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Upcoming Events
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DeStress Event - Saint Joseph's University
Philadelphia, PA
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Mushroom Festival Parade
Kennett Square, PA
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Little Bookshelf Kickoff
Hockessin, DE
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Pooches in the Park
Lewes, DE
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DeStress Event - Christiana Care
Newark, DE
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SAP Employee Wellness Event
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DSBC FunFest and Championship Scrapple Recipe Cook-Off
Newark, DE
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House of Hope 5K
North East, MD
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City of Newark Community Day
Newark, DE
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DeStress Event - UD
Newark, DE
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Westside Family Healthcare Screening Event
Wilmington, DE
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Eating Disorder Awareness Walk
Newark, DE
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Family Emergency Preparedness Day
Dover, DE
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Heart in the Game
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Victims Rights Task Force Day of Remembrance
Wilmington, DE
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National Depression Screening Day
Wilmington, DE
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Sallie Mae Employee Wellness Event
Newark, DE
DeStress Event - Christiana Care Technology Rollout
New Castle, DE
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Bird's Eye Family Success Center Ice Cream Social
Pennsville NJ
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Granite Farms Brain Fair
Media, PA
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Book Singing to Benefit PAWS
Blackwood, NJ
30 - Companions at the Campground
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Interested in joining PAWS? Here are the upcoming Orientation (O) and Training (T) sessions:
Wednesdays, 5:00 PM
O & T: September 6 & 20
Saturdays, 8:30 AM
O & T: September 9 & 23
Newark, DE
Mondays, 11:00 AM
O & T: September 11 & 25
Saturdays, 10:00 AM
O & T: September 16 & 30
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Thursday,
September 7, 10:00 AM
PAWS Office, Newark, DE
Remember when you first contacted PAWS to learn about our organization? After completing your online application, one of our volunteer intake callers contacted you to walk you through our membership process and answers any questions you may have had.
We are currently looking for more pet therapy teams (active, inactive or retired) who are interested in providing this valuable service to prospective members!
Thinking Outside the Box,
Grand PAWS,
& Creative Connections
Wednesday,
September 13, All Day
Sussex County
Tuesday,
September 26, 6:30 PM
PAWS Office, Newark, DE
Keri Collins Mooney teaches this course which is the enhanced version of her Annual Conference workshop. We all grieve, but we do it and feel it in different ways. Learn about the various types of grieving, how to deal with them especially when it's a loss of a pet or the loss of a favorite visitee.
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Whether you are just getting started or you need to work on specific behaviors, we have the perfect class for you!
September 28, 6:30 PM
(Thursdays, 5 week course)
NEW COURSE!
Emphasis of this course is to improve
and
build a more reliable team through mastering
attention
skills
and
focus
on the handler around distractions. We will cover a variety of exercises and games
as well as loose-lead handling skills which will provide a well rounded
and
reliable performance in all areas of your required training as a pet therapy team as well as a well mannered family pet.
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September 28, 7:30 PM
(Thursdays, 5 week course)
Want to become a PAWSome team? This class is for you! Throughout this 5-week course, handlers will have the opportunity to review and practice the basic skills necessary for their dogs to become therapy pets.
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September 26, 6:30 PM
(Tuesdays, 5 week course)
Is your puppy already off to a good start with its training but you are both ready for the next step? Come have fun with your pup while advancing your skills!
This 5-week course is for puppies at least 6-7 months old and young dogs who are ready to move on to more reliable performance of the basics they already know. More emphasis will be placed on handler (owner) focus around distraction. As a team, you will be become able to to perform happily and reliably across environments.
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September 26, 7:30 PM
(Tuesday, 5 week course)
Target Training allows you and your dog to focus your training on 1 or 2 specific behaviors - things you either need to work on for pet therapy visiting or behaviors you are having trouble with at home.
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September 10 -
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1:15 AM
(one hour session)
Come learn valuable "tricks" that you and your therapy companion can use while visiting! These are all simple to learn and can add variety to you own repertoire of fun behaviors that can entertain and distract.
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hank You to Our Sponsors
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Feedback Welcome!
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Please e-mail Wendy
with suggestions and stories
registration@PAWSforPeople.org |
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Carrying the Torch
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| Janet Sfaelos' dear Mommy, Mae Grace, with Janet's pup Morgan Mae |
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| Janet's Therapy Companion, Lucy Grace, in uniform on her way to work her magic |
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"For us, PAWS is win-win, and our way of giving back. My beloved Mother refused to live with us in her last years, didn't want to intrude. We were saddened, but she did spend many happy years at Pitman Manor.
"Over those years, I visited her daily, and often with Morgan Mae. I constantly witnessed the smiles and joy Morgan brought out in people at the Manor who otherwise never smiled. It's because of those smiles, and in tribute to Mommy and Morgan, Lucy Grace now carries that torch, under the PAWS umbrella, and it is a privilege!"
- Janet Sfaelos, PAWS Member
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All PAWS Members Welcome!!
If you are a member of PAWS, your therapy companion can be in the 2018 calendars (wall calendar and day planner).
There is still time to send in a high-quality picture of your choosing (no people please). Remember to e-mail Wendy with your picture (registration@PAWSforPeople.org) and order one of the packages below.
The deadline to enter your pet is
Saturday, September 16th.
Package 3: $25.00
- Entry of one HIGH QUALITY digital photograph of your PAWS therapy companion(s) provided by you in both calendars
- One wall calendar
Package 4: $35.00
- Entry of one HIGH QUALITY digital photograph of your PAWS therapy companion(s) provided by you in both calendars
- Two wall calendars OR one day planner
Wall Calendar: One - $15.00, Two - $25.00
Day Planner: $25.00
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PAWS for People Yard Sale
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 Do you have stuff sitting around your home that you haven't used in years? Wish you could get rid of it without the hassle of running your own yard sale? Do you want to help fundraise for your Wag-n-Walk team but don't know how?
PAWS for People can help! This year, we will be hosting a PAWS for People Yard Sale to benefit the Wag-n-Walk! It's the first of its kind and we want YOU to join us!
Your team or individuals from your team can reserve a spot to sell whatever you'd like, it can be pet-related or otherwise. When someone purchases your items, you'll handle all payments. At the end of the event, you'll turn in your earnings. If you're part of a team, the funds will be directly applied to your team. If you are not part of a team, your earnings can go directly to the overall event fundraising. All you need to do is join us with a table and items to sell for this day of fun!
Where: Skyline Methodist Church,
3100 Skyline Dr, Wilmington, DE 19808
When: 9/16/17 from 8 am - 1 pm
Stay all day if you want or have your team rotate shifts through the day.
How:
If your team is registered for the Wag-n-Walk already OR
if you are not part of a Wag-n-Walk team but want to participate and donate your proceeds to the event, e-mail
PAWSevents@PAWSforPeople.org
to reserve your spot for the Yard Sale.
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This year's Wag-n-Walk theme is
PAWS Pet Therapy Teams are Rock Stars!
Everyone who participates in the event dressed to rock & stroll will be entered into a special raffle.
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The Wag-n-Walk is just over a month and half month away, so it's time to FUNdraise! You may have already seen a few of our ideas, or this may be brand new to you. Head to our page
www.pawsforpeople.org/wagnwalk
for more ideas.
Everyone who receives at least 5 donations
by the end of September will be entered into our monthly raffle.
This month, we are raffling off $25 restaurant gift cards to 3 lucky winners!
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Your PAWS Therapy Companion is a Shining Star!
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In order to honor all of our therapy companions - past and present - PAWS has created a hallway of fame, a beautiful gallery entitled "Our Shining Stars!" Pictured above is just one side of this happy hallway.
The gallery displays stellar, framed, and personalized 8 x 10 photos of PAWS Therapy Companions. (You get to choose the picture we frame of your cat, dog, or bunny.)
We hope that you will help adorn the walls of the PAWS Office & Training Center with photos of our most treasured furry friends!
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Working Together to Bring Smiles
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Shining Stars
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 Ashley Kennedy & Shaggydog
Ashley and Shaggydog joined PAWS in November of 2012. A Great Pyrenees Mix, Shaggydog's gentle and sweet nature combined with his love of attention, convinced Ashley that he would be a wonderful Therapy Companion. They have visited at Cokesbury Village, Delaware, numerous Community Events, and as a PAWS for Reading Team at the University of Delaware Early Learning Center, New Castle Public Library, Newark Library, and Richey Elementary School. What a great team!
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