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CALIFORNIA

 

 

 

Organization:   City of Roseville Public Library  

Program:  Tales to Tails  

City:  Roseville   

State: CA 

Phone:  916-774-5221   

Website:  www.roseville.ca.us/library   

Notes:  Tales to Tails R.E.A.D.ing program is offered at the following Roseville Public Library locations: Maidu Library, Martha Riley Community Library 

 

R.E.A.D. Member: Gwen Brock & Brinkley 

Address: 2831 Colt Rd  

City: Rancho Palos Verdes  

State: CA  

Zip: 90275 

Phone: 310-548-8507 

Fax: 310-548-3767 

Cell Phone: 310-502-5777 

E-mail: gwenbrock@aol.com  

Notes: We go to Elementary Schools, Libraries, Book Stores, and  

Hospitals. We are in Southern California for 6 months and Bend 

Oregon for 6 months. 

 

Organization: H.A.L.O.  

Program:  Angel Ears  

City:    Antioch 

State: CA 

Phone: 925-473-4642 

E-mail:  nuanua@sbcglobal.net  

Website:  www.eccchalo.org  

Notes: H.A.L.O. = Homeless Animals Lifeline Organization. Angel Ears has done R.E.A.D. sessions at the Antioch & Pittsburg Libraries, at the Concord School of Karate, and at Memorial Central Loma Parks. Angel Ears also does visits at Diamond Ridge Rehab Center and has worked with developmentally delayed adults who meet as part of the ‘Wednesday Club’ to improve interactive/social skills. We need more teams to assist with the many requests coming from local schools. 





 

Contact Name: Helen Kline Kranz 

City: Grass Valley 

State : CA 

E-mail: HelenKlineKranz@yahoo.com  

Notes: George, my Miniature Schnauzer, and I visit Madelyn Helling Library on Wednesday afternoons from 4-5pm and Vantage Point Charter School in Penn Valley on Thursdays. 

 

Organization: Park Sid Elementary School 

Contact Name: Laurie Whiteside  

Street Address: 7450 Bodega Ave  

City: Sebastopol  

State: CA  

Phone Number: 707-829-7400 

Website: parkside.sebastopolschools.org 

 

 

Organization: Paws 4 Healing, Inc.  (California non-profit corporation) 

Contact Name: Dave Valantine, Vice-President; Dennis Cajili, Los Angeles Chapter Coordinator 

City:  Southern California and Bishop/Mammoth 

State: CA 

Phone: 707-258-3486; 310-376-1375 

E-mail: dave@paws4healing.info ; losangeles@paws4healing.info  

Website: http://www.paws4healing.info  

Notes: We have R.E.A.D. programs at the following locations: 

Los Angeles County Library, Valencia Branch -Santa Clarita, CA 

Los Angeles Country Library, Canyon Country Branch -Canyon Country 

Santa Clarita City Community Center -Newhall Highlands Elementary School        

Jewish Community Library of Los Angeles -Los Angeles, CA                              

El Marino Language School -Culver City, CA                                              

Grant Elementary School -Santa Monica ,CA                                       

Lawndale Library -Lawndale, CA                                                         

Manhattan Beach Library -Manhattan Beach, CA                                       

Palos Verdes (Malaga Cove) Library -Palos Verdes Estates, CA 

 

Organization: Paws for Healing, Inc. 

Contact Name: Joanne Yates, President, or Brat Zinsmaster,  

Vice President 

Address: 1370 Trancas, PMB #127 

City:  Napa 

State: CA 

Phone: 707-258-3486 

E-mail: info@PawsForHealing.org  

Website: www.PawsForHealing.org  

Notes: Paws for Healing is a community-based, non-profit 

organization in California’s North Bay with over 200 canine- 

assisted therapy teams, including R.E.A.D. teams at schools and  

libraries, in Solano, Sonoma, Napa, & Marin counties. 

Paws for Healing motto is “Mending Hearts With Loving  

Guiding Hands”. 

 

Organization: PawsitivEffects 

Contact Name: Wendy Kweller  

City: South Orange County  

State: CA  

Email: info@pawsitiveffects.com  

Alternate E-mail: thekwellers@aol.com  

Notes: We are currently working in private schools for children  

with Learning Differences. 



Organization: Paws to Heal  

Contact Name: Melanie Ruiz, President 

Address: 1075 Bel Canto Ct  

City: Colton  

State: CA 

Zip: 92324 

Phone: 909-931-4215 (Ann-Marie Biden) 

E-mail: melanie@pawstoheal.com 

Website: http://www.pawstoheal.com 

Other R.E.A.D. Contacts: 

Ann-Marie Biden, Secretary 

Puppymom7@msn.com 

 

Elizabeth Hall, Treasurer 

Elizabeth.hall@rcc.edu 



 


Organization: Prescription: Pets (Rx: Pets) 

Contact Name: Donna Conrad 

City: Redding 

State: CA 

Phone: 530-276-9164 

E-mail: donnaconrad@shasta.com  

 

 

Organization: PJ's Pals  

Contact Name: Nancy Winters 

City: Apple Valley 

State: California  

E-mail: fargsmom@aol.com  

Web: www.PJsPals.org  

Notes: We currently serve people at the following facilities: 

Libraries: Apple Valley, Barstow, Serrano, Victorville, Big Bear Lake 

Schools: Mariana, Yucca Loma, AV Middle School, AAE, AV Christian, Rio Vista, Brentwood, Mojave Vista, Liberty, Theodore Vick  

Other: Haley House, Kaiser Hospital, Hespela Prenatal 

 

Program Name:   “Read to Your Breed” 

Contact Name:   Gloria Laube 

City:  La Mesa (San Diego County) 

State:   CA 

E-mail:   librarydogs@cox.net  

Phone:   619-465-9125  

Website:   www.librarydogs.com  

Notes:    Children read to Sunny at La Mesa Library on the 2nd 

and 4th Wednesday of each month. We have also visited Ramona 

Elementary School once and expect to go there again. We are 

scheduled to visit La Mesa Dale Elementary School sometime in 

May. We’ve been on the KUSI Morning News when visiting the 

Lakeside Library, and have appeared in the San Diego Union- 

Tribune newspaper. 

 



 

Organization: Rim of the World Comfort Pets 

Contact Name: Linda Smith, Stefanie Morrell, Sherry Clausen 

City: Crestline  

State: CA 

Phone: 909-338-2787 

E-mail:   www.comfortpets.org  

Website:   info@comfortpets.org  

Notes: Rim of the World Comfort Pets has a R.E.A.D. program at  

Valley of Enchantment Elementary School and seasonal programs 

at the local library in Running Springs. 




 

Organization: Rincon Valley Regional Library 

Contact Name: Anne Marie Murphy  

Street Address: 6959 Montecito Blvd  

City: Santa Rosa  

State: CA  

Zip: 95409 

Phone Number: 707-537-0162 

Fax Number: 707-537-0174 

Website: sonomalibrary.org 



 

Organization: Windsor Regional Library 

Contact Name: Bill Coolidge  

Street Address: 9291 Old Redwood Hwy  

City: Windsor  

State: CA  

Zip: 95492 

Phone Number: 707-839-1020  X6 

Website: www.sonomalibrary.org