Consumer & B2B : Healthcare
Consumer & B2B : Charities & Charitable Giving
Consumer & B2B : Health & Wellness
Consumer & B2B : Therapy Animals
Consumer & B2B : Animal Charities
Business Description
Therapy Animals
The Human - Animal Health Connection®
Founded in Portland in 1977, today Delta
Society is a 501(c)(3)
both and international and Oregon non-profit organization. Our
mission is to advance human health and well-being through positive
interactions with animals. We help people throughout the world
become healthier and happier by incorporating animal therapy, service
and companion animals into their lives.
Animal CharitiesTo achieve our mission we:
- Educate healthcare and other professionals on how to incorporate
animals into goal-directed treatment
or visiting animal activities to
improve the lives of those they serve.
- Provide 'gold standard' therapy
animal curriculum and training
and inspire people to volunteer
with their pets in their local communities.
- Empower individuals with disabilities
to maximize their quality of life
by providing service animal related
information and resources.
- Advance knowledge about research
which reflects how interactions
with animals have a positive effect
on human lives.
The Delta Society homepage : www.deltasociety.org
Link to our DVD – www.deltasociety.org/momentbymoment
Donate to the Delta Society – www.deltasociety.org/donate
Link to our Ways to Help page (Get involved) – www.deltasociety.org/waystohelp
Monthly Discovery Sessions
Learn more about the healing power of pets and how you might get
involved with Delta Society by attending one of their free, monthly
Discovery Sessions. They are held on the 2nd Thursday of every
month from 7 – 8pm. Contact: jenniferm@deltasociety.org to
learn more. (We never ask for donations at these events.)
Volunteer with Your Pet
Want to volunteer
with your pet to visit hospitalized patients,
seniors in elder care, or help children
learn to read? Sign up for a Pet Partners (therapy animal team)
Workshop. Find a Workshop : www.deltasociety.org/coursesandevaluations
Services
Human-Animal Bond Resource Center
Learn more about the wide variety of health benefits people of
all ages through our library or articles, abstracts and other resources.
Subject matter includes the healing power of pets for children,
adults, seniors and families.
The National Service Animal Resource Center
The National Service Animal Resource Center is a web-based Delta
Society program, providing information and resources for people
with disabilities, as well as their friends and family, who are
considering getting a service animal or who are currently partnered
with a service animal.
Pet Partner's® Program
Delta Society's Pet
Partners program trains and screens volunteers
and their pets for visiting animal programs in hospitals, nursing
homes, rehabilitation centers, schools and other facilities.
Recommendations
Delta Society would like to thank Purina for being a wonderful
partner supporting our
organization in many ways. We are
also very proud to have Dove Lewis and the Oregon
Humane Society as affiliate groups helping to reach more people in need of visits
from therapy animal teams.
