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REGIONAL WORKSHOP OFFERED:
Official R.E.A.D. training is offered periodically by Licensed R.E.A.D. Instructors:
Nancy Brooks at (kdcbrooks@hotmail.com) or 612-750-7976 www.READdogsMN.org
Patti Anderson at (siberPA@aol.com) or 763-559-3961
Organization: Animal Humane Society
City: Golden Valley
State: Minnesota
Phone: 763-489-2220
Email: education@animalhumanesociety.org
Website: www.animalhumanesociety.org
Organization: Arrowhead Library System
Contact Name: Rebecca Patton, Public Library Consultant
City: Mountain Iron
State: Minnesota
Phone Number: 218-741-3840
Email: rpatton@arrowhead.lib.mn.us
Notes: "Read Aloud: Dog Days at your Library" is an LSTA pilot project. The following public libraries are participating: Babbitt, Buhl, Cloquet, Coleraine, Eveleth, Hoyt Lakes, International Falls, Marble, Silver Bay, Two Harbors, Virginia
Organization: North Star Therapy Animals
Contact Name: Linda Frey
City: Minneapolis
State: Minnesota
Website: www.northstartherapyanimals.org
Email: linyloo@aol.com
Notes: We currently have R.E.A.D.ing programs in several different libraries, schools, and bookstores. We are always looking for more teams to help out with all the requests
Organization: Paws Inn Resort & Training
Program: Paws Insight Readers
Contact Name: Jodi Theis
City: New Germany
State: Minnesota
Email: pawsinnresort@frontiernet.net
Website: www.pawsinnresort.com
Program: Pawsitive Steps
Contact Name: Lisa Perovich
City: Buffalo
State: Minnesota
Phone Number: 762-226-6615
Email: lisa@pawsitivestepsllc.com
Website: www.pawsitivestepsllc.com
Notes: Reading enrichment activities at a small hobby farm, with the assistance of registered therapy dogs and a trained facilitator.
Contact Name: National R.E.A.D. Coordinator
Phone: 801-272-3439
Email: 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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