Have Pets, Will Travel
Hero and Emily, best friends from AARC, June 2009
Paws Patrol, Inc. was Georgia's only Delta Society Pet Partners ® affiliate volunteer group, promoting the healing human-animal bond from its inception until 2009. Even though the name and corporation were retired due to lack of funds to pay staff when I retired as director, many of us are still proud to continue our chosen volunteer path for those who need us. We accompany our animal teammates to visit those who are lonely, ill or disabled. Through their unconditional love and acceptance, the animals have brought smiles to autistic childrens faces, affection to lonely people in nursing homes, and the will to interact to the disabled.
We are proud to represent the
Delta Society ®, a non-profit organization and the leading authority in Animal
Assisted Activity and Therapy development. The Pet Partners ® program tests and
registers human-animal teams, qualifying them to serve in hospitals, nursing
homes, schools and treatment centers. Both the animals and the volunteers must
be trained, screened and pass a 22 part evaluation from a licensed evaluator
prior to taking part in AAA/AAT. Evaluations are required every two years to
assure our clients that we are willing to do whatever it takes to prove that we
represent the best of the best of the best! The Delta Society ® is the only
registry accepted at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital and Palmyra Medical
Centers.
Paws Patrol was named Volunteer
Albany Non-Profit Group of the Year in 2006, and the Albany Area Chamber of
Commerce Non-Profit of the Year in 2008.