December 1 through 25, a suggested charitable or non-profit donation will be made. The goal is to open doors for people, not doors for chocolate, and work on building community. Though Christmassy, this is a secular project. The only organizations with religious ties to be featured will be fully inclusive of all people. The range of organizations will be diverse and are not intended to be exhaustive suggestions; our city has too many to cover all. (So I'll do this annually to promote as many wonderful organizations as possible.)

Please consider monetary or in-kind donations for the featured organizations. I'm hoping each reader can contribute $5 per organization, per day. Please feel free to give more or to give what you can; some organizations have lists of items they need. Many are desperate for volunteers now and all year.

Please post if you have contributed in some way. I'd like to see if there is interest in a municipal charity advent calendar.

Thank you for participating!

Friday 25 December 2015

Day 25! Dogs With Wings!

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Door 25 has been opened this morning to reveal:

Dogs With Wings! http://dogswithwings.ca/

Dogs With Wings is one of only two charities in Canada providing assistance dogs for those in need, at no cost to the individual. Among the types of dogs Dogs With Wings trains are service dogs for disabled individuals, guide dogs for blind or visually impaired individuals, facility dogs (the sort that accompany Zebra staff & volunteers to support children,) companion dogs (often called therapy dogs) who offer emotional support to individuals but are not certified to enter public spaces, and autism dogs. 

Dogs With Wings is a very special organization for our family. Our youngest son is profoundly impacted by autism; he has been approved and is on the waiting list for an autism dog for a little over four years. Dogs With Wings receives no government funding and given the huge demand for assistance dogs, the wait lists are long. The average cost of raising and training an assistance dog is $40 000. Financial support is desperately needed in order to meet the increasing demands for dogs.

Our son doing a promo shoot with Dogs With Wings
There are many, many people waiting, not just out little boy and assistance dogs provide people with independence and supports in ways that nothing else can.

Please help make more dogs available to more people with a donation today!

Dogs with Wings receives donations through CanadaHelps.org. You know the drill by now! If you make your donation using PayPal, 1% of all donations to Dogs with Wings made through PayPal are matched. Please choose PayPal so that DWW gets that little bit more!

http://dogswithwings.ca/helping-us/donation-programs/donate/
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