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Upcoming Events
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- Perryville Library Homeschool Program
10 - DeStress Event - Radnor High School
Wayne, PA
10 - Christiana Care Imaging Services at MOT Senior Center
Middletown, DE
11 - Charlestown Elementary Career Day
Charlestown, MD
11 & 12 - Barnes & Noble Mother's Day Gift Wrapping
Newark, DE
12 - Companions at the Campground
Millsboro, DE
12 - Cherry Hill Middle School Health Fair
Elkton, MD
14 - DeStress Event - UD
Newark, DE
15 - Red Bank Elementary School
West Deptford, NJ
16 - Heart in the Game
New Castle, DE
16 - DeStress Event - SAP
Newtown Square, PA
17 - Stanton Middle School Literacy Night
Wilmington, DE
18 - Wilson Elementary Kindergarten Visit
Newark, DE
19 - Meditate for a Vet
Wilmington, DE
19 -Victory Christian Fellowship's Armed Forces Day Program
New Castle, DE
20 - Philadelphia Walk for Williams Syndrome
Philadelphia, PA
21 - Brandywine Wallace Elementary 1st Grade Visit
Downingtown, PA
21 - Cherry Hill West HS Healthy Living Expo
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- DeStress Event - Chesapeake City Library
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- Bush Early Education Center
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- DeStress Event - The Baldwin School
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- DeStress Event - Rutgers Nursing
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- Selbyville Middle School Health Fair
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- DeStress Event - Discover
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- DeStress Event - Lassonde-Pappas
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- Wilson Elementary 21 Book Challenge Celebration
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Save the Date
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Dine at the Newark, DE Iron Hill and 20% of your food bill will be donated to PAWS!
Wednesday, June 13
11:30 AM - 1:00 AM
147 E Main St, Newark, DE 19711
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Interested in joining PAWS? Here are the upcoming Orientation (O) and Training (T) sessions:
May
Newark, DE
Wednesdays, 6:00 PM
O & T: May 9 & 23
Hockessin/Wilmington, DE
Saturdays, 8:30 AM
O & T: May 12 & 26
Dover, DE
Thursdays, 1:00 PM
O & T: May 17 & 31
June
Millsboro, DE
Saturdays, 10:00 AM
O & T: June 2 & 16
Newark, DE
Wednesdays, 6:00 PM
O & T: June 6 & 20
Hockessin/Wilmington, DE
Saturdays, 8:30 AM
O & T: June 9 & 23
Kennett Square, PA
Mondays, 5:30 PM
O & T: June 11 & 25
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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!
All courses are held at the PAWS for People Office in Newark.
Puppy 1
Tuesdays at 6:30 PM
First Class:
May 15 (5 weeks)
Puppy 2
Tuesdays at 6:30 PM
First Class:
June 26 (5 weeks)
Target Training
Tuesdays at 7:30 PM
First Class:
May 15
(5 weeks)
June 26 (5 weeks)
Attention & Focus
Thursdays at 6:30 PM
First Class:
May 17 (5 weeks)
June 28 (5 weeks)
Therapy Dog Prep
Thursdays at 7:30 PM
First Class:
May 17 (5 weeks)
June 28 (5 weeks)
Tricks of the Trade
Sundays at 11:00 AM
May 13 (1 session)
June 3 (1 session)
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PAWS University is open to members of PAWS for People. It offers courses to not only help strengthen your visiting skills but also to strengthen your bond with your therapy companion. Some courses are mandatory for participation in specific PAWS programs; other courses are designed as informational and fun.
Please note that although you may need to be at the Advanced Level of STEX to visit some of our programs, teams at Basic and above are eligible to take the PAWS U courses.
May
PATHS
Friday, May 11, 10:00 AM
PAWS office - Newark, DE
PAWS for Reading
Wednesday, May 16, 6:30 PM
PAWS office - Newark, DE
Trauma Support -
New Program!
Saturday, May 19, 9:45 AM
PAWS office - Newark, DE
June
PAWS for Reading
Thursday, June 7, 5:30 PM
Kennett Square, PA
Thursday, June 21, 5:30 PM
Kennett Square, PA
Yes, You Can and Your Dog Can, Too!
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Thinking Outside the Box
Thursday,June 28
Kent/Sussex County, DE
Anytime - On-Line Courses
Register on-line and we will send you the link to the Open Learning course
PS PAWS
First Visit Assistant -
No Fee
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hank You to Our Sponsors
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Feedback Welcome!
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Please e-mail Wendy suggestions & stories
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We received a Facebook message from Laura Willoughby after a visit from Rudy and Susan Spilecki.
"Thank you for sending this sweet pup to A.I. Dupont Hospital for Children, Nemours. It had been a long night and he really perked my son up."
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Blue Ribbon Award Winners
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Congratulations...YOU did it again!
Your fantastic service as PAWS for People pet therapy teams and volunteers has earned PAWS the following 2018
Delaware Small Business Chamber
's Blue Ribbon Awards:
Community Involvement Awards
- both the Judges' Choice and People's Choice Awards
Customer Service of the Year
- Judges' Choice Award
PAWS is proud to be a member of the DSBC and we thank you for your support!
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Volunteer Appreciation Celebration THANK YOU's
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 A huge thank you to everyone who came out to our Volunteer Appreciation Celebration & 13th Anniversary Events this past weekend!
We had two great days of celebrating our PAWS volunteers.
Special thanks to everyone who helped the events run so smoothly:
Event Committee: Andréa Cox,
Laura Garver, Lynne Robinson, & Rachel Snijders
Day of Event Staff Support: Sue Balascio, Stephanie Barry, Clarice Ritchie, & Moira Stephan
Day of Event Volunteers: Ava Cox, Stephanie Creech, Sammy Garver, Jean Hall, Nicola Hairgrove, Gloria Knittle, Wendy Lewis, Craig McClintock, Tina McClintock, Susan Potts, Abby Rodgers, & Trudie Thompson
Event Preparations:
Donna Ianire, Dawn Kisner, &
MOT Charter School
Photographers: Andree Jannette & Jim Kerrigan
Dog Groomer: Linda West
Delicious Cookie Donation: The Law Firm of Kathryn Meloni
Venues: St. Martha's Episcopal Church & St. Mark's United Methodist Church
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Mother's Day Gift Wrapping
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Join us at the Christiana
Barnes & Noble for Mother's Day Gift Wrapping!
We will be gift wrapping from 10 AM - 8 PM on the following days:
Friday, May 11
Saturday, May 12
GIFT WRAPPERS still needed
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Heart Warming Tails
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Sabrina and I had a great experience at Cadia on Thursday. We saw a man who I had met before and remember
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d, and I knew he was a minister's son. After some coaxing, he sang for us. The nurses stopped me on the way out and said they had tried many many times to get him to sing. It warmed my heart. He also loves scratching Sabrina's back.
- Cathie Taylor, PAWS Member
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Logging Hours Using Your Cell Phone
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If you would like to add Better Impact, the program PAWS uses to track your member profile and volunteer hours, to your cell phone, check out these short videos:
Once you are logged in, follow these steps to log your hours.
1. Select the menu button (the three horizontal bars in the top left of the screen)
2. Select "Hours"
3. Select "PAWS for People"
4. Start to type in the name of the location you visit.
- If you visit at Abbey Manor, you can type "abb" and the site will appear as an option to select.
- If you visit at BeeBe, once you type in "Bee" three options appear, select the correct one.
- You can type in "com" for community events to appear as an option.
5. Enter the date, hours, and minutes for your visit (don't forget to include travel time).
6. Select "Log Hours"
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Pet Parenting
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Snapshot
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Shining Stars
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Don Adams & Max
Don and his Bolonka, Max, joined PAWS for People in May of 2013. Since that time, this Advanced team has visited with patients of Willow Tree Hospice in the Kennett Square, PA area. Willow Tree Hospice offers pet therapy visits to patients wherever they call home, so Don and Max go wherever they are needed. They share companionship and bring joy when they visit. "It is heartwarming to see faces light up when Max visits! Don, too!" Willow Tree shared recently when celebrating this team's visits. Thank you, Don and Max, for all you do!
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Emily Abernethy & Molly
Emily and her Shiba Inu Heeler mix, Molly, joined PAWS for People in June of 2017. Emily shared, "Seeing how people respond to animals really attracted me to wanting to make my dog a therapy animal." Lucky for us all, Molly is a sweet, people-focused pup and a great therapy companion! As an Advanced team, this duo visits two sites in New Jersey, Cooper University Health Care and Cardinal Village. They also make PAWS by Special Request visits. Thank you, Emily, for sharing your Molly and thank you, Molly, for sharing your love with everyone you meet!
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