Celebrating 15 years of service, Canines for Service has provided more than $6.0 million in services including service dogs, animal assisted therapy training and certification, and literacy mentors in our community.

Quick Facts.

• Established in December 1996
• Over $6.0 million in services to our communities
  
• 51 clients served with quality trained service dogs
  
• Providing Veterans with disabilities with quality trained service dogs for mobility, TBI and PTSD since 2008
  
• Teaching military prisoners how to train service dogs since 2008
  
• Newman's Own Award recipient in 2009 and 2010 for innovative programs supporting military families
  
• Canines for Veterans program approved by the U.S. Department of Labor in June 2011 as an Apprenticeship Program for Service Dog Technician
  
• Certifying animal assisted therapy teams since 2002
  
• Over 400 certified animal assisted therapy teams
  
• Providing literacy mentors with Canines for Literacy since 2002
  
• Over 600 children experienced the joy of reading with 83% improving their reading levels
  
• Over 250 volunteers giving an average of 2500 hours each month