Southern Alliance for People & Animal Welfare - Safpaw

Southern Alliance for People & Animal Welfare - Safpaw SAFPAW believes in knocking down poverty obstacles that exist for those we serve and their pets.

The Southern Alliance for People and Animal Welfare (SAFPAW) is a local non-profit serving Davidson County by working to improve the quality of life in our community for people and pets in need. SAFPAW provides pet food, supplies, and veterinary care free of charge pet owners who are homeless, or living at or below the poverty level. Our weekly Spay/Neuter Transport picks up every Thursday morning and brings each pet back that same evening. Animals are spayed or neutered, fully vaccinated, dewormed, treated for fleas & ticks and nails trimmed. In addition our weekly transport helps with basic wellness pet needs. Our homeless outreach program provides food, camping supplies, and other basic needs to those we serve. We also assist those looking to secure more permanent housing by helping with transportation, acquiring necessary IDs (such as social security card, state ID or drivers license, birth certificate, etc.), working through the application process, and everything in-between, including move-in day! SAFPAW is able to make a tremendous positive impact in the lives of people and pets throughout Davidson County, but only with the help of our generous and compassionate community. Swing by our page at Southern Alliance for People & Animal Welfare - SAFPAW and "Like" us to stay up to date on all of the amazing work being done every day. And don't forget to come check out our website too (www.safpaw.org) and consider making a donation so that we can all continue to build our community better and stronger every day!

09/19/2026

Davidson County for 9/19/26:

NASHVILLE: Extreme Heat! Metro will be offering rides from 12PM-7PM. Please call 615-844-3399.

Please do not leave your pet(s) behind. They too can die from heatstroke.

This is hardly an ideal way to save human and animal lives in this dangerous heat but I do hope it helps some.

Remember that our public libraries are available for folks seeking relief from this horrible heat. So go sit in the quiet for the day and read.

Laurie Green
Southern Alliance for People & Animal Welfare - Safpaw

09/17/2026

Davidson County for 9/17/26:

NASHVILLE: Extreme Heat! Metro will be offering rides from 12PM-7PM. Please call 615-844-3399.

Please do not leave your pet(s) behind. They too can die from heatstroke.

This is hardly an ideal way to save human and animal lives in this dangerous heat but I do hope it helps some.

Remember that our public libraries are available for folks seeking relief from this horrible heat. So go sit in the quiet for the day and read.

Laurie Green
Southern Alliance for People & Animal Welfare - Safpaw

09/16/2026

Davidson County for 9/16/26:

NASHVILLE: Extreme Heat! Metro will be offering rides from 12PM-7PM. Please call 615-844-3399.

Please do not leave your pet(s) behind. They too can die from heatstroke.

This is hardly an ideal way to save human and animal lives in this dangerous heat but I do hope it helps some.

Remember that our public libraries are available for folks seeking relief from this horrible heat. So go sit in the quiet for the day and read.

Laurie Green
Southern Alliance for People & Animal Welfare - Safpaw

09/16/2026

If you would like to be a part of the most direct and hands on act of helping our neighbors deal with hunger and food insecurity please let me know. Every other Saturday we hit the streets and deliver lunch meals. These are packed lunch sacks with a full meal that is balanced.

We meet at a local East Nashville Church. I can have 1 person ride with me if need be, but the van will be so loaded so only 1!

This week we are good on assembly but we have no delivery volunteers. Now this is where you see just where your work, your belief in community and your commitment to your neighbors in need goes. Our assembly & delivery teams are where talk stops and true service happens.

PLEASE text our SAFPAW resource text line if you can deliver meals to our neighbors in need. I will let you know where to meet us. The time frame is between 11:00am and 3pm this coming Saturday.

615-474-8390 is our resource line.

We need to know by this coming Friday at noon. Delivery day is Saturday, 9/19.

Thank you!
Laurie Green, director
Lori Eslick, meals team coordinator
Southern Alliance for People & Animal Welfare - Safpaw
615-474-8390

09/15/2026

Davidson County for 9/15/26:

NASHVILLE: Extreme Heat! Metro will be offering rides from 12PM-7PM. Please call 615-844-3399.

Please do not leave your pet(s) behind. They too can die from heatstroke.

This is hardly an ideal way to save human and animal lives in this dangerous heat but I do hope it helps some.

Remember that our public libraries are available for folks seeking relief from this horrible heat. So go sit in the quiet for the day and read.

Laurie Green
Southern Alliance for People & Animal Welfare - Safpaw

SAFPAW loves MSS!
09/14/2026

SAFPAW loves MSS!

Having a cat sanctuary built around not just cats…but also people needing a refuge. People who want to heal by caring fo...
09/12/2026

Having a cat sanctuary built around not just cats…but also people needing a refuge. People who want to heal by caring for animals that need healing. A sanctuary for a couple or 3 dogs who find their way to us.

And a hamster who was left behind when ICE kidnapped his family.

Wolfie was just a kitten when I found him at a home where the older gentleman became overwhelmed by the cats finding their way to his door. He only meant to feed the couple of cats he knew about but then they all came.

Then one day when I went by to pick up more cats to be fixed he showed me the body of a kitten he thought had died. This tiny kitten, barely 5 weeks old, was not dead but dangerously close. He had a “wolf worm” in his neck which I removed and then took to our veterinary partner. There we cleaned up the wound and after a round of antibiotics this kitten made it!

I named him Wolfie. He was to never be very friendly so he was a foster fail. But he was so loved and he just fit right into our Misfit Cats Sanctuary.

Wolfie passed at the age of 14. He loved our cats but the humans? We were appreciated for the care we took of our cats but other than that? Well other than that Wolfie just did not ever think too highly of humans. We were never to be his favorites.

But I sure did love my Wolfie. And wasn’t he just the most handsome cat?

Our Misfit Cat Sanctuary was the perfect home for Wolfie. He didn’t have to love even one human. We just needed him to be happy. And I do believe that he was.

Laurie Green
Southern Alliance for People & Animal Welfare - Safpaw

Our Saturday Meals Day left me with a lot on my mind and in my heart. In many ways it was a heavy day but like every Mea...
09/06/2026

Our Saturday Meals Day left me with a lot on my mind and in my heart. In many ways it was a heavy day but like every Meals Day I take a lot of love home with me.

We were low in our Meals Team folks today but we always make the process work. Our assembly team is phenomenal. Then when we hit the road to make deliveries it was Katie and I. And we made it work. Every meal was delivered. I also need to give credit for my two really good friends, Michele and Reginald. They helped us finish up our deliveries and seeing them always makes my heart feel good.

When our route hits the Fairfield area my heart just feels so much. I love the people we seek out every Meals Day. And seeing the smiles when we pull up just makes my soul feel good. But it hurts at the same time, life is never just one emotion. That is why I take very few pictures. We seek folks out who are at their lowest point, that is who we serve. Sharing food is for me a sacred act that goes way past just feeding a belly.

One of our friends had me so worried. In a wheelchair with swollen feet and a beautiful face wet with the sweat from a terribly hot day he just worried me. I gave him a meal but told him I’d be back.

Then around the corner to a group of people who I always pray for. We weren’t the only ones who pulled up, but we were the only ones not delivering poison. Across, in the alley, was the late model fancy ass car with tinted windows. Window rolled down, taking in money and handing small packages of poison back. Maybe I could not see them, but I’m sure he took in the message my face delivered. Neither of us are stupid so we stay on our side.

Outreach can present you with a moral fight inside of you that is often hard to navigate. We cannot come on as some moral crusaders if we want to continue serving. In spite of the anger I have to remember that we can only offer a way out when someone is ready. The drug man comes where he is invited. That is just the hard core reality. But it is the vulnerability of those we serve that breaks my heart completely even as we never stop serving. Addiction is an illness and we are failing, as a community, in giving folks a safe path out and into a better life. Rehab that does not lead to housing is just so wrong. But housing without wraparound services that will stay with folks as they take in life after addiction, life without help in dealing with undiagnosed mental illnesses and trauma will not work. Don’t try to tell me otherwise as I have 25 years to debate you with.

So we deliver our meals and other items to help folks living on these mean streets as we dance around the uneasy truce with the drug man. We will not put the people we serve in the middle as we hand out meals, hugs and prayers.

And before leaving I head to check on my friend one last time. I ask him to allow the medics to check on him, he agrees if I get him some Gatorade. Done. But he will not go to the hospital. After the medics leave I stay and he asks me to pray for him. So there, in the alley where we are both sweating from the heat, I pray for his protection. I tell him I love him as I leave him with 2 cold Gatorades and an extra lunch meal.

Laurie Green
Lori Eslick
Bettina Bowers
Southern Alliance for People & Animal Welfare - Safpaw

615-474-8390
safpaw.org

09/05/2026

Davidson County for 9/5/26:

NASHVILLE: Extreme Heat! Metro will be offering rides from 12PM-7PM. Please call 615-844-3399.

Please do not leave your pet(s) behind. They too can die from heatstroke.

This is hardly an ideal way to save human and animal lives in this dangerous heat but I do hope it helps some.

Remember that our public libraries are available for folks seeking relief from this horrible heat. So go sit in the quiet for the day and read.

Laurie Green
Southern Alliance for People & Animal Welfare - Safpaw

09/04/2026

Davidson County for 9/4/26:

NASHVILLE: Extreme Heat! Metro will be offering rides from 12PM-7PM. Please call 615-844-3399.

Please do not leave your pet(s) behind. They too can die from heatstroke.

This is hardly an ideal way to save human and animal lives in this dangerous heat but I do hope it helps some.

Remember that our public libraries are available for folks seeking relief from this horrible heat. So go sit in the quiet for the day and read.

Laurie Green
Southern Alliance for People & Animal Welfare - Safpaw

Address

1326 Plum Street
Madison, TN
37115

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5:30pm
Tuesday 9am - 5:30pm
Wednesday 9am - 5:30pm
Thursday 9am - 5:30pm
Friday 9am - 6:30pm
Saturday 9am - 4pm

Telephone

+16154748390

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