Roxy™ Therapy Dogs Receives $4,000 Grant from Bucks County Foundation
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November 18, 2019
DOYLESTOWN, PA: Roxy Therapy Dogs received a $4,000 grant from the Bucks County Foundation (BCF). This is the third year the non-profit organization has been awarded the grant. The grant will help Roxy Therapy Dogs support its programs including Elementary School Reading Inspiration, Student Specialized Support and Secondary School Stress Relief within the Central Bucks School District, as well as Courthouse Companionship and Pediatric Comfort programs which benefit children across Bucks County.
“The Bucks County Foundation Board continues to be impressed by the excellent work done by Roxy Therapy Dog teams. We are happy to support their efforts; as dedicated volunteers, they definitely make the most of our grants. In a recent visit to Central Bucks West, one student said it best after a few minutes petting a Roxy dog, “…that makes my whole day feel better”, said Foundation Executive Director Linda Goodwin.
Certified Roxy Therapy Dog teams visit over 3,200 children each week as part of the school programs. Approximately 30% of the classrooms Roxy teams visit in the Central Bucks School District are specialized classes including children with multiple disabilities, Autism, and with special needs including learning support, life skills, and emotional support.
Under the direction of its volunteer president, Sharon Fleck, Roxy Therapy Dogs has advanced its mission by creating a better understanding of the connection between people and dogs, cultivating successful programs that benefit everyone involved, and building strong relationships with community leaders, organizations and partners.
“Roxy Therapy Dogs is incredibly grateful for the continued support of our friends at Bucks County Foundation. As a non-profit organization, this grant helps cover our operating costs.”
Thanks to their generosity and belief in our mission, our Roxy volunteers are able to continue providing much-needed support and comfort to the children in our community,” said Sharon Fleck, Roxy President.
About Bucks County Foundation
The Bucks County Foundation is a charitable trust created to serve Bucks County and its residents. The Foundation helps individuals who love this community and want to support it in perpetuity-by establishing a named fund, leaving a bequest in a will, or supporting an agency endowment. Working with the Foundation, donors can arrange ongoing financial support for their favorite organizations or for a general field of interest. Or they can specify that their gifts should be used to meet the County’s greatest needs. Since its founding in 1979, the Foundation has provided over $3 Million in scholarships for Bucks County students to attend college. It has given grants to help needy families and homeless animals, support the arts, education, museums, the environment and the Bucks County Free Library, among many others. For more information, visit www.buckscountyfoundation.org
About Roxy Therapy Dogs
Roxy Therapy Dogs is a non-profit organization that provides a dependable support system for thousands of children in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Their programs promote literacy in schools, soothe fears in the courthouse, and comfort pediatric patients, medically fragile children, cognitively and physically challenged children, and teens struggling with anxiety, stress and grief. Roxy Therapy Dogs unique services are provided entirely by volunteer, certified pet therapy teams absolutely free of charge to all the children and families in our community. For more information, visit www.roxytherapydogs.org
Media Contact: Jennifer Ashenfelter, 215-896-2389 or jenniferashenfelter@gmail.com
Pictured from left to right are:
Sharon Fleck, President of Roxy Therapy Dogs and her therapy dog Mo; Peter VanDine, Board member for Bucks County Foundation; Linda Goodwin, Executive Director of Bucks County Foundation; Cheryl Luginbuhl, Board member for Roxy Therapy Dogs and her therapy dog Finn.