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PAWS for People

Cause Area

  • Animals
  • Community
  • Health & Medicine
  • People with Disabilities
  • Seniors

Location

PO Box 9955Newark, DE 19714 United States

Organization Information

Mission Statement

To lovingly provide elders, children, and folks with disabilities individualized, therapeutic visits with a loving, affectionate pet.

Description

PAWS is a pet-assisted visitation organization that specializes in training and placing caring people and their own people-oriented pet in facilities whose folks need some very special TLC.

PAWS for People is a completely volunteer organization with approximately 145 active teams (handler & pet). We visit in over 55 facilities including hospitals, assisted living facilities, chemical dependency programs, care for the elderly, hospices, disabled adults & children, as well as physical & occupational therapy facilities.

PAWS for Reading is a program where teams (handler and pet) visit in libraries and schools allowing children to read to the animals without pressure.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION & REGISTERING, PLEASE GO TO OUR WEBSITE www.PAWSforPeople.org. Someone will contact you within 2-3 days.

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