She was abandoned. 14 years later, she's found her forever home and helps dogs do the same.

Meena Kumar was abandoned in a basket placed on a college campus in Pune, India, when she was only nine months old. She spent a year in an orphanage before being adopted by a kindhearted couple who eventually brought her over to San Jose, California, in the United States. As a little baby, she would spend her time playing with a litter of puppies at her home. When she moved to San Jose, she and her parents would spend almost every weekend at the local Humane Society or at the Muttville Senior Dog Rescue. Now, at 14 years old, Meena has started a pet sitting service so she can help senior dogs find their own forever homes too, CNN reports.

The Muttville Senior Dog Rescue is a cage-free dog rescue organization that aims to give senior dogs a "second chance at life." Every year, Muttville rescues approximately 1,000 dogs. The organization is able to do what it does with the help of volunteers. Meena discovered Muttville two years ago, when she was 12 years old. A neighbor had adopted a dog from them and shared with her stories about how senior dogs often don't find homes because no one wants to adopt older pets. However, the neighbor said, with "tender love and care," senior dogs could be great companions. "More people should adopt senior dogs," Meena affirmed. "They give you the same unconditional love as any other dog."

Though she wanted to help the rescue home out at the time, volunteers had to be at least 17 in order to do so. Therefore, she started pet sitting for her friends, family members, and neighbors so as to raise money to donate to Muttville. That is how Pet Fairy Services was born. Advertising on Nextdoor, the young girl began pet sitting in her own home. She stated, "You are never too young to start your own business." She charges a rate of $35 per day. Over the past two years, she has put in a lot of hard work and effort to do her best to support the Muttville Senior Dog Rescue. Recently, she realized that she had raised a whopping $7,000 through her efforts.

Thanks to the Intel Volunteer Matching Grant Program, a matching program that encourages employees to donate time, money, or labor to nonprofits that give back to their communities, those funds have now doubled to $14,000. While that is a substantial amount of money, Meena does not plan to stop there. She hopes to continue her efforts for Muttville through Pet Fairy Services and by encouraging more people to adopt senior dogs (especially during the pandemic). She said, "We need their love more than ever."