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09/29/2025

Exciting news!! We have created a children's board book, titled "Some Dogs Have Jobs," featuring photos from The Hero Beside Me photography project, and we need your help to get it published in time for Christmas! We're about to launch a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds for the first run of books, and would love your support. If you're interested, please go to our website and add your email address to our list, so we can keep you posted on the campaign: https://shanatphoto.com/hbm-book

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08/09/2023

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So thrilled for The Hero Beside Me Podcast to have made this list!

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11/24/2021

Buy the culmination of our latest project, a photography project and podcast about working dogs in the form of a magazine: https://www.blurb.com/b/11002814-the-hero-beside-me-magazine
A great Christmas gift idea for dog lovers!

12/17/2020

Check out the sister podcast to our ongoing photography project about working dogs:

No matter your political leanings, here's one politician we can all get behind! Hear about Mayor Max's unusual job in today's episode of The Hero Beside Me Podcast: https://anchor.fm/herobesideme/episodes/Ruling-with-a-Golden-Paw---with-Mayor-Max-of-Idyllwild-enjupl

10/02/2020

Latest podcast episode:

Welcome back, listeners, to the podcast that explores the professional and private lives of working dogs of all kinds! Today I’m sharing with you a portion of a conversation I had with Judy Fridono. Judy is a dog trainer in San Diego and founder of the nonprofit Puppy Prodigies. She has two therap...

09/25/2020

Welcome, friends, to the Hero Beside Me, the blog that celebrates and explores the professional and private lives of working dogs of all…

09/09/2020

Latest blog post, featuring Outdoor Outreach, an amazing organization that connects kids who wouldn't otherwise get the chance to the outdoors! Read about the work they're doing here:
https://www.shanathompsonphotography.com/the-village-visionary-1/outdooroutreach Photo credit: Eh Ler

09/09/2020

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08/17/2020

Today is National Nonprofit Day! Happily, the newest post is ready:

And tikkun olam really means “to repair the world.” It’s part of Jewish culture to understand that there are parts of our community and our culture that are broken and need to be repaired, and that it’s incumbent upon all of us to do that work. And that we may not complete that work within o...

07/27/2020

Check out an organization that's teaching kids not only water safety and how to swim, but how to be confident even when they're in vulnerable situations. Thanks to JanalynRose for contributing photos for this post!
https://www.shanathompsonphotography.com/the-village-visionary-1/obs
Out of the Boat

One of the big things that I try to teach when I teach the swim programs is that the words “I can’t” and “I’m not able to” don’t exist. Because you’re there, you can. And my goal for the program isn’t just safety, it’s that these kids can think back on these lessons when they tho...

06/12/2020

Learn about an organization that's reducing waste and pollution while helping to alleviate food insecurity in North County in the latest blog post:

ProduceGood is an organization that takes the ancient practice of gleaning and applies it brilliantly in our modern world to simultaneously reduce needless waste, reduce pollution supply the food insecure with fresh produce. Read all about it below!

04/20/2020

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Storyhunter

It’s been almost six weeks since I last clocked in at work. I’m the photographer at a small university in Southern California, and I write…