Dine with your Dog

Cranial Technologies participated in the Dine with your Dog event to benefit Phoenix Children’s Hospital Animal Assisted Therapy program.

The Animal Assisted Therapy Program currently has 27 “teams” i.e. one human volunteer and one canine. Health regulations require that a hospital-employed escort accompanies the dog visits at all times when making contact with patients. But, PCH does not use patient revenue to fund that position -- hence the fund-raising efforts to cover the salary of that one employee (and maybe a part-time second one, so the number of teams can be increased).

Animal-assisted therapy acts as a catalyst to motivate patients to help themselves. A child will happily take a dog for a walk, or throw the animal a ball, forgetting the pain for a little while and moving closer to going home.

CranialTech staff and their dogs enjoyed all the events of the evening including the Sniff ‘N Greet social hour and the fashion show.