During their November visit to Abraxas Youth Detention Center at South Mountain in Franklin County, volunteers Donna Gomer with Cullen and Wendi Mitzel with Meeko assisted the teens in making new adoption gift bags for the Adams County SPCA. The gift bags included small bags of treats, a special note from a teen at the […]
On our most recent visit to Luther Acres Gio wanted to take Santa along to cheer the residents. So we pulled out his wagon and harness, put some Christmas lights around Santa, sat him in the wagon, and hitched it up to Gio. Gio pulled it very proudly – you can almost see him saying […]
A Visit Full of Surprises – Patti Jo Hibshman The day and visit turned out to be much brighter then the skies outside! Suzy Q, my black Labrador Retriever/mix and I traveled to Camp Hill Golden Living on September 28. The plan was to have KPETS teams come and walk outside with the residents. This […]
Billy and I took my father to radiation therapy one day a few weeks ago. When we left the house it was a nice, cool day for Billy to wait in the car. (He LOVES the car). By the time we arrived, however, I was not comfortable leaving him as the temperature had risen quickly. […]
KPETS Volunteer Tammy Mankey wanted to let us all know of the link to the interview she did of BCTV in Berks County on Monday, August 15, 2011 at 6:30 pm. Tammy was interviewed along with Nikki, her search and rescue dog, for winning another award for saving another life! They discussed how Nikki came […]
It is sad news to inform you that another first original KPETS therapy dog has completed her journey her with us. Carol and Bill Hopwood asked that we set up a memorial page with a place where Maggie’s friends can donate in her memory to KPETS. www.kpets.org/maggie.html. Here is Maggie’s story – in her ‘own’ […]
Fun, food and cool cars were packing the parking lot at Brother’s Pizza in Hanover, PA on June 25 to generate interest and raise funds for KPETS. View this slide show to see the fun. Looking forward to another event like this next year!_______________________________________ Thank you to everyone who generously donated their time to support […]
Visit with Jeffery (name changed) at Schreiber Pediatric Rehab Center: 8/4/10 Max came to do a speech therapy session with Jeffrey who is 5 years old and has Autism. We stayed in the Activities of Daily Living room since it was so hot outside for man and dog that day! Jeffrey has been a child who […]
Jolene Newcomer pairs off with Gio to ‘lift the human spirit” was the title in the Lancaster Sunday News “In the Spotlight” feature on May 22, 2011. Click here to read the article recognizing Jolene and Gio for their pet therapy volunteer ventures.
Today Chester visited his buddy Andy (name change) for their half hour of occupational therapy. Chester and buddy ready to go:) One of the things Andy had on his chart was to ride the two-wheeler around the indoor hallway loop. Andy is learning to ride a bicycle, it’s a slow, challenging process, figuring […]
