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Ottawa Therapy Dogs Information Session -- Monday, June 12, 2023
Learn more about becoming a volunteer therapy dog team with Ottawa Therapy Dogs!
When and where
Date and time
Mon, Jun 12, 2023 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM EDT
Location
Richcraft Recreation Complex - Kanata - Minto Community Room 4101 Innovation Drive Ottawa, ON K2K 0J3 Canada
About this event
- 1 hour 30 minutes
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Learn more about becoming a volunteer therapy dog team with Ottawa Therapy Dogs!
Ottawa Therapy Dogs (OTD) provides invaluable care and support through animal-assisted activities and therapy. We serve people of all ages in health care, educational and social services facilities regularly throughout the National Capital Region.
Interested in volunteering with your own dog?
We invite you to attend our next Information Session on June 12, 2023 if you:
- Have some availability on Mondays to Fridays between 9-5pm. (eg. one or two mornings or afternoons)
- Have a well-mannered dog between 2-10 years of age who loves people. (If your dog is a rescue or re-homed, they must have lived with you for a minimum of one year.)
- Have an interest in visiting clients in health care, educational or social services facilities.
- Enjoy bringing smiles & hope to others.
- Are willing to learn and implement OTD’s standards & practices to provide and promote ethical and safe animal-assisted interventions.
PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU DO NOT BRING YOUR DOG TO THIS SESSION -- Humans only, please!
For more info, please contact Lorraine at: info@ottawatherapydogs.ca or 613-261-6834
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Ottawa Therapy Dogs (OTD) is a registered charity with nearly 100 therapy dog teams in health care facilities and hospitals ranging from CHEO to palliative care units and long-term care facilities across the National Capital Region. In education, OTD offers a highly popular literacy program called Reading Education Assistance Dogs (R.E.A.D.) in local schools and libraries. www.ottawatherapydogs.ca