Alternative Medicine For The Soul...
Honor Therapy and Assistance Dogs Inc. was founded with the express purpose of being able to further the availability of trained therapy dogs to special needs individuals and hospitals through charitable giving as a 501c3 organization. With corporate successes in the elite dog show world for over 44 years, the team of Ann Chase and her daughter Paige McBride were naturals to form the work required of dogs in special needs support through therapy dogs. Having been one of the AKC’s top producers of over 200 champions and over 350 other performance titles from their
prestigious line of Honor Goldens, they had the groundwork already in place to be successful in Service and Therapy Dog work.
From an idea inspired by her association with President Gerald and Mrs. Betty Ford, Ann took the emotional and physical response of a handicapped little girl to a golden retriever, and parlayed it into a viable mode of therapy for emotionally and physically traumatized children and adults. Ann organized the first Pet Facilitated Therapy seminar in Oakland California in the early 70’s and a special day was designated for the city of San Francisco by Mayor Diane Feinstein. 4-H Drill Teams were trained for personal appearances, thrilling the children in special ed schools. Soon thereafter, specially trained goldens were placed in the San Mateo Special Ed school system
making changes in students that the teachers and school principals had never witnessed before. Therapy dogs were then further used in the after school special ed programs such as Project Reach and Aldea, Inc, in Napa, California. Today Noah’s Ark therapy dogs are working throughout the United States in alzheimer’s units, children’s cancer camps, rest homes, with autistic children, teams for Crisis Response (first on the scene of national disasters), and placements through Make A Wish Foundation, to name just a few venues. Honor Therapy and Assistance Crisis Response Dogs are still in the Hurricane Katrina area and minister on a regular basis to such organizations as Parents Of Murdered Children, TAPS (recovery after 9/11, the Pentagon and those lost in military action), as well as countless other national groups, schools, veterans hospitals and individuals.
Since those early years of 1970 on, Honor Therapy and Assistance Dogs Inc. has trained and placed multitudes of puppies and adults to serve special needs. Therapy placements and continued growth can only come through the generosity of the general public or the support of corporate giving by businesses.
Won’t
you help expand and continue this wonderful work by giving your best
and letting others know as well?
Honor Therapy and Assistance Dogs Inc.
P. O. Box 77108
Charlotte, North Carolina 28271
Tax Status:
This organization is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal
Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable
donations for federal income tax purposes.
