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Teams: Randy / Lexi, Melanie / Gretta, Celeste / Winnie, Tom / Mya volunteered at the Salvation Army's Angel tree Distribution event at the old Circuit City store on E. State, Dec. 17,18,19 2024.
Marquette Elementary had a situation and invited our teams to visit the school Dec. 4 from 8:00 - 1:30. What a difference our pups made for staff & students.
Teams participating included:
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Dawn / Poppy - Standard Poodle
Robyn / Honey - Yellow Lab
Jane / Louie - Black Poodle
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Celeste / Winnie - French Bulldog
Tom / Jarvis - Bulldog mix
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This is the 3rd year that 815PAWS has has participated in the Stroll On State Parade. We wish to thank Jennifer Furst for her dedication to our group in making this happen and all our teams that participated.
Rock River Blood Drive​
November 4, 12:00-5:00
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Pecatonica HS
Jeannie / Lottie
Randy / Lexi
Tom / Mya
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Rock River Blood Drive​
November 7, 8:00 - 1:00
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Harlem HS
Celeste / Winnie
Dawn / Poppy
Tom / Mya
Our teams participated in 3 Halloween Parades this year. October 30 & 31. We went to the Courthouse, Independence Village Senior Living, and FairHaven Christian Retirement Center. This has become a favorite of many people.
Tom & Mya spent Saturday morning, October 12 at the North Park / Loves Park Fire Departments Open House. North Park hosted the event at their new facility on Harlem Road. Mya greeted many friends and neighbors along with the first responders.
Three Golden's visit Harlem Middle School this morning. Randy / Lexi, Tom /Mya, Juliette / Charlie
7 teams attended the Active Shooter Drill at Cherry Valley Mall, October 6th. Teams included: Melanie/Gretta, Susie/Queenie, Jennifer/Kerry, Celeste/Winnie, Robyn/Honey, Kevin/Finn, Tom/Mya. We were there to support the First Responders and volunteers that participated in the drill. It was a definate learning experience.
3 teams spent the evening at White Swan Neighbor Watch Picnic, September 26
Queenie waits for her turn in the bouncy house. Mya and Winnie make a new friend.
Mya gets her toenails painted .
Queenie & Mya spent the morning at UW Health Kids Safety Festival. We made lots of people smile, saw the Rockford Fire Trucks, the SWAT, connected with lots of area medical organizations.
Sept. 21, 2024
Cars, Cops, K9 event supporting First Responders and the Gred Lindmark Foundation. Nine (9) 815PAWS teams participated in the event Saturday, September 7th at the Machesney Park Mall.
2024 Event Pictures
Rockton PTO Family Fun Night / Picnic. 4 teams spent the evening. Tom/Mya, Melanie/Gretta. We even got our picture taken with Hammy from the Ice Hogs. I only allow 1 student team at a time, so Marianne/Molly 5:00 - 6:00 and Linda/Charlie 6:00 - 7:00
The first days of school were a great success at Harlem MS and Harlem HS.
Harlem HS was a couple of great days. We started off greeting the students as they got off the bus in the morning, took a break, then returned during the 3 lunch periods. We re-kindled many friendships from the past year and made many new ones. Betsy/Murry, Lily/Connie, Queenie/Susie, Winnie/Celeste, & Tom/Mya all made some special moments.
Gracie, Charlie, & Mya spent 3 evenings at Harlem MS during their Open House. One night for each grade level. On the last evening Kerry joined the group. We all made lots of new friends.
815PAWS had teams at 4 local 'National Night Out' locations. Roscoe, Harlem HS, Cherry Valley, and Belvidere.
Finn/Kevin, Gretta/Melanie, & Mya/Tom participated in the Family Fun Night at Life Church in Roscoe on Aug. 10. Everyone had a great time.
The Chicago / Rockford International Airport gave a few of our teams a quick tour and then we visited with the passengers that were on their way to Fort Meyers, Florida.
We received this beautiful new Euro Max Canopy from a generous donor. We have great teams that serve Winnebago, Boone, DeKalb and several other other surrounding counties. There are 4 sides, we just put 1 on.
Members Celeste / Winnie and Dawn / Poppy join Tom /Mya as new members of the courthouse Therapy Dog Teams.
Police Memorial Week at the Cherry Valley Mall, and service at Riverside Community Church.
We spent 3 mornings at the Belvideer Fire Dept explaining what our dogs can do for them.
Members join students at a local high school during state testing prep April 9th & 10th.
Members of the 815PAWS Team are joining forces with the Rock River Chaplain's Association. Our initial meeting was March 13. Chaplain Corey Whitford explained what he pictured us doing and the training process.
A big Thank You to Carie and Bertha for taking care of our Facebook pages. Bertha is pictured here, I think she is telling Cari it looks great.
We say Good-Bye to Tucker. He passed over the Rainbow Bridge suddenly February 28. This is a picture of his last visit at the Elementary school just a week before and another picture of him with students at Hononegah HS during exams in December. He will be missed. Tucker was only 6 1/2 years old. He was one of the first pups I certified in May of 2021. Good-bye Tucker, Tom.
Chief and Poppy visit with students at Harlem HS during their January Rock River Valley Blood Drive.
Just a few of our weekly visits, check our our other page to see all the places our group visits on a weekly basis.
