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Take Note!
CELEBRATING
25 SUCCESSFUL YEARS New Volunteer Orientation
Saturday, October 20, 2012 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm Harahan Senior Center 100 Elodie Pre-registration required Contact Claire Sommers at paws4visits@gmail.com to register
Pet/Handler Evaluation
Saturday, September 8, 2012 Saturday, January 5, 2013 Harahan Senior Center 100 Elodie Pre-registration required
Contact Barbara Hyland to register at greytpets2@gmail.com if you would like to have an additional pet tested.
Reading To Rover
On the East Bank
Held on the third Tuesday of each month at the East Bank Regional Library
4747 W. Napoleon in Metairie
6:30pm-7:30pm
On the West Bank
Held on the second Sunday of each month
2751 Manhattan Blvd., Harvey
from 2:00pm-3:00pm
Contact Fay Schultz
fibrofay@cox.net
to confirm your slot at any of these Reading To Rover
events.
Summer Seminars
Living with an Aging Pet
Tuesday, August 14th
Harahan Senior Center
6:30pm
Our Deepest Sympathies
to
Barbara and Dick Hyland
for the loss of their Greyhound, Prince. Prince joined the VPP in 2007 and was a regular at St Anthony's. Additionally, Prince was a member of the EJGH pet program.
Denise and Chet Mehurin
lost their wonderful Daisy. Daisy became a member of VPP in 1997 and remained a very active volunteer until her retirement in 2010.
Both of these dogs took their therapy work very seriously! They will be greatly missed by the many hearts they touched.
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Greetings!
Summer is almost over. It's so hard to believe how quickly the time passes. Our visits will start up again in September and I know our 4 legged friends will be eagerly received by those we visit.
I spent some time sitting in a hospital room this summer. It wasn't much fun. I had hours to think about how I would have welcomed a visit from a fuzzy face. It really gave me a new perspective on our visits. I always knew our efforts were appreciated, but now I have a clear understanding as to why. The long hours of watching the clock tick way, praying, waiting...it can take a toll on family as well as the patient. The opportunity to snuggle something warm, to kiss a cold nose, would have been a great stress reliever; a chance to forget about where I was and why I was there, even if just for a few minutes. I think now I'll enter rooms with a whole new insight and a real appreciation for the gift we bring.
Speaking of entering rooms....it's time to complete your visit schedules from September to December. The schedule is posted on the web site. Please submit your schedule to Claire by August 15th. And if you have not yet sent in your dues for this year, what are you waiting for???? They were due by August 1st!
Enjoy the last few weeks of the unbearable heat. Stay inside and get organized for the fall. Plan on a wonder year of "Bringing love and leaving smiles".
With thanks for all you do,
Lee Gaffney
President
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Living with an Aging Pet
Be sure to join us for our final seminar this summer.
Dr. Andra Ponson, veterinarian with Causeway Animal Hospital and VPP member with her dog, Bacchus, will give us an insightful look into living with an aging pet. Topics will include end stage disease and concern for patients "quality of life". The event is free for VPP members. You are invited to bring a guest with you. There is a $5.00 charge for each guests. Guests can pay via paypal or at the door at check in.
Please register by clicking the link below.
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Generous donations were received from: Gregory Day
Joyce Lashley
NO Fleas Market
Thomas Gaffney V and Jacob Zanca
from their LemonAid Day stand
Memorial donations were received from:
Suzanne Baker
in memory of
from Thomas Ahearn
in memory of
Carlos and Terry Kronberger poodle
Jolie
from Fay and Bill Schultz in memory of Robin Gates' cat Willis and in memory of
Celeste Alphonso
from
Cathy Burch, Diane Smith, Fay and Bill Schultz,
Barbara and Dick Hyland, Claire Sommers,
Helen Schneidau and tom and Lee Gaffney
in memory of Barbara and Dick Hyland's Greyhound
Prince
from Kathleen Barnett
in memory of her dog
Truman
from Linda Brasset
in memory of
Felicity
from
Julie Spencer , Julie Susan Karon, Claire Sommers,
Fay and Bill Schultz, Tom and Lee Gaffney,
Barbara Hyland and Cathy Burch
in memory of
Denise and Chet Mehurin's
Daisy
from Lee and Tommy Gaffney
in memory of Kevin Grey's
Quincy
from
Leslie Davis, Lee and Tommy Gaffney,
Helen Schneideau and Diane Smith
In memory of
Leslie Davis' father
Dr. George Davis
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About the Visiting Pet Program
The Visiting Pet Program is an all volunteer 501 (C)(3) non-profit animal assisted therapy organization serving Orleans, Jefferson and St. Tammany parishes.
For the past 25 years, the volunteers of the VPP have lived up to their motto of "Bringing Love and Leaving Smiles" to the residents of nursing homes and hospitals.
Our literacy project, Reading to Rover, offers young readers the opportunity to practice their reading aloud skills to the gentle therapy dogs.
If you would like to make a donation to the Visiting Pet Program, please click on the button below or mail your check to 5831 S. Johnson Street, New Orleans, LA 70125. Please note if your donation is in memory of a person or a pet. We will be happy to send an acknowledgment of your donation to the family. Please include the name and address to send the acknowledgment. Because we are a 501(C)(3) organization, your donation is tax deductible. We are an all volunteer organization. Your donation goes directly to the support of our mission.
Thank you
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