Guardian Care During Crisis
Safe, compassionate temporary care during deployment, hospitalization, housing instability, family emergencies, and other serious hardships.
The Heroes Promise Foundation
Standing Behind Those Who Served—And Beside the Animals Who Served With Them.
You made a promise to your companion.
Our Heroes Promise is to help you keep it.
Our Promise
You Made a Promise.
We Help You Keep It.
When your companion came into your life, you made a promise to protect them, care for them, and stand beside them.
A deployment, medical emergency, housing crisis, or life-changing hardship should not force you to break that promise.
Heroes Promise provides temporary Guardian Care, works toward reunification whenever possible, and offers a permanent home within the Heroes Promise Sanctuary when a dog can no longer return to their person.
Once welcomed into our Sanctuary, that dog becomes part of the Heroes Promise family for life.
How We Help
Three Ways We Help Keep the Promise
We stand with you and your companion through every stage of the journey.
A Path Back Home
Reunification remains our goal. We work toward the day when the crisis has passed and your companion can safely return home to you.
Sanctuary for Life
When returning home is no longer possible, a dog may be considered for permanent Sanctuary care and become part of our family for life.
Who We Serve
For Those Who Serve—And the Companions Who Stand Beside Them
Military community
Active-duty service members, National Guard and Reserve members, veterans, military families, and Gold Star families.
First responders
Law enforcement officers, firefighters, emergency medical personnel, and other qualifying first responders.
Their animals
Service animals and other eligible companion animals whose care is threatened by deployment, illness, housing instability, or crisis.
Case-by-case civilian assistance
When resources and space permit, assistance may extend to civilians whose circumstances align with our charitable mission.
The Guardian Care Journey
You Do Not Have to Face the Crisis Alone
Our process is designed to be clear, respectful, and focused on protecting your companion and preserving your bond.
Tell us what is happening
Share your circumstances, your companion’s needs, and the assistance you are seeking. Emergency situations receive priority review.
We review the need together
We confirm eligibility, consider safety and care requirements, and evaluate the Guardian Care resources currently available.
We build a care plan
When assistance is approved, we coordinate appropriate temporary care and any needed foster or veterinary support.
We help you keep the promise
We work toward reunion whenever possible. If a dog can no longer return home, permanent Sanctuary acceptance may be considered case by case.
The Sanctuary Promise
A Home for Life
The Heroes Promise Sanctuary is our permanent commitment to dogs who can no longer return to the person who loved and cared for them.
Once welcomed into the Sanctuary, they will never be treated as unwanted or passed along. They become part of the Heroes Promise family for life.
Comfort. Safety. Enrichment. Dignity. Love.
The physical Sanctuary will be developed responsibly in phases, but the commitment behind it begins now.
Help build their futureJoin the Promise
Help Someone Keep the Promise They Made
Every act of support helps protect the bond between a person who served and the companion who stood beside them.
Give
Support Guardian Care, veterinary coordination, reunification assistance, and the development of permanent Sanctuary care.
Giving options coming soonVolunteer or Foster
Offer your time, experience, or a safe temporary home while a member of our community navigates crisis or hardship.
Express interest →Become a Partner
Veterinary professionals, trainers, animal-care organizations, businesses, and community groups can help build a dependable network of care.
Partner with us →Coming Soon
Corporate Events at Heroes Promise
Corporate gatherings, volunteer service days, team-building activities, sponsorship events, and other approved functions on the Heroes Promise property.
Growing the Promise
The Promise Will Grow
We are beginning with a focused commitment to dogs, then growing responsibly—never faster than our ability to keep the promise.
Cats
Future Guardian Care and eligible Sanctuary support when the right facilities and resources are in place.
Horses
Specialized support developed around the unique land, experience, facilities, and lifelong care horses require.
Other Animals
Considered according to individual needs, available expertise, appropriate facilities, and our ability to provide exceptional care.
One Promise. Kept Together.
Do You Need Help Keeping Your Promise?
If a serious crisis is affecting your ability to care for your companion, you do not have to face it alone. Our formal assistance intake is coming soon; you may contact us now to share your situation.
You made a promise to your companion. Our Heroes Promise is to help you keep it.