Boeing Employees and other Companies Donate More Than $25,000 to Support Dogs

Support Dogs, Inc. has had an early Christmas as more than $25,000 in grants have come thier way from St. Louis area companies.

Support Dogs, Inc. recently received grants that include:  

• Assistance Dog program grants from Employees Community Fund of Boeing St. Louis, $3,500, and Simon Foundation, $5,000.
• Paws For Reading program grants from Cardinals Care, $1,500, Edward Chase Garvey Memorial Foundation, $4,500, The Saigh Foundation, $5,000, and Target Corporation, $2,000.
• TOUCH program grant from Fischer-Bauer-Knirps, $1,500.
• Youth Service Dog program grant from Variety the Children’s Charity of St. Louis, $5,000.

Support Dogs, Inc. is a national non-for-profit organization that offers dignity, hope and independence by providing highly skilled service dogs to individuals with disabilities and uniquely trained dogs to serve the community, a press release states. 

Founded in 1981, the organization provides many services including an assistance dog program which matches people with various disabilities with a canine partner, an animal-assisted therapy dog program called TOUCH (Therapy of Unique Canine Helpers), and a Paws For Reading program that places dogs in school classrooms.