Kerry Armstrong
For my power of one project I interviewed Kerry Armstrong she is the executive director of HomeDog LA and has been for 7 years. At HomeDog LA they help people that can't afford to take care of their pets. If someone comes in and has to get their pet medical help the people at HomeDog LA will contact them to a vets office in the area the people will also get discounts since HomeDog LA and that vets office work together a lot. Sometimes people will come in and say that there land lord is saying that they can't have a pet in the building anymore so HomeDog LA will write a letter to the land lord about saying how it's illegal and why that can't do that. A few people have come in to ask for some money to buy food that they can't afford. HomeDog LA will give them the money but they still have a budget on how much they can give. Same goes if someone's fence breaks and they can't afford to fix it HomeDog LA will help.
homedogla.org/
What is an upstander?
An upstander is some one who is dedicated to what they're doing and will do many things to get there voices heard. Upstanders need to be dedicated to what there trying to make known in the world. If they aren't dedicated that means they don't really care about the topic at hand. If it is really important to them the will make websites, make there voices heard. Kerry Armstrong is an upstander because when she saw that people were getting their pets taken away from them either because of financial issues or other problems. So she built HomeDog LA to help try to keep pets in their homes and out of shelters.
"If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything"
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