In 2015, Jessica Sempek was working at a hospital in Penfield, Ill. when her friend, a hospice nurse, noticed how anxious his patients were about the future of their pets. He told Sempek they were less concerned about their families than their pets. Despite having never worked or volunteered with animals, Sempek took action and founded Hospice Hearts, an all-volunteer animal foster group in Central Illinois. The organization provides foster care to elderly cats and dogs whose