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Every day our volunteers take their own specially trained and certified pets to schools, hospitals, prisons, community events, libraries and rahb facillities to motivate, comfort and inspire people by promotoing excellence in health, hope, and healing. Therapet has served over 30 years and currently in contracted with 13 facilities. What started with a handfull of volunteers has now grown to 140 human volunteers, 70 dogs, 3 cats, and one cockatoo. Therapet is 100% donor-supported and we dont charge any facility, p0rogram or person for our services. Therapet animals inspire patients in therapy to stand a little longer and walk a little farther. The Therapets encourag and movtivate children to read aloud and provide comfort to patients and victims of various forms of abuse. Here is a list of our facilities we serve:
Beckville ISD, Breckenridge Village Adult Living, Chapel Hill ISD, Children's Advocacy Center of SmithCounty, CHRISTUS Mother Francis Hospital of Tyler, CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Francis Rehab Facility/Encompass Health Tyler, East Texas Crisis Center, Tyler, Lillie Russell Memorial Library Lindale, TX., Rusk State Hospital, Rusk, TX. Skyview Unit of Texas Dept. of Correctioins Rusk. Tx., UT health East Texas, Tyler, Wayne Boshears Center for Exceptional Programs, Tyler ISD., Various Community events at TJC, and UT University.