September 2014
In This Issue
PetSmart Donation
Name Sponsors wanted for New Pups
Volunteer Opportunities
Save the Date!

 

Upcoming Events 

 

 

Reading PAALS

- September 6

(Downtown Library)

 

VMA Charity Motorcycle Ride

- September 13 

(Harley Haven)

 

Rosewood Arts Festival

- September 20

(Rockaways)

 

PAALS Charity Golf Tournament

- September 26

 

Primping for PAALS

- September 28

 

Low Country Autism Consortium

- October 4

(College of Charleston)

 

PAALS Graduation!

- December 6 


 

For more information about any of these events, please call (803) 788-7036 or email us at PAALS.

 

View the PAALS online event calendar Here.

About PAALS

PAALS is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization committed to enriching and empowering children and adults with physical disabilities and social needs by training service animals and providing animal assisted educational and recreational activities.

Thank you, PetSmart!
PetSmart Charities supports PAALS

 

Thanks to PetSmart's generous donation of $5,000.00 to PAALS' Rob's Best Friend Fund, we will be able to fully cover a scholarship for one of our veterans, police officers or firemen to receive a service dog!

Puppy-naming Showdown!
It's all tied up at 4-4

A huge thank you to both Leanne Hopkins and Cecil Bordages who have now each named 4 PAALS dogs! With as many as SIX new puppies arriving at PAALS in the next month we will be needing some new name sponsors! Who wants to enter into the running for the title of Most PAALS Pups Named? 
PAALS Volunteer Opportunities
Help Make a Difference
 
New Volunteer Orientation:
For all those looking to get more involved in PAALS and be a part of a good cause, we will be holding a new volunteer orientation on September 9th at 6:00 PM at the Lourie Center in downtown Columbia. For more information or to register for the orientation please email [email protected].
 
CVA Charity Motorcycle Ride:
On September 13th, the Combat Vets Association will be hosting a charity motorcycle ride to help fund raise for one of our clients-in-waiting.  The event will be from 10 AM to 3 PM with various vendors and a raffle! For more information, please click here.

Rosewood Arts Festival:
PAALS will have a booth at the festival, held at the Rockaways this year from 10 AM to 6 PM.  For more information on the event, please click here.
PAALS Passes Audit!
Thanks to volunteers for your time and donations!
 
For the third year in a row, PAALS passed our audit without material changes to stated financial results.  If anyone wants to view the results, please let us know. We would be happy to share!
Save the Date!
PAALS Graduation

We have scheduled our graduation event and Volunteer Appreciation Party for December 6th, 2014 at the Northeast United Methodist Church. Please save the date. We hope all of you can attend!
Quotation of the Month
 
"The capacity to care is what gives life its most deepest significance."
- Pablo Casals