Companion Pets In Crisis (CPiC) sums up its mission pretty clearly.
“Help(ing) others especially on their worst day,” their call to volunteerism specifies.
The Phoenix-based nonprofit was founded on the principal that no one should ever have to surrender their pet due to circumstances out of their control. President and founder Lisa Martin was a volunteer with the Phoenix Fire Department Crisis Response Team, and she quickly realized there was no outlet for pets left behind after a house fire, death, homelessness, or personal emergency with no alternative but to surrender pets to a kill shelter.
