At The Bridge, we strive to be more than just a handout, we want to be a hand up. We want to engage in meaningful conversations with our homeless and hurting community and look them in the eyes and let them know that we care. So many of us just want to feel like we belong, and that we're seen, and for our street community it's no different.

If you don't feel comfortable engaging in conversation, we also have ways to help! You can work in our food line, in the clothing distribution, as a shower coordinator/usher (training required), cutting hair, or joining our prayer team.

SNIPSA provides affordable spay/neuter surgeries for cats and dogs.

Not only is sterilizing your pet helpful to the community, but it also impacts the longevity of your pet’s health ... and your wallet!

In-office surgeries at SNIPSA are available by appointment only. Click here to schedule an appointment.

We provide reduced-cost ($75) spay/neuter packages at our office if you live in one of these zip codes: 78201, 78202, 78203, 78204, 78207, 78208, 78210, 78211, 78212, 78213, 78214, 78218, 78220, 78221, 78222, 78223, 78224, 78225, 78227, 78228, 78235, 78237, 78242

If you do not live in these qualifying zip codes, we still offer low cost spay/neuter services starting at:

• $75 for male cats
• $100 for female cats
• $100 for male dogs
• $150 for female dogs

When SNIPSA launched its Big Fix clinics in May 2009, more than 100 animals were being euthanized every day in San Antonio. We knew that more sterilized pets in our city would result in fewer entering shelters and fewer being euthanized.

SNIPSA holds day-long Big Fix clinics, in partnership with churches and community centers, in neighborhoods where the largest numbers of stray and un-owned animals roam the streets. To-date we have sterilized over 19,500 dogs and cats in 50 Big Fix clinics.

Big Fix clinics also save taxpayer dollars. It costs roughly $15,000 to host a Big Fix clinic, which is a smart investment considering that it would costs taxpayers almost 10 times that amount to impound, house, and ultimately euthanize the nearly 400 animals that are sterilized at a typical Big Fix clinic.

SNIPSA depends on grants and private donations to host its Big Fix clinics. Click here to help sponsor our next Big Fix clinic or here for other donation options.

The DaisyCares Pet Food Program, in partnership with the San Antonio Food Bank, provides pet food to families through food bank and/or food pantry partners already providing emergency food assistance to families and individuals in need.

No Fee

Promote Animal Welfare Education, PAWedu, is unique in that it provides education to adults who have been accused, charged, or convicted of cruelty to an animal.

This 14 lesson online course teaches adults about the humane treatment and care of animals. It helps them to examine some of their own thoughts and reactions that might not be appropriate.

Lessons include topics such as, Forms of Animal Cruelty – Abandonment, Animal Fighting, Causing Unnecessary Suffering, and The Link between Animal Cruelty and Human Cruelty.

The course is used to incorporate an educational or rehabilitative component into a part of the legal process that offenders undertake, if ordered by a court.

Click here for program and registration information.

The DaisyCares Veterinary Care program was created to help needy pet owners and rescue groups with the cost of veterinary care.

Must complete an application process and provide documentation that:
* You or your family qualify as low income
* You are unemployed and/or receiving government assistance.
* You are residing at a homeless shelter or referred to DaisyCares by a homeless shelter.
* Your Veterinarian has sent an email or letter to DaisyCares describing the pet owner’s financial hardship, including third party documentation or other supporting evidence.

Some fees may be required based on eligibility.

DaisyCares and the San Antonio Food Bank have partnered together to create the DaisyCares Pet Food Program – a program designed to provide struggling families and individuals with pet food assistance for their pets.

For Pet Food Assistance, please call one of the numbers below.

Free hot meal, hygiene supplies, and use of showers. This program is meant to serve those who are homeless, or in need, and is focused on providing a sense of community and dignity to all of our guests.

All are welcome!

Free

Petco Love Adoption Ambassadors are volunteers who share our mission to create a lifesaving nation! They are shelter volunteers, foster families, animal welfare professionals and adopters who partner with us to spread our shared lifesaving message by leveraging their social networks to influence lifesaving action.

Adoption Ambassadors commit to a minimum of one year of service during which time they participate in various initiatives and projects as outlined by the Petco Love. These projects are designed to give Adoption Ambassadors unique tools to help inspire their networks to create a lifesaving impact in their local communities. The Adoption Ambassador initiatives support Petco Love initiatives like in-store campaigns, Be A Foster events and #ShelterValentine.

Click here to learn more about the Adoption Ambassdor Program and application information.

The Petco Foundation, in partnership with Blue Buffalo invest in organizations that assist with covering treatment costs for families who can’t otherwise afford care.

Click here for few of the organizations supported through this campaign that might be able to help with the costs of pet cancer and other veterinary treatments. If you are interested in seeking support, please reach out to the organization directly; the Petco Foundation does not accept individual requests for support.

Hope 4 Hounds exists to provide no-cost veterinary services to the homeless population within San Antonio, Texas, and surrounding areas so that individual dogs can receive the necessary vaccines and other proactive services while staying with their owners.

This program is for pets of people who are without permanent shelter.

Free

Our Food Pantry is a reflection of our desire to "exhibit on-the-spot generosity," as our pastor puts it, helping and serving our neighbors with their immediate needs.

In partnership with Daisy Cares, pet food is also available during our Food Pantry operation. We have a limited supply, so come early.

Distribution is done from our Fellowship Hall, which is located in the rear parking lot.

We encourage our clients to come no more than twice a month.

You do not need to bring anything with you to pick up food.

Free

When a person or family is facing a significant life change or they find themselves in crisis, the Hope Center is able to provide financial support, food, clothing, and household items to their clients.

Client advocates desire to walk the path of resolution and restoration with those they serve by breaking financial strongholds as well as addressing urgent needs.

The Hope Center's focus is on serving the residents of Bulverde and Spring Branch.