Paws & Purpose Community Forum
Fri, Aug 07
|Lower Providence Community House
A forum examining the challenges facing animal control, rescues and the broader systems responsible for dog welfare. The conversation will bring together organizations, community members and state and local leaders to identify needs, strengthen coordination and explore practical next steps.
Time & Location
Aug 07, 2026, 7:30 AM – 11:00 AM
Lower Providence Community House, Community House Rd, Charlotte, NC 28277, USA
About the event
Join FundRise Initiative for the Paws & Purpose Community Forum on Thursday, September 17, at Lower Providence Community House.
This morning forum gives community members, advocates, organizations, businesses, and state and local leaders an opportunity to take part in a direct conversation about the challenges affecting dog welfare across our community.
Your voice is an important part of that conversation. Attendees will have opportunities to share what they are seeing, raise concerns, ask questions, and contribute ideas about what needs to change. Discussion will include the pressures facing shelters, rescues, animal control systems, and the people working closest to these issues, along with the role advocacy, public policy, and state and local legislation can play in creating better outcomes.
Come to listen, speak up, connect with others, and identify practical ways to help move the conversation and the work forward.
7:30 a.m. — Coffee, light breakfast and check-in
8:00–10:30 a.m.…
Schedule
40 minutesCoffee, Check-In and Community Connections
1 hour 55 minutesCommunity Forum
Tickets
Community Admission
Includes admission to the Paws & Purpose Community Forum, coffee, breakfast, resource tables, and opportunities to participate in the discussion.
$25.00
+$0.63 ticket service fee
Community Advocate Admission
Your ticket includes everything provided with Community Admission, plus preferred seating and parking. Ticket holders must present their tickets on entry. You can either print your ticket or present this digital version. Additional event information will be posted at fundriseinitiative.org. Follow FundRise Initiative on Instagram and Facebook for special announcements, speaker updates, behind-the-sce
$50.00
+$1.25 ticket service fee
Total
$0.00