The last time I blogged was before Wilmington (I think), so I won't go into much detail about everything that has been happening. TAZIE and I were able to get our certification while in Wilmington. To think of what she was like when I got her a year ago and compare that with how she is today is amazing. If only I could be as resilient as she is. A couple of weeks ago, things got a little more stressful than ...

What an incredible weekend I had with STEWART.  On Friday (051112), I met Sherri, my trainer, in Wilmington to pick up STEWART.  We then traveled to the Kure Beach Lutheran Center for a family beach retreat with our church.  There were eight families and fourteen kids ranging in ages from one to fifteen.  We (STEWART, me, Katie and our five year old daughter, Jordan) were the first to arrive.  After we ...

This last week Mike Turner won the drawing for the 30 day Challenge $1000. Here was his email reply: [caption id="attachment_8735" align="alignleft" width="130" caption="Mike Turner Donates $1K to p4v!"][/caption]My very sincere thanks to paws4people for their amazing work and for the opportunity to support them through this raffle. We here at Mental Health America are constantly looking for ways to help th ...

Atlanta, Georgia was dark and quiet Saturday morning as paws4people Advisory Board Chairman Arthur Benjamin, Jeff Mitchell and his service dog TAZIE made their way to the CNN building downtown for a 0645 interview. They all represented paws4vets and paws4people in their usual excellent manner (TAZIE wowed then again!) and many viewers made their way to the website to register. A few even opened up their cre ...

This article is copied in full from the website at The Rhino Den, Usually we would only copy the first few paragraphs - but we want you to read it all! Read more articles from this author here. I Have PTSD…So What? I have PTSD. We all know what it is, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. I am one of millions who are affected by it each and every day. Millions of men and women who have varying symptoms yet mana ...

  Wednesday, May 2, 2012 This morning we had a meeting with Karen which went very well, we talked over he things concerning Paws4 People and it's just unreal how the organization is coming together, thank goodness for Terry's persistence. Also we spoke a bit about Piper and how he's doing, which like always, very well. Also I would love to tell you about Piper's support, this dog is unreal he helps me ...

A couple weeks ago, we had race FUSION 5k run/walk to raise money for paws4people foundation.  We were so lucky in that we had beautiful weather.  I had such a blast!  There were wonderful people and it is just one of those memories I will never forget.  I would like to thank all of the people who made this happen.  It would not have been such a success without the WVU OT Class of 2013.  I am still ju ...

IVY continues to be an inspiration to so many by going to visit the residents of the assisted living home twice a month. We have a great relationship with the activities director, so she is always eager to get us on the schedule for visits. It is fun to walk in and have everyone excited to have IVY there. Even the chef gives IVY a big shout out when we walk by the dining room. IVY always returns it with her ...