We are thrilled to ring in 2025!
First, I want to thank all our amazing partners, volunteers, donors and staff that made 2024 another memorable year. We couldn’t do it without everyone’s combined efforts year after year.
With that being said, we set the groundwork in 2024, so together we will soar into 2025 with decisive and progressive advances that you will see unfold throughout the year, starting with these valuable new programs.
- We have aligned with nationally certified mental health professionals and life coaches to further assist our recipients and their families. Our staff has begun classes that will make them even more efficient in working with our recipients and each other. For our recipients, our new mental health team has created unique classes especially for them and their families to further ensure the long-term success of our teams.
- We have revived an old portion of our training – hearing impairment. We will be training hearing assistance dogs for the hearing impaired starting again in 2025.
- Over the years, when we have a dog that doesn’t make it as a service dog, we have “career changed” them and adopted them out. Starting in 2025, they will now be “career changed” into a facility dog or an emotional support dog instead.
- All eyes on our Pennsylvania campus in 2025. Our infrastructure will begin this summer, with the first building being erected in the fall.
- Due to our unique and exceptional programs that have continued to evolve over the past nearly fifteen years, we were just selected for the second year to continue our work on a Congressionally mandated program focused on continuing to set the standards for the service dog industry.
- Save the Date – we will be celebrating our 15th birthday in May! We have a celebratory party planned in Pittsburgh and you’re all invited!
While all the programs I’ve listed above are exciting, most importantly, they are all designed to help many, many more deserving people – that is what we get most excited about! It’s our driving force, and we hope you will also be equally motivated to join us on our continued journey through 2025.
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