Organizations Filed Purposes:
Therapets mission is to utilize specially trained and certified animals to promote health, hope, and healing. We accomplish this mission by:1. Establishing and communicating standards for using specially trained animals in the healthcare setting.2. Providing education to health care professionals.3. Educating communities on opportunities and benefits of Animal Assisted Therapy.4. Training, certifying, and assuring competency of human/animal volunteer teams.
Since 1994, Therapet has provided Animal Assisted Activities (AAA) or Animal Assisted Therapy (AAT) free of charge. Therapet is directly involved in a wide range of human services including physical and cognitive rehabilitation, therapeutic interventions with victims of family violence and sexual assault, reading programs, education seminars, and community events. In 2019, Therapet sponsored approximately 114 human/animal teams including over 100 dogs, 3 cats and a cockatoo, served over 20 agencies and approximately 65 community events. Therapet teams served the community with approximately 10,757 volunteer hours of AAA/AAT and an estimated 50,000 human/animal encounters yearly. Therapets 2019 accomplishments:1. Therapet Skills Class: Therapet continued training teams with seven formal classes especially designed to train new teams. 20 new teams were certified.2.Team re-certification: To ensure Therapet teams are highly skilled, certified teams undergo an annual recertification process and volunteer orientation. 79 teams were recertified.3.AAA/AAT programs: Therapet maintained or enhanced AAA/AAT services to an extremely wide range of settings. These include the following:a.Community agencies who provide emergency shelter for victims of domestic violence and sexual abuse.b.Community agencies who serve as advocate for abused children.c.Hospitals, rehabilitation centers and schools for patients, clients, students who are mentally challenged, have a neurologic deficit due to stroke, injury or birth defect or those who are recovering from major surgical procedures or debilitating diseases.d.Community agencies and schools to assist students reading below grade level improve reading skills and comprehension.4.Capacity building: Therapet has hired an executive director since 2015 and this has enabled us to focus on growth and retention with the goal to be able to remove agencies from our waiting list and meet the demand for our services.
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 |
|---|
| Carianne Fisher | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | 40 | $46,143 |
| Lynn Mcginnis | INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | 40 | $4,367 |
| Bill Skillern | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Marianna Mebane | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Flo Limehouse | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Brenda Lee | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Lora King | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Kevin Fullen | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Sandy Barnett | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Dicksie Walker | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Cara Calhoon | Treasurer | 5 | $0 |
| Cathy Cooper | Director | 0.5 | $0 |
| Lynn Mcginnis | INT. EXEC. DIR. | 9 | $0 |
| Glenda Lindekugel | VP DEVELOPMENT | 1.5 | $0 |
| Joy C Shea | President | 4 | $0 |
| Dana Berry | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Karen Reed | VP GOVERNANCE | 7 | $0 |
| Wes Reed | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Nancy Roddy | SECRETARY | 3 | $0 |
| Denise Faulkner | Director | 3 | $0 |
| Toni Marbut | Director | 0.5 | $0 |
| Lianne Hanson Sanchez | Director | 0.5 | $0 |
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