Supporting Lives, Nurturing Pets, Fostering Recovery
About Us
About Unleashed Hope
Keeping Pets Safe. Keeping Families Together.
Unleashed Hope is a community-driven nonprofit organization dedicated to helping people navigate life's most difficult transitions without losing the companionship of their pets. We believe that no one should have to choose between seeking safety, treatment, housing, or medical care and keeping the animals they love.
Our mission is to provide temporary pet care, foster support, resources, and community connections for individuals facing crisis situations, including recovery and treatment programs, domestic violence, homelessness, medical emergencies, and other life-altering circumstances.
Through a network of foster homes, community partnerships, volunteers, and supporters, we work to remove one of the most common barriers people face when seeking help: concern for their pets' wellbeing.
Our Vision
We envision a future where every person can access the support they need without fear of losing their animal companion. By preserving the bond between people and pets during times of crisis, we help create pathways toward healing, stability, and hope.
What We Do
🐾 Temporary foster care for pets while owners stabilize their circumstances
🐾 Assistance connecting families with pet-related resources and services
🐾 Support for individuals entering treatment, escaping domestic violence, experiencing homelessness, or facing medical hardship
🐾 Community partnerships that strengthen safety nets for both people and animals
🐾 Education, advocacy, and outreach focused on keeping families and pets together
Our Values
Compassion — We meet people where they are, without judgment.
Dignity — Every individual deserves respect, support, and the opportunity to rebuild.
Community — Lasting change happens when people work together.
Hope — Even in life's hardest moments, a path forward exists.
Connection — The human-animal bond is powerful, healing, and worth protecting.
A Message From Our Founders
Unleashed Hope began with a simple belief: when people are given support during their darkest moments, families can stay together and lives can change. We have witnessed firsthand how many individuals delay treatment, remain in unsafe situations, or struggle to access resources because they have nowhere safe for their pets to go.
Our goal is to change that reality. Through compassion, community support, and a commitment to preserving the human-animal bond, we are building a future where seeking help never means leaving a beloved pet behind.
Together, we are creating hope—one family, one pet, and one story at a time. ❤️🐾
Donations to Unleashed Hope help provide foster care, veterinary support, supplies, and resources that allow pets and their people to stay connected through times of crisis.
A letter from our President
If there's one thing life has taught me, it's that most people are carrying a story you can't see.
Before I became a dog trainer, business owner, or nonprofit founder, I experienced homelessness myself. I know what it feels like to wonder where you're going to sleep, how you're going to make it through another day, and how quickly life can change. I know what it feels like to rebuild when everything you've worked for seems to have fallen apart.
During those seasons, animals weren't just companions. They were family. They were consistency in a world that felt uncertain. They were comfort when I felt alone. They were a reminder that even when life is hard, love still exists.
Years later, as I built a career working with dogs and their owners, I began noticing a pattern. I met people entering treatment who couldn't find care for their pets. Survivors of domestic violence who stayed longer than they should have because they couldn't leave their animals behind. People experiencing homelessness who were trying to care for a dog while struggling to meet their own basic needs.
What I saw wasn't neglect.
What I saw was love.
I saw people sharing what little food they had. Sleeping outside so their dog wouldn't be alone. Turning down opportunities for help because no one could tell them what would happen to their pet.
Having lived through hardship myself, I understood something many others didn't. Homelessness, addiction, domestic violence, and crisis are rarely choices. For many people, caring for their pet isn't a sign of irresponsibility. It's an act of devotion in the middle of survival. The circumstances they face were often never a choice, and the care they provide is the very best they can manage with the resources available to them.
What was missing wasn't love.
What was missing was support.
That realization became Unleashed Hope.
After leaving corporate employment and building Wild Alchemy Training Company from the ground up, I knew I wanted to create something bigger than myself. I wanted to build an organization that could stand in the gap for people during some of the hardest moments of their lives. An organization that believed people deserve dignity, compassion, and the opportunity to heal without losing the animals they love.
Unleashed Hope exists because I believe that keeping families together includes the pets who are part of those families. It exists because I know firsthand that one act of support can change the course of someone's life. And it exists because I believe that hope is most powerful when it is shared.
Every day, I have the privilege of helping build the kind of resource I wish existed for so many people I have known and for the version of myself who once needed it too.
This work is deeply personal to me.
It always will be.
Sadie Beshears
Founder & President, Unleashed Hope
"What was missing wasn't love. What was missing was support."
Board of Directors
Sadie Beshears
Founder, President, Animal Care Advisor
I am the Founder and President of Unleashed Hope and the owner of Wild Alchemy Training Company. Drawing from both professional and lived experience, I am dedicated to strengthening the bond between people and their pets while building compassionate, community-based solutions for individuals facing crisis.
With a background in animal behavior, dog training, foster care, rescue support, and program development, I founded Unleashed Hope with the belief that no one should have to choose between seeking safety, treatment, or stability and keeping the animal they love. My work focuses on preserving the human-animal bond, expanding access to resources, and creating sustainable systems of support that help people and pets stay together during times of transition and recovery.
I believe healing happens through connection, community, and compassion, and that sometimes our greatest source of hope walks beside us on four legs.
Jenna Baker
Founder, Executive Director
I am the Co-Founder and Executive Director of Unleashed Hope. As an active member of the recovery community, I am passionate about helping people overcome challenges, find hope, and build successful futures. With years of experience in leadership and management, I have dedicated my career to mentoring others, developing strong teams, and helping people reach their full potential. I believe in the power of compassion, connection, and second chances. I am also a lifelong animal lover who understands the incredible bond between people and their pets. I know firsthand the comfort, companionship, and unconditional love that dogs provide, especially during life’s most difficult moments. Through Unleashed Hope, I combine my passion for recovery, community support, and animal welfare to help people and their pets stay together while creating pathways to hope, healing, and lasting change. My goal is to build a stronger community where both people and animals are supported, valued, and given the opportunity to thrive.
Haley Anderson
Secretary
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Leticia Welch
Treasurer
I serve as the treasurer for the board of Unleashed Hope. I have served as a member of Oregon’s Behavioral Health Resource Network (BHRN) Oversight and Accountability Council since 2021. I have experience in behavioral health and Residential treatment leadership. I am passionate about supporting individuals on their recovery journey and advocating for compassionate, community base solutions. I believe that the bond between people and their pets can be a powerful source of healing and stability making Unleashed Hopes mission, especially meaningful. I am honored to contribute to an organization dedicated to ensuring that no one has to choose between seeking helping and keeping their beloved companion.
Seresa Whitley-Branham
Board Member
My name is Saresa Whitley-Branham, and I am a Production Manager at Blackstone Publishing with extensive experience leading teams, solving complex operational challenges, and building strong workplace relationships. I am passionate about service, community engagement, and helping others overcome obstacles to create better lives for themselves and their families. Outside of my professional career, I am actively involved in recovery and community outreach, where I mentor women, coordinate public relations efforts, and work to connect people with resources that promote hope and healing. I believe in leading with integrity, compassion, and accountability, and I am honored to have the opportunity to support the mission of Unleashed Hope through board service.
Sarah Kolb
Board Member
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Community Partners
Organization Information
Unleashed Hope
A 501(c)(3) non-profit
EIN: 41-4964407
State Registration Number: 2542282-90
Established 3/16/2026
Email: info@Unleashedhope.org
Unleashedhopeinitiative@gmail.com
Phone: 541-890-9753