Contents President’s Corner Meet the Board Member Spotlight: Arlene Coles, EUS region 20th Anniversary of 9/11 Afghanistan Refugee Resettlement Deployment General McLane High School Deployment…
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Warm paws and soft fur provide comfort after tragedy
“In a better world, Maverick wouldn’t be a working dog. Because in a better world, there would be no need for the almost 4-year-old Rough…
Therapy dogs welcome YES Prep Southwest students, staff back more than a week after school shooting
“HOUSTON — This was no ordinary school day for YES Prep Southwest students. After taking a week off due to a shooting inside the school, students returned…
SHF Grants at Work: HOPE Animal-Assisted Crisis Response
Imagine, if you will, a mass casualty incident aboard one of the Pictured Rocks Tour boats. More than 40 people are injured, 10 die. That…
Offering Comfort and Calm in Times of Crisis
As the police officer lays his hand on the head of Gossamer, a six year-old golden retriever, Janel Zuranski, DVM, can tell that he is…
Orange Park resident, therapy dog helped to bring light in the darkness of Surfside tragedy
SURFSIDE, Fla. — In times of darkness, in the midst of tragedy, sometimes a small light shines brightest. In the aftermath of the tragic condo…
HOPE AACR Newsletter – Summer 2021
Contents President’s Corner Meet the Board Member Spotlight: Jeanne Hooke, CGC Region Surfside, FL Condo Collapse Deployment The History of HOPE: The Early Years Operation…
Rescue dogs bring comfort to the traumatized, grieving
Trauma speaks in many voices, some of them too quiet for human ears. The friendly man with the salt and pepper hair and glasses came…
After fatal fire claims classmates, counselors and dogs help Oconto students navigate grief
OCONTO – Alerted to the likelihood that three students had died in a fire on the morning of Jan. 17, Oconto School District educators quickly…
Thank You To Our First, First Responders
Recently Valley Comm shared on their Facebook that they are bringing Hope Animal-Assisted Crisis Response therapy dogs into the communications center. “911 personnel are the first of…
