As the pandemic wound down, animal shelter populations exploded. Dan and Rachel Martinez knew the work they started was too important to stop.
For everything that COVID-19 subtracted from the world, it added one thing to Daniel and Rachel Martinez’s life: time.
When the San Jose couple both found themselves without work during the pandemic, they chose to fill their newly-found free time with one of their favorite passions: helping dogs in need. Dan and Rachel had, for years, taken an interest in the dogs in their neighborhood that could use some assistance: an outdoor dog that needed a dog house or the many dogs living in a nearby homeless encampment.Sign up for NBC Bay Area’s Housing Deconstructed newsletter.
So, Dan and Rachel doubled down on their efforts, forming a nonprofit called Adopt My Block to help fund their work. They were not only able to offer more food and supplies to owners who couldn’t afford them, but they would also provide transportation and payment for those wanting to get their dogs spayed or neutered, and they began setting up a network of foster families to help keep unwanted pets out of shelters.
As the pandemic wound down, however, Dan and Rachel noticed the number of dogs needing help exploding.
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