Hermanowski Family Foundation Initial Request Form

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Organization Name: Canine Assisted Therapy, Inc.
Legal Name (if Different):
Also Known As: CAT Dogs
Mailing Address: 1040 NE 45th St
City: Oakland Park
State: FL
Postal Code: 33334
Main Phone: 954-990-5175
Main Fax: n/a
Organization Website: www.catdogs.org
Employer ID Number: 27-0700622
Organization Tax Status: 501(c)3

Proposal Information

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Today’s Date: March 21, 2018
Requested Amount: $5,500

Project Title: Canine Comfort
Project Description:

Pet therapy is in high demand in South Florida. Many children could benefit from the therapeutic interactions with therapy dogs. Canine Assisted Therapy continues to receive calls on a daily basis from schools and other child/youth facilities. Our therapy dogs work with pediatric cancer patients, youth in dependency court, children with special needs, disadvantaged youth, children in shelters and children struggling with literacy skills. We would like to request grant funds to help us continue to provide pet therapy to children as well as to train and certify new pet therapy teams.

Canine Assisted Therapy is approaching our 10th anniversary and some of our current pet therapy teams have been with us from the beginning. It is heartbreaking as we lost so many of our therapy dogs last year due to declining health, death and retirement. It is always a struggle to continually recruit and train new therapy teams to keep up with the attrition of losing teams to death, relocation, retirement and bad health.

Canine Assisted Therapy has provided pet therapy to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School; Sandy Pines; Katz Hillel Day School; Kayz Yeshiva High School of South Florida; Jupiter Middle School; Pediatric Associates of Boca; Loggers Run Middle School; Broward County School Board; Broward Children’s Center; Pompano Beach Elementary; Children’s Diagnostic and Treatment Center; ARC Broward; Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital; Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center; 17th Judicial District Dependency Court; Ronald McDonald House; Salah Foundation Children’s Hospital at Broward Health; and Memorial South just to name a few. We will also be serving additional facilities that are on a waiting list.

Total Project Budget: $34,000

Other Funding
Sources For The Project (Committed & Potential): Committed: William & Helen Thomas Charitable Trust – $16,000, Weiler Foundation – $7,500, Petco Foundation – $5,000, Potential: Braman Family Foundation, Scaife Family Foundation, Max & Victoria Dreyfus Foundation

Project Duration: November 1, 2018 – October 31, 2019
Geographical Area Served: Palm Beach and Broward counties
Age Group To Be Served: 3 years – 17 years old

Contact Information

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Contact Prefix (Mr,Mrs etc.): Mrs.
Contact First Name: Courtney
Contact Last Name: Trzcinski
Contact Title: Director of Resource Development
Contact Phone: 954-990-5175
Contact Email: courtney@catdogs.org