On April 6, 2003, the North Shore Animal League America (NSAL) presented Kristine and Dakota with the NSAL Animal Heroism Award. The award was presented at the Oakland, California Zoo as part of the North Shore Animal League's Tour for Life which is the world’s largest cooperative animal adoption event. Crawford was honored for her exemplary service in the community because of her work with disabled children, the educational programs she does for children's groups (Safety Around Dogs and Hug-Tree) and her search and rescue work.

The Oakland Zoo is one of the many stops the North Shore Animal League’s 35-foot long mobile adoption units is making as it traverses it’s way through 18 states on a 3,500 mile trek from the San Francisco Bay Area back to New York in the month of April. The NSAL's adoption vehicles are travelling throughout the United States working hand in hand with nearly 100 local animal organizations to find loving homes for the orphaned dogs and cats they shelter. The Tour For Life also announces the League’s annual international Pet Adoptathon on May 3rd and 4th which unites nearly 2000 animal organizations working to find homes for all the dogs, cats, puppies, and kittens in their care.