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July 2021 Charity of the Month: Brigadoon Service Dogs

Jun 25, 2021, 9:59 AM | Updated: Oct 1, 2024, 7:08 am

Brigadoon Service Dogs...

Brigadoon Service Dogs provides service dogs for Veterans, Children and Adults with physical, developmental, and behavioral health disabilities, to promote a more independent and enriched life. They change lives one partnership at a time by “Offering a Helping Paw”!

Since their establishment in August of 2004, they have placed over 100 service dogs and have established youth programs in a local high school and an alternative school for at-risk youth. They have also started a program for veterans, as well as a prison programs at Cedar Creek Correctional Center in Little Rock, WA; Washington Corrections Center in Shelton, WA; Stafford Creek Correctional Center in Aberdeen, WA; and Coyote Ridge Corrections Center in Connell, WA. The dogs live with and are trained by the inmates.

Learn more here.

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