APRIL 2018 12 | Mary Martin, Maricopa County Animal Care and Control director, and Nancy Silver, co-owner of Scottsdale’s The Paper Place and founder of the Two Pups Wellness Fund.

APRIL 2018 | 13 {by karen werner} COVER STORY “MR. P. AND MISS LACIE. THEY WERE MY EVERYTHING.” Nancy Silver, co-owner of Scottsdale’s The Paper Place, is reminiscing about the two dogs she bought at the Crisis Nursery auction years ago. “They were littermates. Only one was being auctioned off but they brought both of them and I thought, ‘Are you kidding me? How do you split those guys up?’” The two pups became her close companions, well-known to the customers of her store. Silver gave them care and affection and in return they offered unqualified love and devotion. Years later, when Miss Lacie became ill, Silver would sit in the veterinary hospital and see people whose hearts were broken because they couldn’t afford veterinary care for their animals. “I just sat there and watched, over and over again, poor people turning around and taking their sick dogs out the door because they couldn’t afford treatment,” she said. Silver vowed to make a difference. “I knew that the care I had been able to provide was not a possibility for many others who loved their pets just as dearly and grieved their loss just as deeply,” she said. TWO PUPS TWO PUPS to the Rescue to the Rescue NANCY SILVER’S PET PROJECT CHANGES LIVES