Champ Assistance Dogs

THERAPY DOG PROGRAMCHAMP Therapy Dog Teams visit children and adults in hospitals, assisted living centers, hospice centers, medical facilities, and schools. Interactions with a CHAMP Therapy Dog Team can relieve stress, lower heart rates, provide comfort during a stressful procedure or simply bring a comforting presence to students preparing for final exams. This is a free program that serves CHAMPs community. Throughout the year, CHAMP Therapy Dog teams visited approximately 55,000 children and adults.

EDUCATION PROGRAMCHAMP Education Programs are delivered by engaging speakers accompanied by service dogs-in-training and CHAMP Therapy Dogs. These community programs promote public education, focus on ability awareness, and provide demonstrations of service dog skills while increasing awareness of the health benefits and comfort dogs, and cats, provide to people of all ages. Throughout the year, CHAMP touched the lives of approximately 6,600 children and adults through CHAMPs education presentations.CHAMP also offered Basic Dog Obedience classes to the public.