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Garrity talks about animals who bring comfort to area schools, hospitals, and nursing homes. The task appears effortless for Riley, a seven-year veteran of Fidos for Freedom, a Laurel nonprofit that brings therapy dogs to nursing homes, hospitals, schools, and other facilities within 75 miles of its...

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Published in:The Washingtonian (Washington, D.C.) D.C.), 2015-12, Vol.51 (3), p.201
Main Author: Garrity, Philip
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
Subjects:
Animal assisted therapy
Dogs
Nursing homes
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Summary:Garrity talks about animals who bring comfort to area schools, hospitals, and nursing homes. The task appears effortless for Riley, a seven-year veteran of Fidos for Freedom, a Laurel nonprofit that brings therapy dogs to nursing homes, hospitals, schools, and other facilities within 75 miles of its headquarters. The animals' mission is simple: Give comfort and encouragement to those who could use some. (The organization's name is a reference to the independence these dogs provide.) They don't take holidays off, either--a few of the dogs will spend Christmas with sick children at Believe in Tomorrow Children's House at Johns Hopkins, in Baltimore.
ISSN:0043-0897