Delta Society Beyond Limits Awards - Connie Gates & Katie

CONNIE GATES of Huntsville, AL and her partner, Katie, a 12-year-old Golden Retriever, are one of five finalist teams for the Delta Society's 2007 Beyond Limits Award as Pet Partners Team of the Year. They bring "unconditional acceptance, stress reduction and joy to residents and staff" at Hope Place in Huntsville, a shelter for woman and child victims of domestic violence, wrote one of their nominators. For the past ten years, Katie's big, wagging Golden tail and her Golden smile have brought the sparkle back into the eyes of many children and parents, adults and seniors, in the shelter, in a local rehabilitation hospital, and in therapy services residences for emotionally disturbed children removed from their families and for neglected children without families. Connie is a co-founder of Huntsville's Therapy Partners, Inc., and also serves on the board of the Greater Huntsville Humane Society, which generates many activities for Connie and Katie. They participate in the local Alzheimer's walk, the annual Christmas parade, and in Therapy Partners' speakers bureau, making presentations in schools about the work of therapy dogs. To vote for any of the five finalists, log on to www.deltasociety.org before November 5. Videos of all five finalists (Sarah Allen, Maggie Crawford, Connie Gates, Monica Payson, Karla Rose) can be viewed on YouTube.

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[animalLuverify]

so cute. I have a dog and his personalty is just like katie's. do you think he would be a good match for the delta society?

[1minihorse]

Wonderful, isn't Delta just wonderful. I hope when I'm too old to take Lily on visits that my family will volunteer to go throught the evaluation process and continue the visitations we are currently doing. Thanks for sharing!

[70pinky]

Great video. And what a great job you do.

[js8843]

It's a great video, Miss Gates was one of favorite teachers at Grissom, and she is obviously still carrying on the same great stuff,

Thanks Miss Gates

Stan Jackson

[CSIAddict]

what a gorgaus and special dog