"First Dog
From Kabul - Afghanistan War Veteran and Rescue Dog" Sponsored by
Middleburg, VA Resident
On February 3, 2009, Elaine
Broadhead, of Middleburg, Virginia, became the first Sponsor of a
paws4peopleTM [www.paws4people.org]
Afghan Rescue Dog when she donated
the $2,000 it costs to transport rescued dogs from Afghanistan to the
paws4prisonsTM [www.paws4prisons.org]
K-9 Training Program at US
Penitentiary – Hazelton, Bruceton Mills, West Virginia. These
stray dogs were adopted overseas by American soldiers serving in
Afghanistan, a country devastated by war and poverty. Some soldiers are
able to bring the dogs home to their families but others cannot. These
dogs become available for programs like paws4vetsTM’s
[www.paws4vets.org]
AfghanDogZTM program (see below).
 
After the Afghan rescued dogs
are rehabilitated and trained by prison inmates participating in the
paws4prisons/paws4vets program, they will be placed with Veterans
suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Complex
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (C-PTSD) and/or Traumatic Brain Injury
(TBI) as part of paws4vets’s Strategic Partnership Program
with the Wounded Warrior Project®. This partnership will enable
paws4people, through its paws4vets program, to provide a unique and
dynamic PTSD recovery/intervention program for our Nation’s
wounded warriors.
“Wounded Warrior
Project is excited to be a part of such an innovative and promising
program. The hard work put forth by the paws4prisons team, prison
staff, inmates, trainers, and veterans during this program is a
testament to our mission: Honoring and Empowering Wounded
Warriors.” (Samuel Vaden, Project Manager for paws4vets/WWP,
Inc. partnership)
About
Wounded Warrior
Project:
Wounded Warrior Project
is a non-profit organization whose mission is to honor and empower
wounded warriors. WWP serves to raise awareness and enlist the
public’s aid for the needs of severely injured service men
and women, to help severely injured service members aid and assist each
other and to provide unique, direct programs and services to meet their
needs. For more information, please call 877 TEAM WWP (832-6997) or
visit www.woundedwarriorproject.org.
There are more than 40,000
wounded veterans who need help and support. You can help provide some
of these critically injured soldiers with the love, companionship and
service of a paws4vets’s Certified Assistance Dog by
clicking on DONATE at www.paws4vets.org.
If a person would like to HELP
SPONSOR (full or partial) a dog rescued from Afghanistan, like Elaine
Broadhead did, for inclusion in the paws4prisons/paws4vets K-9
Training Program and eventual placement with a Veteran suffering from
PTSD, C-PTSD and/or TBI, please visit: www.AfghanDogZ.paws4vets.org.
I love this project,”
Elaine Broadhead told paws4people, Inc. Vice President, Diana
Kingsbury-Smith Keesee, “because of the hope and new life it
gives to inmates, veterans and animals, victims caught in a brutal
cycle of war and violence.”
The mission of the AfghanDogZ
Program is to rescue stray or abandoned dogs from the war zone in
Afghanistan.This process is accomplished through a strategic
partnership with a rescue organization in Afghanistan.
Upon the dog’s arrival
in the United States, these dogs are placed into the paws4prisons /
SlammerDogZ training program within federal prison facilities. Here,
the dogs are rehabilitated and taught basic/advanced obedience skills
by the federal inmates in the program.
Upon graduation from training,
the Afghan / SlammerDogZ will be placed with veterans suffering from
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), complex PTSD and/or Traumatic
Brian Injury (TBI) as a tool to aid them in their recovery process and
reconnect them with personal relationships in society.
Each dog cost $3,000 to rescue,
transport and receive required veterinary care.
The first Afghan / SlammerDogZ
is currently being identified in Kabul and when ready for transport
will be on its way to its new home, life and mission in America.
Question or comments about this
program should be directed towards:
DIANA KEESEE
540.882.3327
dianakeesee@gmail.com
If you represent a nonprofit organization, and wish to learn more about
how paws4people funds its efforts through online charity raffles, and
would like to participate to fund your own organization, contact us here.
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