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REGIONAL WORKSHOP OFFERED:
Official R.E.A.D. training is offered periodically by:
Organization: Animal Health Foundation
Contact Name: Jan Vincent
City: Silverado
State: CA
Phone: 800-939-0936
Email: ahfpetpartners@cox.net
Website: www.animalhealthfoundation.net
Notes: The Animal Health Foundation sponsors our Pet Partner R.E.A.D. teams. AHF has teams in the Orange Unified School District, Norwalk-LaMirada School District, Saddleback School District, Santa Ana Unified School District and San Clemente School Districts.
We have both documented as well as library programs.
Organization: City of Roseville Public Library
Program: Tales to Tails
City: Roseville
State: CA
Phone: 916-774-5221
Website: www.roseville.ca.us/library
Notes: Tales to Tails R.E.A.D.ing program is offered at the following Roseville Public Library locations: Maidu Library, Martha Riley Community Library
Organization: H.A.L.O.
Program: Angel Ears
City: Antioch
State: CA
Phone: 925-473-4642
E-mail: nuanua@sbcglobal.net
Website: www.eccchalo.org
Notes: H.A.L.O. = Homeless Animals Lifeline Organization. Angel Ears has done R.E.A.D. sessions at the Antioch & Pittsburg Libraries, at the Concord School of Karate, and at Memorial Central Loma Parks. Angel Ears also does visits at Diamond Ridge Rehab Center and has worked with developmentally delayed adults who meet as part of the Wednesday Club to improve interactive/social skills. We need more teams to assist with the many requests coming from local schools.
Organization: Love On A Leash
Program: K-9 Komfort Therapy Dogs
Contact Name: Jan Clark-George
City: Temecula
State: CA
Phone: 951-676-1271
E-mail: jclarkgeorge@gmail.com
Notes: Our team visits Chancellor Place Senior Living in Murrieta, CA. We have been invited to bring the dogs to the Lake Elsinore Library. We also visit in Mission Trails Library in Wildomar and we have been invited to attend the 25th Annual Foster Family Picnici n San Diego to mingle with the kids. Occasionally we visit classrooms of special needs children.
Organization: Park Sid Elementary School
Contact Name: Laurie Whiteside
Street Address: 7450 Bodega Ave
City: Sebastopol
State:CA
Phone Number: 707-829-7400
Website: www.parkside.sebastopolschools.org
Organization: Paws 4 Friends
Contact Name: Laura Francis
City: Manteca
State: CA
E-mail: paws4friends@verizon.net
Notes: We visit at Lathrop Kids Club (5th St Community Center) every other week, Lathrop Community Center, Manteca Library 3 times per year, Give Every Child A Chance (Summer program), Manteca Unified French Camp School and Golden West School (ongoing through school term), and Jefferson School District, Anthony Traina School (ongoing through the school term).
Organization: Paws 4 Healing, Inc. (California non-profit corporation)
Contact Name: Dennis Cajili, Vice-President & Los Angeles Chapter Coordinator
City: Southern California and Bishop/Mammoth
State: CA
Phone: 657-464-9600
E-mail: losangeles@paws4healing.info
Website: http://www.paws4healing.info
Notes: Paws 4 Healing has several chapters throughout Southern California including Bishop/Mammoth, Santa Clarita, San Fernando Valley & Ventura County, Los Angeles, South Bay, Orange County, Temecula Valley, Tulare County, and San Diego. We have R.E.A.D. programs at numerous schools and libraries in most of these chapters.
Organization: Paws for Healing, Inc.
Program: Paws For Reading
Contact Name: Joyce Bristow
Address: 1370 Trancas, PMB #127
City: Napa
State: CA
Phone: 707-258-3486
E-mail: jbristowca@gmail.com
E-mail: info@PawsForHealing.org
Website: www.PawsForHealing.org
Notes: Paws for Healing is a community-based, non-profit organization in California's North Bay with over 200 canine-assisted therapy teams, including R.E.A.D. teams at schools and
libraries, in Solano, Sonoma, Napa, & Marin counties. Paws for Healing motto is "Mending Hearts With Loving Guiding Hands."
Organization: PawsitivEffects
Contact Name: Wendy Kweller
City: South Orange County
State: CA
E-mail: thekwellers@aol.com
Website: www.PawsitivEffects.com
Notes: We are currently working in private schools for children with Learning Differences.
Organization: Paws to Heal
Contact Name: Ann Marie Biden, President
Address: 560 Doreen Court
City: Upland
State: CA
Zip: 91786
Phone: 909-982-4071 or cell: 909-986-1793
E-mail: melanie@pawstoheal.com
Website: http://www.pawstoheal.com
Organization: Prescription: Pets (Rx: Pets)
Contact Name: Donna Conrad
City: Redding
State: CA
Phone: 530-276-9164
E-mail: donnaconrad@shasta.com
Website: www.rxpets.org
Notes: We visit at Redding Children's Library on the third Saturday of each month from 1 to 3 pm and Humboldt County Library in Eureka, CA. We also visit in assorted elementary schools in or around Redding.
Organization: PJ's Pals
Contact Name: Nancy Winters
City: Apple Valley
State: California
E-mail: fargsmom@aol.com
Web: www.PJsPals.org
Notes: We currently serve people at the following facilities:Libraries: Apple Valley, Barstow, Serrano, Victorville, Big Bear Lake Schools: Mariana, Yucca Loma, AV Middle School, AAE, AV Christian, Rio Vista, Brentwood, Mojave Vista, Liberty, Theodore Vick Other: Haley House, Kaiser Hospital, Hespela Prenatal.
Program Name: Read to Your Breed
Contact Name: Gloria Laube
City: La Mesa (San Diego County)
State: CA
E-mail: librarydogs@cox.net
Phone: 619-465-9125
Website: www.librarydogs.com
Notes: Children read to Sunny at La Mesa Library on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of each month. We have also visited Ramona Elementary School once and expect to go there again. We are scheduled to visit La Mesa Dale Elementary School sometime in May. We have been on the KUSI Morning News when visiting the Lakeside Library, and have appeared in the San Diego Union-Tribune newspaper.
Organization: Rim of the World Comfort Pets
Contact Name: Linda Smith, Stefanie Morrell, Sherry Clausen
City: Crestline
State: CA
Phone: 909-338-2787
E-mail: info@comfortpets.org
Website: www.comfortpets.org
Notes: Rim of the World Comfort Pets has a R.E.A.D. program at Valley of Enchantment Elementary School and seasonal programs at the local library in Running Springs.
Organization: Rincon Valley Regional Library
Contact Name: Anne Marie Murphy
Street Address: 6959 Montecito Blvd
City: Santa Rosa
State: CA
Zip: 95409
Phone Number: 707-537-0162
Fax Number: 707-537-0174
Website: www.sonomalibrary.org
Organization: Windsor Regional Library
Contact Name: Bill Coolidge
Street Address: 9291 Old Redwood Hwy
City: Windsor
State: CA
Zip: 95492
Phone Number: 707-839-1020 X6
Website: www.sonomalibrary.org
Contact Name: National R.E.A.D. Coordinator
Phone: 801-272-3439
E-mail: read@therapyanimals.org
Notes: For more information on registered R.E.A.D. teams or groups in this state, please contact the ITA office.
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The ITA R.E.A.D. program is touching hearts across the nation. The following is a partial list of R.E.A.D. Affiliate Programs, Regional Workshops, and individual R.E.A.D teams. It is our hope that this list will help put R.E.A.D. teams in contact with programs and workshops in their area. If you would like to add your program to this list please send an email to the National R.E.A.D. Coordinator at the ITA office (read@therapyanimals.org).
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have programs hosting regional workshops. Also, many R.E.A.D. instructors are willing to travel. Please feel free to contact one of them about setting up a workshop specifically designed for your group.
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