My Nonprofit Reviews

Live Like Roo is a perfect example of compassion and a heartfelt love for animals, helping them get well and helping their families navigate a cancer diagnosis.
I found and followed Sarah on instagram for years prior as she volunteered and spread awareness for animal rescue. Her efforts with rescue were inspiring, but most inspiring was her journey to honor her dog Roo, through this foundation.
Then, sadly, all the posts I spent years getting choked up over became very real for me. Gavin was 14, in good shape, but he developed a cancerous tumor on his paw pads.
if you look at the website and see the stories, you see the absolute tireless effort they put into honoring Roo, and his legacy of making sure dogs (and their people!) have the chance to live fully like it's their last day, every day. Live Like Roo made the worst time of my life easier. With their financial assistance, I had the mental energy to fight for Gavin without worry. In his last days, I had the chance to grieve without worry as well. Sarah followed up with me, making sure i was doing ok and offered support, advice and sent a lovely post to the LLR community to honor him.
Live Like Roo is Sarah and Roo's memory at heart but she has a small but mighty army behind her with hearts just as big. Volunteers and community members willing to do whatever they can to make sick animals able to fight, and put their people at ease to care for them. They go beyond grants and fundraises with vigor to keep the foundation alive and helping animals. They run annual events but in between they are always raising awareness and advocating for the foundation.
I feel so honored to have Gavin tied to the Roo legacy. While my heart will never fully heal, I am so beyond thankful this foundation was here for us.