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Programs
Wags to Riches Scholarship Fund
Here are our Wags to Riches Scholarship
Fund information...
Since 2009 we have given 3 scholarships to
Yakima
Valley Community College for 2nd year
Veterinary Technician students.
Since 2009 we have given 2 scholarships to WSU
School of Veterinary Medicine for, at least,
2nd year students of Veterinary Medicine.
Congratulations to the students who were
selected. Each is very deserving of
these scholarships. One day we
expect that each of these students will,
in some way, help a rescue organization
somewhere as we helped them.
**NEW**
Wags to Riches Animal Rescue and Sanctuary
Inc., a 501 (c)3 organization, is pleased
to announce that, for the school year
starting Fall 2020, the Wags to Riches
Animal Rescue and Sanctuary, Inc.
Scholarship Fund is offering one $1,000.00
scholarship to a student who is, at
least, in their second year of the
Veterinary Technology Program at YVC.
Click on the link below to download a copy
of the application which includes the
criteria and all needed information to
complete the application.
Our deadline for receipt of the
completed paperwork is August 15,
2020.
If you have any questions please
leave a message on our message line,
509-453-4155,
for a member of the scholarship committee
to call.
Wags Scholarship Application 2020-2021 YVC
The
Wags to Riches Senior Pet Companion Program
The
Wags to Riches Senior Pet Companion Program
has been created, in partnership with
Yakima
County
Senior Meal Program and Manning Dog
Training, in response to a big need among
many of our low-income seniors in
Yakima
County
.
The
Senior Pet Companion Program is working
actively work with the seniors who are
registered with the Meals on Wheels Program
to help keep their best friend by their
sides and alleviate having to make the
choice between caring for their pets and
caring for themselves.
Many
researchers are finding that the most
serious disease for older persons is not
cancer or heart disease — it’s
loneliness. Studies demonstrate that
seniors, living on their own, who have pets
tend to have better physical health and
mental well-being than those who don’t.
They are more active, cope better with
stress and have better overall health.
The
Wags to Riches Senior Pet Companion Program
is a pilot program made possible in part by
a grant from the
Yakima
Valley
Community Foundation www.yvcf.com.
We Will, We Promise
Program
HAVE YOU MADE A PLAN?
What will happen
to your pets if they outlive you? Assuming
that
your children or
neighbor will take your pet is not always
the best thing for the pet.
WAGS TO RICHES CAN
HELP!
By including Wags
in your Will, you can be assured that we
will care for your pet.
You can
also state a distribution amount for the
care of your pet after you are deceased.
Read more about the...
We
Will, We Promise Program
Hair
Club of Yakima
Can't donate money,
products, or time but still want to help?
We take
dog, cat and horse hair. Email
[email protected]
for more information.
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Education
Program
Because
of the increasing incidents of animal abuse
and the direct correlation between children
who abuse animals and grow up to become
abusive adults to both animals and people
and because of the ever expanding pet
population Wags to Riches Animal Rescue has
worked to develop and refine an education
program designed to teach kids to be
respectful of animals, to be responsible pet
owners and to understand rescue and how they
can save animals too.
The
primary mission of this program, called The
3 “R’s” of Wags,
is to encourage, in children, the
lifelong appreciation of the value of
animals and of people’s relationships with
them and is designed to work with teachers
in meeting this program’s educational
goals.
We
hope to engender responsibility among young
people by developing concern for the
well-being of animals. Plus, what these kids
learn will impact many of their parents. These presentations are tailored to
the changing developmental levels of the
children.
The second program
component will prevent dog bites. Every year dog bites take place on school
grounds and in the neighborhoods.
According to information from the Center for
Disease Control (CDC) over 386,000 victims are
seen in hospital emergency rooms each year and
the average cost of treatment per patient is
over $18,200.00. With your help Wags
Volunteers will teach the Doggone Safe Program
to children and teens (and ultimately their
parents) how to read a dog’s body language.
With the tools to correctly read the
situation, children or adults can decelerate a
potentially bad situation. We have
those tools to share!
The 3 "R's" of
Wags is made possible, in part, with a
grant from Legends Casino-Yakama Cares
and the Petco Foundation.
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