AIR volunteers and AIR Dogs: Paws for Minds therapy dog teams are bringing In Their Shoes and AIR’s message around the Garden State for National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. As part of National Suicide Prevention Week (September 8-14), AIR brought In Their Shoes and therapy dog teams to Ocean County College and to the Suicide…
DetailsYvonne Quinn had raised Packer from 7 weeks old to become a Seeing Eye dog. However, when he was sent back for his final training at 17 months old, Packer experienced gastrointestinal issues and could not complete his Seeing Eye education. After Yvonne took Packer back home, she decided pet therapy would be a great “career change,”…
DetailsLinda Hobson has owned five therapy dogs over the years and has been an AIR Dogs: Paws for Minds Therapy volunteer for Attitudes in Reverse since 2011. “I just enjoy seeing the young people let their guard down,” said Linda. “ You can watch their whole body language change. They just melt.” Linda first met…
DetailsWith Covid-19 restrictions, all of the in-person school presentations and therapy visits have been on hold for months. However, AIR Dogs: Paws for Minds therapy team Joy Lindo and her dog Willow have found a way to make a difference during these tough times. Joy, an attorney for a New Jersey agency, has been regularly…
DetailsChelsea Ruchlin, LSW, and her dog, Nellie, are a unique among the AIR Dogs: Paws for Minds therapy teams because they work together. Chelsea, a social worker and case manager at the Melvin H. Kreps Middle School, works with special education students and since becoming certified with Nellie last fall, her canine partner has become…
DetailsAIR sends many thanks to volunteer Marlene Sisti for securing a $1,000 grant for Coming Up for Air™ presentations from Penn Medicine CAREs. Marlene is a medical technologist at Princeton University Hospital Plainsboro, which was recently acquired by Penn Medicine. She started volunteering for AIR after she and her dog Harley completed a…
DetailsAIR Co-Founder Tricia Baker is featured in the Supernatural Fandom movie and will host a FREE viewing of this movie on April 26, 2017 at 7:00 p.m. at the Garden Theater, Nassau Street, Princeton. Mark your calendars, share with fans of AIR and Supernatural, and stay tuned for more details! The Supernatural Fandom movie was produced by…
DetailsVeterinarian/AIR Supporter Michael Tokiwa Shares History of Radio Show and Participation in the Flower Show Michael Tokiwa , DVM, is the owner and Medical Director at The Animal Hospital at Kingston & Blawenburg. He learned about AIR approximately five years ago, through Chantal Cartier, owner of Maverick Pet Partners. “Trisha’s dedication and the extreme benefit…
DetailsAIR attended the Wellness Fair at JP Stevens High School.
DetailsGrateful to the AIR Dogs: Paws for Minds volunteers who shared their pups with some students in Hopewell Valley schools.
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