Healing Through Companionship.
The Pink Paws Project connects individuals impacted by breast cancer with trained emotional support dogs, creating comfort, stability, and connection during and after treatment. The Pink Paws Project was created to provide emotional support through companionship for individuals impacted by breast cancer. While treatment focuses on physical healing, emotional wellbeing often receives less attention. For many individuals, companionship from a trained emotional support dog can reduce anxiety, improve routine, and create a sense of purpose during recovery.
Healing Through Companionship.
The Pink Paws Project connects individuals impacted by breast cancer with trained emotional support dogs, creating comfort, stability, and connection during and after treatment. The Pink Paws Project was created to provide emotional support through companionship for individuals impacted by breast cancer. While treatment focuses on physical healing, emotional wellbeing often receives less attention. For many individuals, companionship from a trained emotional support dog can reduce anxiety, improve routine, and create a sense of purpose during recovery.
Why We Created Pink Paws Project
A breast cancer diagnosis doesn’t just impact one person—it impacts everyone connected to her. The mother trying to stay strong for her children. The spouse navigating fear while being the steady one. The daughter watching her hero struggle. The family home that suddenly feels heavy.
The Pink Paws Project was created because healing isn’t individual—it’s collective. We place puppies not only with women in active treatment, but with anyone deeply connected to the breast cancer journey. Because sometimes the caregiver needs comfort. Sometimes the child needs joy. Sometimes the household needs something that feels hopeful again.
A Puppy Brings
A Puppy Brings
Who is Eligible?
The Pink Paws Project is dedicated to providing comprehensive support and essential resources for individuals and families navigating the complexities of a breast cancer diagnosis, ensuring that no one has to walk the challenging path toward recovery alone.
Women currently undergoing breast cancer treatment
Survivors in active recovery
Individuals within six months post-treatment
Medical-related expenses
Emotional support programs
Applicant Requirements
Volunteer engagement may include attending P4P events, participating in community outreach, visiting women currently in treatment, or supporting fundraising efforts. Applications for assistance can be submitted using any of the following methods:
How the Program Works
Become a Pink Paws Sponsor.
When you sponsor a Pink Paws placement, you are directly funding:
- The full cost of a carefully selected puppy
- Eight weeks of professional foundational training
- Ongoing coordination and support through Pawsitively 4 Pink
- Provide a safe and stable home environment
- Eight weeks of professional foundational training
- A structured volunteer integration plan
Your sponsorship does more than provide a dog. It places companionship into a home navigating uncertainty. It brings emotional stability to a caregiver who rarely asks for support. It restores laughter in a household that has been carrying fear. Each sponsored placement becomes a living symbol of community investment.
Become a Pink Paws Sponsor.
When you sponsor a Pink Paws placement, you are directly funding:
- The full cost of a carefully selected puppy
- Eight weeks of professional foundational training
- Ongoing coordination and support through Pawsitively 4 Pink
- Provide a safe and stable home environment
- Eight weeks of professional foundational training
- A structured volunteer integration plan
Your sponsorship does more than provide a dog. It places companionship into a home navigating uncertainty. It brings emotional stability to a caregiver who rarely asks for support. It restores laughter in a household that has been carrying fear. Each sponsored placement becomes a living symbol of community investment.
Partnership Benefits
Recognition on the P4P website and social media
A personalized placement announcement
Opportunities to meet the recipient family and puppy
Invitations to Pink Paws appearances at P4P events
Ongoing acknowledgment as a program underwriter
Pink Paws Project FAQs
Individuals connected to breast cancer.
No. Sponsorship covers placement and initial support
Yes. Participants give back two volunteer hours per month.
No. Survivors and individuals impacted by breast cancer may apply.
Want to Change a Woman’s Life?
Our accomplishments, big and small, are thanks to everyday people like you. Pawsitively 4 Pink ensures that donations go directly to underserved women in our community.