A shelter rescue spay neuter, vaccination maybe if you way Pets With A Purpose is a non-profit volunteer organization dedicated to enriching the lives of Brazos Valley area residents by enhancing their physical, social and emotional well-being with the unconditional of our pets. APWAP provides volunteers and evaluated and trained animals for educational, rehabilitative, and emotional assistance purposes. We are a non-profit organization dedicated to providing therapy dogs to those who wish to discover the enrichment that dogs can bring. We provide certification testing to all prospective members and insurance to those certified and active members of the organization. Using Pet Partners certified therapy animals, we work with at-risk kids who are residential treatment settings. Our mission: To provide animal therapy as intervention for at-risk, neglected and abused children, thereby helping them develop healthy core behaviors. We also operate a project called Pawsitive Hearts, a 6-week obedience training project which pairs at-risk kids with rescue dogs from humane society. The dogs learn appropriate manners to help them get adopted, and the kids gain valuable self-confidence, a feeling of achievement, tools for teamwork and gain empathy for the animals and each other. We are always looking for volunteers to help us conduct these projects We evaluate and train all interested dog teams pet assistance therapy the San and surrounding areas. Our teams provide smiles and encouragement, as well as physical and emotional support for We visit hospitals, nursing homes, rehab centers, military facilities, schools, and other specialized facilities where ever our physical and emotional support is needed most. Our working therapy dogs are making a difference one paw print at a time. UTAH. Intermountain Therapy Animals was founded 1993 and today has more than 300 Pet Partner teams serving more than 100 hospitals, care centers, residential treatment units, schools, libraries, hospice and youth detention facilities. We offer Training Courses and Screenings at least five times annually. We hold monthly meetings on educational and training topics interesting to our members to further their knowledge of animal-assisted therapy. We support and mentor our teams finding sites that suit both them and their therapy companions; and we make over 100 presentations each year to area schools, organizations and professional groups. We also actively collaborate with other animal organizations our area, because we believe that bringing our species together therapeutic settings not only helps humans, it also increases their understanding of and appreciation for animals and their value--thus, ultimately benefiting the animals and their status society as well. We have chapters Bozeman, Montana, Twin Falls, Idaho, and Lake Tahoe, We are also the home of the Reading Education Assistance Dogs program which has now spread to 49 states and 3 provinces of Canada UAATA is a non-profit organization based Salt Lake City dedicated to bringing comfort, and hope to those need through the miracle of the human-animal bond. UAATA was formed expressly to fill the need for innovative, ground-breaking, professionally oriented programs that are beyond the scope of other animal-assisted therapy programs the state. Through our Comforting friends program, we train and sponsor Pet Partner teams certified by the national Pet Partners. the near future, we plan to establish a therapeutic farm called Aesop's Stables to offer respite from world cares for any and all who can benefit from the health-giving advantages that come from close interaction with animals a rural, farm-like setting. We are proud to be independent Affiliate Member of the Pet Partners. VERMONT. Therapy Dogs of Vermont is all-volunteer, non-profit organization of highly-trained dogs and their handlers. Our handler canine teams work on the emotional health of patients hospitals and residents of nursing and retirement homes. Our dogs walk the floors of of the hospitals Vermont as well as countless nursing and retirement homes. Our activities have often been documented the media and our dog's faces are often the best known a hospital. Our accomplishments are appreciated that TDV members are thought of as privileged members of the medical team. VIRGINIA. Waggin' Hearts Therapy Dogs is a group Rappahannock County, VA. We visit nursing homes, hospitals, schools libraries special events such as the Montgomery County Burn Foundation Burn Camp for children who are burn survivors. Although we are based Rappahannock County we volunteer other areas of Virginia as well. We have purebred as well as mixed breed dogs participating our program of all shapes and sizes! Caring Canines was founded 1999 by Founder, M. Henley. Caring Canines visits most of the nursing homes the Richmond area. We also visit local hospitals. We founded the Read 2 Rover program local libraries and schools.