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We seek 2 additional Board Members who will be active in supporting our organization - through their expertise, volunteering, donating, and being great ambassadors to the community to promote our organization and cause. We seek people who are passionate about dogs, are well connected socially, and who will contribute in concrete ways to Putnam Service Dogs. The Board meets every 2-3 months, some virtual meetings, and some dinner meetings. Generally meetings are held 5:30-7pm or 6-7:30pm, and set on a date that is convenient to all members of the Board. Dinner meetings are generally held in Brewster, NY.

Putnam Service Dogs is a 501(c)3, BBB Acredited, and 2024 Platinum Guidestar nonprofit. We provide free service dogs to people with physical disabilities and for Veterans with PTSD. Our dogs are mixed breeds, carefully chosen from rescues. We were founded in 2016.

Our Residential Training Center, which we moved into November 2023, houses 4 dogs in training. (the last part of their training). We also have pups in training living with Volunteer Puppy Raisers,. Our Residential Training Center allows us not only to increase the number of our dogs in training (8 as of september 2024), but it also enhances the training of our dogs. Our weekend day and weekend caretaker who train and socialize our pups there daily under the superivision of our trainers. Our pups living with our raisers periodically rotate through to kick start their training. We have an overwhelming demand for our dogs, and are working hard to increase our production. Our highly trained dogs are valued members of our community.