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Special thanks to all the PWF donations for space. 6th Annual Pet Wellnesss Festival
October 24, 2009.
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DogsNeverLieAboutLove
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Enjoy the Journey~Maureen Ross, MA
President & Tia
Wild Wisdom
Animals teach us in a variety of ways about behavior, habit, and instinct. They embody an unconditional love that remains unchanged in the face of shape, size, age, race or gender. They care little for differences and simply enjoy loving and being loving, and yes, creative mischief. They teach us (the humans) how to let our guard down.
Other species teach us other life, death, survival, sacrifice and responsibility. If you find yourself drawn to a particular animal, ask yourself which of its traits you find most intriguing and think about how you might mimic those traits.
Animals express themselves with abandon, freedom, and integrity. It's natural to be drawn to the wisdom offered by our animal teachers, and in doing so, discover what is natural and true within us. | |
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Happy Holidays & New Year! |
Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened ~ Anatole France
Which means we should love ourselves. Before we humans decided to supersize ourselves to the status of human, we were known as animal too, sharing 98% of dna with Dr. Jane Goodall's beloved chimpanzees.
With that gentle reminder that at times we humans forget that we are animal too ... we would like to extend our gra cious thanks to our volunteer teams, Pet Wellness Festival Task Committee, sponsors and especially our pet partner animals. We wish you a peaceful holiday and joyous new year.
Our focus in 2009 will continue to be raising awareness about wellness and working with pets to enhance well-being, while creativing empowering connections for our teams. Joy to the World. |
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NEPP ~ Team Eval Practicum Congrats! |
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Congratulations to Heidi Henderson (VT/NY), Deb Gibbs (MA) and Dianne Thomes (MA) for completing their team practicums at NEPP's training and wellness sanctuary on October 26. Great Job!
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5th Annual Pet Wellness Festival |
| NEPP enjoys giving back every year to well-worthy organizaitons who are making a difference. Again, ARNNE and Libby's were chosen to receive raffle & registration proceeds at our 5th Annual Pet Wellness Festival.
We welcomed a few new contributors, that you can visit at PWF.
Delta Society and R.E.A.D. were well represented by several teams who covered the Pet Partner and R.E.A.D. tables (Linda Browne, Shirley Holdman, Kath Delong, Dianne Thomes, Mary Budge, Maureen & Gary Ross).
Cindy Fischer, M.Ed., founder of PWF passed on 9/30. Her Celebration of Life brought in donations to NEPP. Cindy has been given the high honors of Spiritual Board of Director. We know she was watching over us with a smile.
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Saints Memorial Hospital, Lowell, MA opens their Cancer Unit to Pet Assisted Therapy. |
 Kathy Delong and Dr. Karla Rose
offered a lunch-time presentation to introduce the opening of Registered Therapy Teams into the Cancer unit. Dr. Karla Rose & "Tuffy" are active volunteers and presenters on Traumatic Stress and Bereavement C.I.S.M. / K-9 Crisis Response Teams.
Intro. Workshop Pet Therapy & Crisis Response:
Center: Kathy & Jake, Karla & Tuffy
Also pictured: Diane Maltais, RN, Infection Control
Helene Heffernan, MSN, RN, CNAA
Vice President, Quality & Patient Safety. | |
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