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Jacksonville Golf & Barnes and Noble Bank of America Sam’s Club Jerry Favorite TPC Birdies for Charity
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The commitment of our volunteers continues to be outstanding and they are the reason for the success of the READ program! We run solely on volunteer power! We currently have 13 ce rtified therapy teams servicing 42 locations including public schools, public libraries, detention centers and local bookstores. Our goal is to have 25 R.E.A.D teams by the end of 2008 so that more students can benefit from the impact of R.E.A.D. Learn how you can be a volunteer!
In addition to personally funding all of the materials listed above that are given to the children, the volunteer also funds their Pet Assisted Therapy certification, official apparel, and weekly grooming while volunteering their time. We rely on the kindness of people like you to donate monies to Pawsitive Pets so that we are able to offset our volunteer’s expenses. Donations given will help fund books, bookmarks, Bailey plush toys, participation certificates, coloring pages, stickers and “pawtograph” stamps!
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Our Mission | Meet Our Teams | Events | Volunteer | Donate Copyright Pawsitive Pets, 2008 |
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Pawsitive Pets, Inc. was founded in 2005 with the goal of improving the reading skills and learning experience for children in Jacksonville, Florida. PPI specifically targets third graders to help prepare them for the FCAT. Additional goals are to increase self-esteem, lower absenteeism, increase interaction in other school activities and decrease behavior challenges.
To get the children excited about reading and boost their enthusiasm we make sure that every child has a positive experience with R.E.A.D. In order to fulfill this goal we give the child a book to read to their Bailey (plush toy) so that they are encouraged to read at home. We like for the children to practice so that when they see their R.E.A.D. dog they will be more prepared! The child also receives a bookmark with their R.E.A.D. dog’s picture, a Reader of the Pack coloring page, and a sticker to wear expressing their participation with their R.E.A.D. dog each week. Once the child can read their book without great difficulty their R.E.A.D. dog will pawtograph the child’s book and receive their Participation Certificate after completing the 6 week session.
