Organizations Filed Purposes:
The Organizations mission is to inspire confidence, compassion and best behaviors in at-risk children through pet therapy.
GABRIEL's ANGELS HAS 187 CERTIFIED PET THERAPY TEAMS AND 47 HELPING HANDS SERVING OVER 12,500 CHILDREN THROUGH 107 PARTNER AGENCIES. PET THERAPY TEAMS VISIT CRISIS NURSERIES, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND HOMELESS SHELTERS, AND RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT CENTERS FOR TEENS AND GROUP HOMES ALL IN AN EFFORT TO INTERVENE IN CHILDRENS' LIVES AND BREAK THE CYCLE OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. PET THERAPY TEAMS PROVIDE CONSISTENT WEEKLY OR BI-WEEKLY PET THERAPY VISITS AT 107 PARTNER AGENCIES. THE AVERAGE VISIT LASTS ONE TO ONE AND ONE-HALF HOURS. GABRIEL'S ANGELS SERVES CHILDREN FROM INFANT TO 18 YEARS OLD. EACH YEAR, GABRIEL'S ANGELS ENGAGES AN OUTSIDE, INDEPENDENT SERVICE TO PROVIDE PROGRAM EVALUATION. ACCORDING TO FACILITY STAFF AT PARTNER AGENCIES, GABRIEL'S ANGELS IS POSITIVELY IMPACTING SEVEN CORE BEHAVIORS: ATTACHMENT, CONFIDENCE, SELF-REGULATION, AFFILIATION, AWARENESS, TOLERANCE AND RESPECT. GABRIEL'S ANGELS BELIEVES THEY HAVE MADE A POSITIVE IMPACT IN ELIMINATING BEHAVIORAL PREDICTORS OF FUTURE VIOLENCE AND IS COMMITTED TO BREAKING THE CYCLE OF VIOLENCE AND ABUSE THROUGH PET THERAPY VISITATIONS.The Animals, Books and Children (ABC) Program is available to school based, Title 1, partner agencies and children in 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade. These students are identified by school staff as reading far below grade level and showing signs of negative or at-risk behaviors such as a lack of confidence. The Therapy Team spends 15-20 minutes reading with the same children, for 19 weeks/one semester . The Therapy Team is trained in using dog-first language during reading activities: Fido didnt quite understand that sentence. Could you read it to him again? Dogs are non-judgmental so children are less self-conscious when reading aloud to them. The program uses reading materials at the childs current reading level to provide reading practice and the Therapy Team incorporates activities that help develop core behaviors that are crucial to successful social development. This program expansion began in 2016 and is available in metropolitan Phoenix, Tucson and Prescott.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Pamela Gaber | CEO | 40 | $135,127 |
| Larry D Bergholz | COO & FINANCE | 40 | $117,909 |
| Michele Shipitofsky | CHIEF DEV. OFC. | 40 | $106,639 |
| Jeanne-Marie Hormell | Director | 2 | $0 |
| Tammy Bartelt | Director | 2 | $0 |
| Micalann Pepe | Director | 2 | $0 |
| Kelly Nelson | Director | 4 | $0 |
| Patty Nelson | 2nd Vice Chair | 2 | $0 |
| Jp Chalcara | Director | 4 | $0 |
| Ann Mccartney | Treasurer | 2 | $0 |
| Liz Illg | Director | 2 | $0 |
| Kathleen Holmes | Director | 2 | $0 |
| Caroline Conner | Secretary | 2 | $0 |
| David Horowitz | MEMBER AT LARGE | 2 | $0 |
| John Cole | MEMBER AT LARGE | 2 | $0 |
| Nan Ater | CHAIR | 4 | $0 |
| Julie Ernst | Director | 2 | $0 |
| Jill Heuer | 1ST VICE CHAIR | 4 | $0 |
| Shelley Newman | PAST CHAIR | 4 | $0 |
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