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Upcoming Events
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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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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 & Newark, DE
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Sallie Mae Employee Wellness Event
Newark, DE
27 - 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:
Mondays, 1:00 PM
O & T: October 2 & 16
Wednesdays, 4:00 PM
O & T:
October 4 &18
Newark, DE
Thursdays, 2:00 PM
O & T:
October 12 & 26
Saturdays, 10:00 AM
O & T:
October 14 & 28
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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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Wednesday,
October 11, 10:00 AM
PAWS Office, Newark, DE
This course is for those who visit with people in hospital settings (including nursing homes, skilled care and rehab facilities. We will take a look at what people may be feeling while they are hospitalized and how pet therapy can really help.
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Wednesday, October 25, 10:00 AM
PAWS Office, Newark, DE
No Fee
PAWS welcomes experienced volunteer pet therapy team members to help newer teams familiarize themselves with the visiting process. Participation in this program offers PAWS service hours to teams. The following are r
equirements to become a First Visit Assistant:
PAWS Basic Orientation and Training,
Basic Level of STEX,
First Visit Assistant training, and
PAWS membership for at least six months (actively visiting).
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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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October 1
- 11:30 AM
November 5
- 11:30 AM
December 3
- 11:30 AM
(single classes, one hour session each)
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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Visiting: Rewarding for All
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 "Today during our routine visit at Christiana Hospital, we encountered both patients and some visitors that were extremely moved by D.Wade's presence to the point of joyful tears. In fact, one family cried as they held him in the hospital lobby shortly after receiving notice that their mother was in her final days of life. Another patient insisted that I take a picture of her with D.Wade and send it to you so that you could see how much he enjoys his visits. Although you can't see the patient's face, I think the picture still shows how much D. Wade enjoys his visits at Christiana Hospital.
"We enjoy our visits at Christiana, it is such a mutually rewarding facility to visit. From the parking lot, through the lobby and nurse stations to a patient bedside, D.Wade and I always feel welcomed and appreciated."
- Lisa Davis, PAWS Member
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Wall Calendars:
One - $15.00, Two - $25.00 |
Day Planners:
$25.00
There is still time!
Enter your therapy companion's picture by this Friday, September 22nd.
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Register by September 30th and save $5.00!
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The Wag-n-Walk is PAWS for People's largest fundraising event of the year.
We need lots of volunteers to make the day a success. There is a job for everyone!!
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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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September Challenge:
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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We are gearing up for this very fun event! Volunteers are needed in two roles.
1) To bring their certified therapy pets to interact with attendees
2) To work at the information table and hand out book fair vouchers (without a pet)
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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!"
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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Shining Stars
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Maura Siebold & Teddy
Maura and her Miniature Poodle, Teddy, joined PAWS in January of 2008. Maura was introduced to PAWS by her mom, Elaine. As a nurse, Elaine's love of caring for others rubbed off on Maura. Maura shares her handsome therapy companion, Teddy, with the residents and staff at Millcroft. In their nine years visiting there, they have made many friends. What a great team!
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Susan & Tom Good with Alfie & Archie
Husband and wife, Tom and Susan first joined PAWS in November of 2007 with their Golden Retrievers, Mercy and Gracie. They now visit with their third and fourth PAWS pets, Archie and Alfie. In addition to visiting, Sue is a New Team Trainer, First Visit Assistant, and a participant in PAWS in the Workplace. Both Sue and Tom are PAWS for Reading teams. Throughout their time with PAWS they have visited with many places, including the Brandywine Hundred Library, Avon Grove Charter School, Christ Church Preschool, A.I. duPont Hospital for Children| Nemours, and numerous PAWS Community Events. Sue and Tom are both Master's Certified and often serve on event committees and help whenever called upon. This team is truly remarkable!
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