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AUTISM DOG SERVICES
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Autism Dog Services encourages families that are on our waitlist waiting for their service dog to do some fundraising.
Families generally wait about two years to receive their service dog.
“It went beyond our expectation that Autism Dog Services received a generous donation of $7,023 from our waitlist family in which their son with autism collected cans and bottles for the past two months and donated all the proceeds to us. It certainly was a great and welcomed gift celebrating World Autism Day,” said ADS fund development manager Adele Alfano.
Said waitlist mom Sheryl: “We did the bottle and can drive because we wanted to give back to Autism Dog Services because our son Keegan is on the waitlist for a service dog. We are looking forward to the journey for Keegan, watching him grow and learn from his dog.”
As well, waitlist mom Jenn also had a T-Shirt fundraiser for ADS to celebrate World Autism Day and donated $1,500 to ADS from the sales.
The t-shirts were original designs with messages of “see the able not the label,” “love needs no words” and “celebrate minds of all kinds.”
Vicky Spadoni, ADS executive director said: “We are so appreciative when the waitlist and graduate families who get behind our initiatives or create their own fundraisers.”
Autism Dog Services is Southwestern Ontario’s leader in providing service dogs for children and families living with autism and other related disorders. Our mission is fostering the integration of children with autism by training, placing and supporting service dogs that offer safety, companionship and independence.
Autism Service Dogs offer many benefits to children and families, the three key benefits that the service dogs are specially trained for and provide are: Safety for the child, constant friendship, and behavioural support. Autism Dog Services is proud to support children and families living with Autism, and other related disorders that would benefit from the support of a specially trained Service Dog.
Learn more at www.autismdogservices.ca
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