Meet Therapy Dogs with Caregiver Canines® and Petco Foundatio

WHO: Caregiver Canines® and the Petco Foundation invite the public to meet local therapy dogs.

WHAT: Guests will learn about the transformative impact that therapy, service and/or working animals have on lives every day. Caregiver Canines is a local 501(c)(3) that matched certified therapy dogs with home bound seniors in Ocean and Monmouth Counties.

WHEN: Saturday, October 12 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

WHERE: Petco: 1331 Hooper Avenue, Toms River, 08753

WHY: The event coincides with the Petco Foundation’s annual Helping Heroes campaign (Oct. 5 – 27) which supports service, therapy and working animals. The Petco Foundation has proudly invested more than $14 million to support these animals who work to save and improve lives across the nation and world.

For more information about Caregiver Canines® visit www.caregivercanines.org. For more on the Petco Foundation’s Helping Heroes campaign, visit petcofoundation.org/hero and join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram by using the hashtag #HelpingHeroes.

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About Caregiver Canines

Caregiver CaninesⓇ is a free visiting therapy dog program that provides volunteers along with their certified therapy dogs to make home visits on a weekly basis to those over 60 years old as well as their caregivers. It is a program offered through the nonprofit agency Caregiver Volunteers of Central Jersey who have offices in Ocean and Monmouth Counties, Caregiver CaninesⓇ therapy dogs have lots of love to give and they would love to share it with you. Addie, who is visited by therapy dog Lucy says, “having Lucy come to visit me is the highlight of my week and is the next best thing to owning my own dog.”

If you would like to find out more about Caregiver CaninesⓇ and get started, please contact Danielle Maley, Program Manager, at 732-505-2273 or email at daniellem@caregivervolunteers.org. Visit Caregiver Canines at www.caregivercanines.org and Like us on Facebook.

About the Petco Foundation

At the Petco Foundation, we believe that every animal deserves to live its best life. Since 1999, we’ve invested more than $260 million in lifesaving animal welfare work to make that happen. With our more than 4,000 animal welfare partners, we inspire and empower communities to make a difference by investing in adoption and medical care programs, spay and neuter services, pet cancer research, service and therapy animals, and numerous other lifesaving initiatives. Through our Think Adoption First program, we partner with Petco stores and animal welfare organizations across the country to increase pet adoptions. So far, we’ve helped more than 6 million pets find their new loving families, and we’re just getting started. Visit petcofoundation.org to learn more about how you can get involved.