My Nonprofit Reviews

My therapy dog Molly, a Black Lab/Great Pyrenees mix, and I visit the cancer floor at Children's Hospital twice a month as part of the Sit, Stay, Read program. This program allows children who are in the hospital for an extended time to practice and hone their reading skills by reading books to a Hand in Paw dog. Usually the children come out to the common area and we sit on the floor to read books to Molly. When the children are too small to read then we read books to them while Molly lies next to them. If a child is confined to their bed then we visit the individual room and the child reads as Molly lies on the floor next to the bed. Once in a while a child is too sick and doesn’t feel like reading so they just pet and hug Molly and forget their troubles for a few minutes. We are so happy to bring some joy to these children who are going through so much and at the same time help them keep up with their reading skills so they will not be behind when they go home and back to school.