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Archived News 2003 |
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CWAC table display at Loblaws - Bells
Corners
CWAC celebrates International Disability Day December 3, 2003
Canines with a Cause special presentation
to the Bells Corners Girl Guides Canines with a Cause was invited to do a presentation with the Girl Guides groups in the district area of Bells Corners. A group of 36 young girls (ages 9-12) and their leaders were able to learn more about some of the challenges some people face daily when dealing with their disabilities, different types of service dogs and tasks they do to help their partner gain more independence.
Here's some of the feedback we received from one of the Girl Guide Leader:
We want to express our appreciation to Barbara Maxwell for organizing this presentation and the rest of the leaders and Girls at the Girl Guides Bells Corners District for all their efforts in helping create awareness and raising funds for Canines with a Cause. UPDATE Jan.2004: The wonderful Girl Guides Bells Corners District groups have organized their own fundraiser for Canines with a Cause and worked hard to make doggie bandanas which were sold by them during one of their public events. There will be an official presentation of the collections from this fundraiser at a later date in March 2004. Thank you girls & ladies! RBC Royal Bank - Kinburn Branch makes
public donation towards the purchase of CWAC puppy/ies during
October 3, 2003 event.  RBC Royal Bank Kinburn ON staff, left to right: Kirk Dudtschak, Bob Bouchard, Bette Deugo, Darlene Dickson, Jackie Laughlin, Debbie Cline, Suzanne Lalonde, Ron Sauve. Front, CWAC founder Miriam Mas and Noah. On October 3, the Kinburn Royal Bank branch presented Canines with a Cause a donation of $750 towards the purchase of a puppy/ies to enter the program. The warm welcoming and the excitement of each and every staff member who were all very concious of the positive impact of their donation was to remember. This is a wonderful statement of support for our efforts in helping people with disabilities achieve more independence with the assistance of a service dog. There are a great amount of "CWAC Heroes" behind the success of each certified team (applicant + service dog) that helps making the dream of independence possible. Today, the RBC Royal Bank staff at Kinburn branch have become a great piece of the puzzle. You are definitely a part of the future success in making someone's dream of independence possible.When groups like yours decide to help out with monetary contributions, it truly makes a great impact. On behalf of our board of directors, and on behalf of a future recipient of a service dog: THANK YOU! Read article " Royal Bank says 'thank you' by donating funds" that appeared on the Arnprior Newspaper and West Carleton Review Newspaper. Saturday August 16, 2003 Canines with
a Cause will be at the Central Canada Exhibition Super EX.
Come to the Super EX at The Petfest Pavillion and visit our table booth on Saturday August 16, 2003 and meet our representatives and our puppy in training Noah! Click here to view a map of the location. NOTE: due to an unforeseen cause, Lisa and Kiwi won't be present during this event. Upcoming Presentation at the Centennial Branch Public Library for Young children (ages 5-6) July 9, 2003 Canines with a Cause has been invited to do a special presentation this July for a group of young children (ages 5-6) at the Centennial Branch Public Library in Bells Corners. Limited spaces available. For more information on how to register, contact Andrea JP Gowing. If you wish to schedule a presentation, please check the pertinent information in our Services page.Check were some of our past presentations have taken place. Bob & Doughboy's Graduation Ceremony - July 5, 2003
Bells Corners Weekly News Article - "Service dogs earn graduation honours after completing course June 26, 2003
"Canines with a Cause" AND
"Adolescents at Risk & K-9's" NOTE: This collaboration is no longer active at this time - 2004
One of the end results from the AARK program is trained Service Dogs ready for placement. Thus, working in collaboration with AARK represents that Canines with a Cause would be able to help more applicants in need of Assistance Dogs. To learn more about this wonderful program, and/or to provide support to it, visit their website: http://members.rogers.com/braziermas/aark. Disability Awareness Week Canines with a Cause to participate during the Disability Awareness Week - with CCRA (Canada Customes and Revenue Agency). We will have a table display at CCRA Head Quarters - Heron Rd. Ottawa on Friday June 5. Canines with a Cause Canines with a Cause was pleased to certifiy and celebrate the success of our newest team: Bob and Doughboy (AKA Cogan) successfully passed all the training and tests on May 10, 2003 and are beginning a new chapter in their life together.. Congratulations to both! Team Training for our soon to be
1st Graduate We will be performing Team Training for our soon to-be 1st Graduate team starting during the first half of May 2003. Stay toon for updates. Our latest addition to the program:
Noah We are pleased to announce that we have a new addition to the Canines with a Cause program. Noah, a Black Lab puppy has entered the training program to become Canines with a Cause 'demo' dog to be used during our public presentations and events. He will be trained as a Service Dog and might potentially become the stud dog for our future Breeding Program. We want to thank Blair Animal Hospital and Canadian Canine Training Academy for their wonderful support with Noah. Please check his page for more updates on his progress. If you are interested in sponsoring Noah, please visit our "Sponsoring a Service Dog" page. Dog Picture Contest - ongoing On monthly basis Help us on our Fundraising
efforts by sending us your best shots! Your picture could be published
in our next Canines with a Cause Calendar or printed as a greeting
card available for purchase as fundraiser for Canines with a Cause..
Check out the details. Presentation at Canadian Canine Training
Academy, Professional Dog Training students Randy Chartrand, founder and trainer at Canadian Canine Training Academy invited Canines with a Cause for a special presentation to their group of students taking their Professional Dog Training course. This was Doughboy's last demonstration since he will be entering Team Training with a qualified applicant next week and will no longer be available for demonstrations. Canines with a Cause was glad to provide insight on the process of training these very special dogs. Thank you, Randy for endlessly promoting our cause! Presentations to Sparks and Cubs at Elmdale School Kerry Adams, one of the Sparks Leaders and Michael Roy, one of the Cubs leaders both at the Elmdale School kindly requested a presentation for their groups. Tuesday April 15 we met with the Sparks group with delight. The girls were very eager to learn about Service Dogs and ways they help their partners that are wheelchair users. Their intense attention became very obvious when one of the girls kindly asked: "Miss, could you "pause" the presentation for a moment, I need to go to the bathroom and I don't want to miss anything.". This was Noah's (3 month old black lab in-training) first attendance at one of our presentation. Thursday April 17 we met with the Cubs group who were also very eager to take in how much these dogs change the life of someone affected with a mobility related disability. Their leaders were great at also combining the presentation with awareness exercises where they experienced personally how difficult some tasks could be if they were limited with a disability. This was most likely Doughboy's last presentation, since he has finalized the training program and will soon start team training with his new handler prior to graduating from Canines with a Cause. We want to thank both groups for being such good participants
and listeners as well as for collecting a donation for Canines
with a Cause. Special presentation given at Algonquin College Residence Toni Connolly, Team Leader at The Centre for Students with Disabilities (Algonquin College), organized a special presentation for interested students with disabilities from Algonquin College. Canines with a Cause was very pleased to present information on Service Dogs in general, about the Canines with a Cause organization itself, and application process and Doughboy was there to "show off" some of the tasks he's learned so far. Thanks Toni for your assistance, and thank you to everybody involved
in arranging the availability of the room and taking the time
to attend. Looking for occasional short-term foster care for a pup-in
training CWAC is currently looking to find occasional short-term foster care for anything from half a day to a few days for Noah, an 8-week old Black Lab puppy in-training.
Preferred if located in Bells Corners area or near the west end of the city. If interested in volunteering for this activity, please contact
us. CWAC special presentation to local groups representatives On February 12, CWAC conducted a special presentation dedicated to a group of representatives from local organizations. Organizations attending this presentation were MS- Society of Canada (Ottawa chapter), Paul Menton Centre for Students with Disabilities (Carleton University), and the Centre for Students with Disabilities (Algonquin College). During this presentation, CWAC shared information regarding Service Dogs in general, as well as general knowledge on Canines with a Cause, including our purpose and goals, who can qualify for a Service Dog, the application process and follow up services after graduation etc. A live demonstration with Doughboy also took place. We also discussed ways to work together in finding a qualified applicant for Doughboy. Both the representatives from Algonquin College and Carleton University kindly requested if CWAC would be available to do a presentation/demo to a group of their students with disabilities, which we agreed to do in the near future. Also, the representative from MS-Society offered to post an article on CWAC and Doughboy to help find the right candidate and create more awareness at their end. Thank you to all those who kindly took the time to attend and learn more about CWAC, Service Dogs, and Doughboy. Working together to serve the community is a common goal! Tax receipts in people's stockings A few days before Christmas, Canines with a Cause had the pleasure to meet with a kindhearted lady, who's name is Lary Lindsay. She was looking to provide Canines with a Cause with a very generous cash donation on behalf of 9 members of her family, each one of them who would find a tax receipt in their stockings on Christmas day. Lary was glad to skip the crowded malls and stores and as she commented: "For me, having the opportunity to meet you and Clancy and Doughboy as part of my Christmas "shopping" was so much fun - sure beats pushing your way through a crowded shopping mall!" Needless to say she got a free calendar !! She mentioned that she had thought about purchasing the calendars instead but had thought that we would get more money this way and still be able to sell calendars. What a nice lady! On behalf of all the board I thanked her for her generosity and support. Back to top Archived News & Past Events
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