The Shakespearean puppies had their first official outing
today. They visited Highmark Blue Shield for their United Way campaign kick-off
event. Thank you to Highmark and the United Way for inviting us to be one of
your featured organizations at the event!
Hamlet, Brutus, Falstaff, Queen Mab, Cleopatra, Portia, and
of course, Bill Shakespeare had a blast at the Highmark building. Several of
our puppy raisers and puppy sitters work there, so first the puppies got to
meet many of our puppy raisers’ and sitters’ coworkers. The pups took over a
conference room and played until most of them fell asleep.
Then it was on to the main event! Our volunteers and some of
the wonderful employees at Highmark carried the sleepy puppies down to the
cafeteria, where the United Way kick-off event was being held. There, the
puppies were passed from one set of arms to the next as they greeted and
snuggled with Highmark employees. One employee said that getting to pet and
hold the puppies was like waking up on Christmas morning! The pups certainly
put smiles on everyone’s faces.
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| SSD Bill asleep in someone's arms |
The puppies benefited from all the attention, as well.
Meeting so many new people is an important part of the puppies’ training. They
need to learn that all different types of people are friendly. Every single
person who interacted with the puppies today was helping them on their journey
to becoming service dogs.
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| SSD Queen Mab and SSD Portia |
Thank you to everyone who has or will donate to the United
Way in support of SSD! The United Way is a wonderful organization that raises money
for the needs of the community, and SSD is a part of the United Way of the
Capital Region. Many company and groups, like Highmark Blue Shield, hold large
campaigns to raise money. If you would like to join Highmark in supporting the
United Way and SSD, you can make an online donation. If you choose to support
SSD, please remember that you need to designate your donation to SSD using this
code: 7024DOGS.
The puppies and their future partners thank you!
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| SSD Brutus |
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