Mission Working Dogs
Christy Gardner has been training service dogs and therapy dogs for the past nine years but wanted to grow that dream to help more Mainers in need. Mission Working Dogs was founded in July 2020 as a local non-profit to do just that. The organization serves to train service dogs and therapy dogs for the local community and has cleared land to build a new training center this fall. Come meet Christy, their dogs and handlers to learn more about this amazing program! Christina "Christy" Gardner is a 39 year old retired Army veteran from Lewiston, Maine. She was injured overseas in 2006 and spent nearly five years rehabbing before she was finally able to live on her own again. She was able to start participating in adaptive sports, thanks to her Service Dog, Moxie. She’s now an assistant captain of the US Women’s Para Ice Hockey Team as well as an alternate for Tokyo 2020ne in shot put and discus. She also represented the USA at the Para Surfing World Championships in 2020. This program will be an in person program, is family friendly, and will take place in the Androscoggin Community Room. For our planning purposes, registration is required; to register, visit the Events calendar on our website -- www.auburnpubliclibrary.org; contact the Reference Desk at 207-333-6640, ext. 4; or email dwallace@auburnpubliclibrary.org. This program is part of our Adult Summer Reading Program, “Tales with Tails” during which we have been reading, learning, and talking about summer, nature and animals – both wild and domestic! Our next, and final, program in our summer series will feature wildlife rehabilitation with Auburn’s own Misfits Rehab. For more information about this and other upcoming programs visit our website or contact us, as above.
Date and Time
Wednesday Aug 11, 2021
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM EDT
August 11, 2021 4-5 p.m.
Location
Auburn Public Library 49 Spring Street Auburn, ME 04210
Fees/Admission
Free
Contact Information
Donna Wallace
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