Can Do Canines to Host Open House November 9th
By CAREN HANSEN, Marketing & Communications Manager at Can Do Canines
Can Do Canines will host an open house on Saturday, November 9, from noon to 2 pm, at its Can Do Canines campus (9440 Science Center Drive, New Hope, Minn.). Potential clients, volunteers, or anyone who might be interested in supporting the organization is invited to attend to learn how an assistance dog changes the life of a person with a disability.
Through a self-guided tour, attendees will be able to watch a trainer working with an assistance dog, talk with a dog host volunteer and staff members from the volunteer department, pose questions to client services coordinators, and meet graduate teams from five types that Can Do Canines trains dogs: hearing, mobility, seizure, diabetes, and childhood autism.
There is no pre-registration for this event, though attendees will be asked to share some contact information when arriving.
To request a sign language interpreter for the Open House, please contact Laurie at lcarlson@candocanines.org or call 763-331-3000 at least two weeks in advance. We’ll do our best to accommodate late requests, though availability is not guaranteed.
To learn more, go to www.candocanines.org or contact chansen@candocanines.org.
Can Do Canines is dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for people with disabilities by creating mutually beneficial partnerships with specially trained dogs. Since 1989, Can Do Canines has provided more than 900 assistance dogs to people with disabilities, all free of charge. Our fully trained dogs are provided to our clients who live with disabilities that involve mobility challenges, hearing loss or deafness, seizure disorders, diabetes complicated by hypoglycemia unawareness, or childhood autism. We also train facility dogs to be placed in places such as hospitals or with a community service provider.
