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The Organization

Delta Society®
875 - 124th Ave NE, Ste 101
Bellevue, WA 98005
Phone: 425-679-5500
Fax: 425-679-5539
Web site: www.deltasociety.org
Email: info@deltasociety.org.

Mission

"Improving human health through service and therapy animals."

Our vision is a world in which people are healthier and happier because companion, therapy, and service animals share our everyday lives.

Delta Society is an international, non-profit organization that unites people who have mental and physical disabilities and patients in healthcare facilities with professionally trained animals to help improve their health.

Delta Society Programs

Pet Partners® Program/Animal-Assisted Therapy Services

The Pet Partners Program trains volunteers and screens pets for participation in animal visiting and therapy programs in hospitals, nursing homes, rehabilitation centers and schools.
Animal-Assisted Therapy Services helps healthcare facilities and trains professionals to establish effective programs.
There are currently over 10,000 Pet Partner teams in the U.S. and 11 countries, who helped over 1,000,000 people in 2007.
There are hundreds of healthcare facilities on a waiting list that need more Pet Partners.

National Service Dog Center^®/Service Dog Education System

The goal of the National Service Dog Center is to assist people with disabilities in achieving greater independence and surmounting barriers in their environment through service dogs.
The Center provides referrals and information to people with disabilities with service animals facing discrimination or seeking a service dog through its web site at www.deltasociety.org.
Delta Society is developing the Service Dog Education System , which is for people who want to learn how to train service dogs.

Health Benefits of Animals

Activities that educate individuals and families on how companion animals improve their health and well-being in everyday life.
Delta Society's twice-yearly magazine, Interactions, is available to members and features stories on how animals improve the quality of the lives of the people with whom they interact. Membership dues start at $50 and are tax-deductible.

Delta Society's Beyond Limits™ Awards

Delta Society's Beyond Limits Awards recognize outstanding animal companions that improve the health and well-being of people through their work. Each year, Delta Society honors the very best in the field of the human-animal bond. Each of the winners, and the nominees, have made a significant impact on the lives of the people and animals they touch.

Service Animals are recognized for the work they do for their owners (e.g., alerting to the telephone, retrieving dropped items, and even helping with the laundry). These animals have remarkable sensitivity and ability and provide their owners with greater independence.

Therapy Animals are recognized for the love they share and the hope and assistance they bring to children and adults in rehabilitation centers, hospitals and nursing homes.

Board of Directors

	Gregg Takashima, DVM, Chair President, The Parkway Veterinary Hospital
	Mal Brett. Schwartz, Vice Chair President, MBS Associates
	Donald J. Hardy, Treasurer Retired
	Chuck Granoski, Secretary Attorney / Owner, The Law Offices of Betzendorfer & Granoski
	Brenda Bax Purina
	David Bell Retired
	Joyce Briggs CEO of ClaraVista Strategies
	Laird Goodman, DVM Murray Hill Vet Hospital
	Greer Griffith Independent Design Consultant, Freelance Art Director Registered Pet Partner with Clayton & Fauna, 2000 - 2007
	Stephanie LaFarge, PhD Senior Director of Counseling Services, ASPCA Counseling Services
	Chair Emeritus: Jan Fisher Director, Global Public Issues & Positioning, The Boeing Company Registered Pet Partner with Maid, 2003 - 2005