Pawsitive Perspectives Assistance Dogs

“Randy patrick linda ball secretary exec, dir. Husband and wife”

“Board of directors review tax documents.”

“Disclosure of any potential conflict of interest is required”

“The salary of the treasurer is determined using comparability data obtained from the minnesota council of nonprofits, and is subject to deliberation by the board of directors, with the exclusion of affected individuals.”

“The salary of the executive director is determined using comparability data obtained from the minnesota council of nonprofits, and is subject to deliberation by the board of directors, with the exclusion of affected individuals.”

“Documents are available for review upon request.”

“PAWPADS”

“Pawsitive perspectives assistance dogs' (pawpads) charitable mission consists of two concurrent activities/goals based on both the outcome and the process of training assistance dogs: to enrich the lives of people with disabilities by providing them with exceptionally skilled assistance dogs and utilize the process of training the dogs as a therapeutic, educational or vocational experience.”

“Pawpads is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to facilitate the power of the human-canine bond, and enhance the lives of others, through the process of training assistance dogs and the outcome of placing them with people with disabilities. Pawpads'innovative programs demonstrate a symbiotic approach of addressing multiple needs within diverse populations including, but not limited to, youth at-risk, veterans, school-children, students at uwrf, and people with disabilities. Participants in our programs develop life-skills such as emotional regulations, self-control, communication skills, and empathy through working with pawpads dogs. Interns in our adept program are provided an in-depth educational experience on the training and placement of assistance dogs. During the fiscal year 2019-2020, pawpads: - successfully placed 2 service dogs with children with physical/mobility disabilities, 1 diabetic alert dog, 1 school resource dog, and 1 facility (senior resource dog). This included holding a 2-week partner training camp. - continued to further develop the asssistance dog education program and training (adept) internship program at university of wisconsin - river falls by increasing the number of interns and the number of dogs participating and expanding the curriculum. - as part of the adept ambassador program, four interns began preparation to host a national intercollegiate symposium for other programs and students who are training service dogs on campuses around the country. Unfortunately those plans were cancelled due to the covid-19 pandemic. - the interns also undertook education and advocacy opportunities by sharing information on assistance dogs and the laws to businesses, schools, service organizations and the general public. - continued to train and prepare dogs for placement, including service dogs for individuals with physical disabilities, diabetic alert dogs, and facility dogs. - conducted a 2-day school resource dog workshop for isd 194 teachers and administration and a 3-day jump start training workshop for adept interns.”