Canine Assistants Receives $14K Donation

MILTON, GA — Canine Assistants in Milton received a donation recently, simply from the generosity of others.

From April to June, 14 VCA Animal Hospitals in Georgia and Tennessee collected donations by encouraging clients to round up their transaction amounts to the nearest dollar or donate online, enter raffles, get one of the famous-VCA Woof or Meow hats, or give whatever was comfortable.

The local campaign raised $14,645 for Canine Assistants, a non-profit service dog program based in Milton. The donation will enable them to provide care to at least 15 Canine Assistants recipients for after-care needs.

“Whatever the dogs need such as food, vaccinations, surgery, for the life of the dog is provided by Canine Assistants if the families cannot afford it. It’s a growing need,” says Jennifer Arnold, Founder and Executive Director of Canine Assistants. “It grows every graduation.”

“We are thankful for the generosity of VCA’s clients across the country who have demonstrated their generosity by rounding up their purchases to the nearest dollar and helping us achieve our ambitious fundraising goal during this year’s successful campaign,” said Ryne Meadors, VCA Charities director. “Donated small change resulted in raising more than half a million dollars that will directly benefit community-based animal welfare organizations. This donation is part of the $570,000 raised across the country through our Pennies for Pets campaign.”

These efforts would not have been possible without the help of the hospital teams and clients at:
VCA Roswell Animal Hospital, VCA Pets are People Too Roswell Animal Hospital, VCA North Atlanta Animal Hospital, VCA Dahlonega Animal Hospital, VCA Chestatee Animal Hospital, VCA Appalachian Animal Hospital, VCA Catoosa Animal Hospital, VCA River, VCA Murphy Road Animal Hospital, VCA PetMed Animal Hospital, VCA Animal Care Center of Mt. Juliet, VCA Creekside Animal Hospital, VCA Eads Animal Hospital, and VCA Ragland & Riley Animal Hospital.

Canine Assistants is a non-profit service-dog school based in Milton, Georgia, whose mission is to educate and empower people and dogs so they may enhance the lives of one another. Canine Assistants has graduated over 2,000 service dogs from the program and has placed them free of charge with both children and adults. Jennifer Arnold is the founder of Canine Assistants and the creator of the Bond-Based Approach to interspecies relationships and author of "Love is All You Need: The Revolutionary Bond-Based Approach to Educating Your Dog." She is also the New York Times bestselling author of "Through a Dog's Eyes," which was the subject of a PBS documentary, and "In a Dog's Heart."