care for…

The Beckett Foundation

And we’re off! The Beckett Foundation was started in October 2020 by a small group of dog-lovers who wanted to save shelter dog lives while enriching the lives of seniors in our communities. The vision? Make it more logistically feasible for our older neighbors to responsibly adopt dogs by facilitating the formation of local caretaking…