Paws Across Texas Animal Assisted Therapy

PAWS ACROSS TEXAS, INC.

Animal-Assisted Therapy

P. O. Box 164084
Fort Worth, Texas 76161-4084

Founded in 1986 -- A nonprofit, tax-exempt charitable organization

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2006 STATISTICS

Established as a Community Charity	1986
Cumulative Potential Teams Screened/Evaluated	852
Cumulative Teams Accepted	514
Current Membership	29
Registered PAT Dogs	38
Total Number of Dog Breeds Screened	82
Current Number of Facilities Serviced	29
Volunteer Service Hours - 2006	6,749
Cumulative Volunteer Service Hours	122,338.25

Screenings/Evaluations	Screenings held two times yearly with a maximum of 20 teams being screened. Each accepted team is then reevaluated every other year.
Training	Approximately ten weeks (estimated) prerequisite for obedience work. Evaluation, orientation, supervised infield training with 30 days allowed for completion.
Types of Facilities	Psychiatric, Medical, and Physical Rehabilitation, Hospitals/Centers, Children's Medical Hospitals, Schools/Classes, Mentally/Physically Challenged, and Special Education, Long-term Care for the Elderly and Assisted Care Centers.
Cities Serviced	Arlington, Dallas, Denton, Fort Worth, Plano, Mid-Cities and surrounding areas.
Counties Serviced	Collin, Dallas, Denton, Tarrant, and surrounding areas.
Affiliations	Volunteer Centers of Collin, Dallas, and Tarrant Counties. All are United Way Agencies.
Awards	1998 Dallas County Volunteer Organization ,1999 Cook CMC of Fort Worth Community Service Award, 2002 Points of Light, Mayor's (Fort Worth) Proclamation of PAT Day, Texas Governor Perry's Certificate for Points of Light, Fort Worth Star-Telegram Volunteer Organization of 2003.
Activities	PAT participates yearly in many public events including Special Olympics (district and state), as exhibitors in animal-related events, holiday parades, health fairs, demonstrations and presentations to local civic and church-related organizations each year. PAT also does in services and medically focused conferences. PAT has on-going schedules each month with facilities being serviced at least five days each week. PAT provides summer programs for special needs camps for children with terminal illnesses and physical and mental disabilities. Many current facilities have had continuing programs since PAT was established in 1986.
Media Coverage	Includes but not limited to: Cable television programs and infomercials, special features such as Hot Spots, Hometown Heroes, Animals Like Us, and Good Morning America (greetings), Positively Texas. Articles include but are not limited to Dallas Morning News, Profile, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Prime Time, SR T X, Senior Sentinel, Dallas Child and Fort Worth Child, City and Country Pets, Denton Chronicle, Life Style, Fort Worth Magazine, Pet Talk and Pulse. PAT has also been seen on news cast coverage on major Dallas and Fort Worth stations.

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