CONTACT: Meg Marcozzi, Marketing Manager
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Hagley Creek Kids Request
Donations for Paws and People Assisting Wounded Warriors (PpaWWs)
Wilmington, Delaware – July 2012 – Hagley
Creek Kids, high school students participating in a volunteer youth leadership
program, are partnering with Paws and People Assisting Wounded Warriors (PpaWWs),
to raise awareness of the challenges wounded veterans face today during their
July 17 and 22 program. PPAWW is a non-profit who provides Service Dogs to Wounded Warriors who suffer from
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and
mobility issues. The Creek Kids are asking for donations
of leashes, dog toys, and collars at their “Black Powder” program, a
kid-friendly event that will focus on military and non-military uses of black powder.
Activities will be 12:30 to 4 p.m. The cost is included in museum admission.
Janet and Bill Austin,
representatives from PpaWWs, will talk to visitors about the program and
service dogs. Bill’s dog, JP, will also attend the event. Visitors can learn
about JP’s responsibilities for Bill and the benefits of service dogs for
veterans. Donations of any dog-related item will be accepted: leashes, collars,
dog toys, flea and tick medicine, shampoo, and bedding are suggested.
The Creek Kids have an afternoon of
activities for families. Kids can make gunpowder truffles (an edible treat) and
powder kegs, discover how different colors are made for fireworks, and explore
an encampment – complete with enlisting and drilling. Hagley’s signal cannon
will be fired during the program.
The
Creek Kids program is supported, in part, by Mercer Health & Benefits Company.
About
PpaWWs
Paws and People Assisting Wounded Warriors does
not provide fully trained dogs, but rather young dogs that have passed a
temperament test, been house-trained, socialized, and taught basic manners.
Warriors participate in a six month program that focuses on a series of
training stages and exercises for the Warrior/Dog team that both customizes the
dog to the Warrior's needs as well as providing cognitive therapy for the
Warrior.
PpaWWs’s mission is to help Wounded Warriors with
Traumatic Brain Injury and Combat Stress Syndrome (PTSD) heal mind, body and
spirit through the guided training and therapy of Service Dogs. More
information is available at www.PpaWWs.org.
About
Hagley Museum and Library
In
the spirit of the du Pont family who founded the black powder mills along the
Brandywine, Hagley Museum and Library is committed to giving back to our
community.
The
museum is located on Route 141 in Wilmington, Delaware. Admission to the entire 235-acre museum is $11 for adults, $9 for
students and senior citizens, $4 for children six to fourteen, and free for
members and children five and under. Hagley asks that pets stay home.
Hagley
Museum and Library collects, preserves, and interprets the unfolding history of
American enterprise. Call (302) 658-2400 weekdays for more information or visit
www.hagley.org.
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