anymore. Teigh and the reason ⦠the reason to believe ⦠maybe I will have a real second chance at life ⦠another chapter of sorts. I keep my eye on the goalâ5 yrs or more.
Stay well and keep doing what you are doing ⦠you too are an Angel.
Sincerely,
Karen
âKeep doing what you are doing.â
This is why I do what I do.
Angels for Everyone
A ngel On A Leash was a big hit from the beginning. It began modestly enoughâas a charitable activity for the Westminster Kennel Club at the NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Childrenâs Hospital. We were able to share all of itâthe patients, the dogs, the handlers, the medical professionals, and the administratorsâwith the Westminster audience live at the Garden and also live on television, starting in 2005.
The response was huge. We got rousing ovations at the Garden and hundreds of phone calls and emails after the show. People wanted to be part of it; they wanted to get trained, registered, and visiting with their dogs, doing something for people in need in their communities. And the media loved Angel On A Leash, too, doing follow-up stories after the show. Angel On A Leash was truly helping us emphasize that the Westminster Dog Show is indeed a celebration of the dogs in our lives.
After Morgan Stanley Childrenâs Hospital, Ronald McDonald House New York, and Providence Medical Center in Portland, Oregon, more facilities came to be Angel partners, including Hackensack University Medical Center, New Jersey; Childrenâs Hospital of Wisconsin; New Milford Hospital, Connecticut; St. Judeâs Childrenâs Research Hospital, Memphis; Ronald McDonald House of Milwaukee; New Alternatives for Children, New York; Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York; and the Fisher House at Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston. Ronald McDonald House of Memphis (at St. Judeâs); the Childrenâs Hospital at Montefiore, the Bronx, New York; Mid South Therapy Dogs, Memphis; Reading Education Assistance Dogs (R.E.A.D.), Salt Lake City; and the Animal Medical Center, New York, also joined us.
As we were adding facilities, it became evident that Angel should become its own organization. With Westminsterâs continued support, Angel On A Leash became its own 501(c)(3) charity. Famous New York landlord Newmark Knight Frank contributed office space for us in the Theatre District, and we went to work.
We had a huge reach because of our media exposure, and the phone was ringing every day with people who wanted to become Angel On A Leash therapy dog teams with their dogs in their hometowns. It is difficult, at best, to service individuals in hundreds of cities nationwide, so we decided that our emphasis would be on partnering with facilities to help them create or maintain therapy dog programs shaped by our own distinctive influence and focus. We created a mission statement:
Angel On A Leash champions working with therapy dogs in health care facilities, schools,
rehabilitation, hospice, extended care, correctional facilities, and crisis intervention. Through advocacy, education, research, and service, Angel On A Leash promotes the role of the human-canine bond in enhancing human health and quality of life.
From our mission statement, we created the following description of our philosophy, our Margin of Excellence, which helps make Angel On A Leash unique in the field of therapy dogs and animal-assisted interactions:
â¢Â Working with facilities to create and support a therapy dog program unique to that facility; a program that meets the needs of its clients and patients; training teams, monitoring their effectiveness, and providing continuing counsel;
â¢Â Training the human partner of the team, who drives the experience and must be the guiding hand for the team; preparing them for that experience with our enhanced standards of practice;
â¢Â Protecting the dogs as they work, emphasizing that the
Stay well and keep doing what you are doing ⦠you too are an Angel.
Sincerely,
Karen
âKeep doing what you are doing.â
This is why I do what I do.
Angels for Everyone
A ngel On A Leash was a big hit from the beginning. It began modestly enoughâas a charitable activity for the Westminster Kennel Club at the NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Childrenâs Hospital. We were able to share all of itâthe patients, the dogs, the handlers, the medical professionals, and the administratorsâwith the Westminster audience live at the Garden and also live on television, starting in 2005.
The response was huge. We got rousing ovations at the Garden and hundreds of phone calls and emails after the show. People wanted to be part of it; they wanted to get trained, registered, and visiting with their dogs, doing something for people in need in their communities. And the media loved Angel On A Leash, too, doing follow-up stories after the show. Angel On A Leash was truly helping us emphasize that the Westminster Dog Show is indeed a celebration of the dogs in our lives.
After Morgan Stanley Childrenâs Hospital, Ronald McDonald House New York, and Providence Medical Center in Portland, Oregon, more facilities came to be Angel partners, including Hackensack University Medical Center, New Jersey; Childrenâs Hospital of Wisconsin; New Milford Hospital, Connecticut; St. Judeâs Childrenâs Research Hospital, Memphis; Ronald McDonald House of Milwaukee; New Alternatives for Children, New York; Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York; and the Fisher House at Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston. Ronald McDonald House of Memphis (at St. Judeâs); the Childrenâs Hospital at Montefiore, the Bronx, New York; Mid South Therapy Dogs, Memphis; Reading Education Assistance Dogs (R.E.A.D.), Salt Lake City; and the Animal Medical Center, New York, also joined us.
As we were adding facilities, it became evident that Angel should become its own organization. With Westminsterâs continued support, Angel On A Leash became its own 501(c)(3) charity. Famous New York landlord Newmark Knight Frank contributed office space for us in the Theatre District, and we went to work.
We had a huge reach because of our media exposure, and the phone was ringing every day with people who wanted to become Angel On A Leash therapy dog teams with their dogs in their hometowns. It is difficult, at best, to service individuals in hundreds of cities nationwide, so we decided that our emphasis would be on partnering with facilities to help them create or maintain therapy dog programs shaped by our own distinctive influence and focus. We created a mission statement:
Angel On A Leash champions working with therapy dogs in health care facilities, schools,
rehabilitation, hospice, extended care, correctional facilities, and crisis intervention. Through advocacy, education, research, and service, Angel On A Leash promotes the role of the human-canine bond in enhancing human health and quality of life.
From our mission statement, we created the following description of our philosophy, our Margin of Excellence, which helps make Angel On A Leash unique in the field of therapy dogs and animal-assisted interactions:
â¢Â Working with facilities to create and support a therapy dog program unique to that facility; a program that meets the needs of its clients and patients; training teams, monitoring their effectiveness, and providing continuing counsel;
â¢Â Training the human partner of the team, who drives the experience and must be the guiding hand for the team; preparing them for that experience with our enhanced standards of practice;
â¢Â Protecting the dogs as they work, emphasizing that the
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