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CALIFORNIA
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Organization: Animal Health Foundation
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Contact
Name: Jan
Vincent
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City:
Silverado
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State:
CA
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Phone:
800-939-0936
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Email:
ahfpetpartners@cox.net
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Website:
www.animalhealthfoundation.net
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Notes:
The Animal Health Foundation
sponsors our Pet Partner
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R.E.A.D. teams. AHF has teams in the Orange Unified School District,
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Norwalk-LaMirada School District, Saddleback School District,
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Santa Ana
Unified School District and San Clemente School Districts.
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We have both
documented as well as library programs.
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Organization: City of Roseville Public
Library
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Program:
Tales to
Tails
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City:
Roseville
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State:
CA
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Phone:
916-774-5221
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Website:
www.roseville.ca.us/library
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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
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R.E.A.D.
Member: Gwen Brock
& Brinkley
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Address:
2831 Colt Rd
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City:
Rancho Palos Verdes
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State:
CA
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Zip:
90275
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Phone:
310-548-8507 or 541-318-8805
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Fax:
310-548-3767
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Cell
Phone:
310-502-5777
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E-mail:
gwenbrock@aol.com
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Notes:
Brinkley and I volunteer at
elementary schools, libraries,
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summer reading
programs for elementary students, special events
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and hospitals,
as well as give presentations regarding our R.E.A.D.
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assignments.
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Organization:
H.A.L.O.
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Program:
Angel
Ears
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City:
Antioch
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State:
CA
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Phone:
925-473-4642
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E-mail:
nuanua@sbcglobal.net
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Website:
www.eccchalo.org
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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.
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Contact Name: Helen Kline Kranz
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City:
Grass Valley
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State
: CA
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E-mail:
HelenKlineKranz@yahoo.com
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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.
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Organization:
Love On A Leash
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Program: K-9 Komfort Therapy Dogs
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Contact
Name: Jan
Clark-George
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City:
Temecula
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State:
CA
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Phone:
951-676-1271
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E-mail:
jclarkgeorge@gmail.com
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Notes:
Our team visits Chancellor Place
Senior Living in Murrieta,
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CA.
We have been invited to bring the dogs to the Lake Elsinore
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Library. We
also visit in Mission Trails Library in Wildomar
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and we’ve been
invited to attend the 25th Annual Foster Family Picnic
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in
San Diego to mingle with the kids. Occasionally we
visit
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classrooms of
special needs children.
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Organization: Park Sid Elementary School
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Contact
Name: Laurie
Whiteside
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Street
Address:
7450 Bodega Ave
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City:
Sebastopol
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State:
CA
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Phone
Number:
707-829-7400
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Website:
www.parkside.sebastopolschools.org
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Organization: Paws 4 Friends
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Contact
Name: Laura
Francis
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City:
Manteca
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State:
CA
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E-mail:
paws4friends@verizon.net
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Notes:
We visit at Lathrop Kids Club
(5th St Community Center) every
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other week, Lathrop Community Center, Manteca Library 3 times per
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year, Give Every Child A Chance (Summer program), Manteca Unified
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French Camp School and Golden West School (ongoing through
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school term),
and Jefferson School District, Anthony Traina School
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(ongoing
through the school term)
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Organization: Paws 4 Healing, Inc. (California
non-profit corporation)
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Contact
Name: Dennis Cajili,
Vice-President & Los Angeles Chapter Coordinator
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City:
Southern California and
Bishop/Mammoth
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State:
CA
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Phone:
657-464-9600
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E-mail:
losangeles@paws4healing.info
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Website:
http://www.paws4healing.info
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Notes:
Paws 4 Healing has several
chapters throughout Southern
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California
including Bishop/Mammoth, Santa Clarita, San Fernando
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Valley &
Ventura County, Los Angeles, South Bay, Orange County,
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Temecula
Valley, Tulare County, and San Diego. We have R.E.A.D.
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programs at
numerous schools and libraries in most of these chapters.
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Organization:
Paws for Healing,
Inc.
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Contact
Name: Joanne Yates,
President, or Brat Zinsmaster,
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Vice
President
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Address:
1370 Trancas, PMB #127
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City:
Napa
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State:
CA
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Phone:
707-258-3486
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E-mail:
info@PawsForHealing.org
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Website:
www.PawsForHealing.org
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Notes:
Paws for Healing is a
community-based, non-profit
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organization
in California’s North Bay with over 200 canine-
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assisted
therapy teams, including R.E.A.D. teams at schools and
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libraries, in
Solano, Sonoma, Napa, & Marin counties.
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Paws for
Healing motto is “Mending Hearts With Loving
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Guiding
Hands”.
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Organization: PawsitivEffects
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Contact
Name: Wendy
Kweller
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City:
South Orange County
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State:
CA
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E-mail:
thekwellers@aol.com
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Website:
www.PawsitivEffects.com
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Notes:
We are currently working in
private schools for children
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with Learning
Differences.
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Organization: Paws to Heal
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Contact
Name: Ann Marie
Biden, President
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Address:
560 Doreen Court
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City: Upland
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State:
CA
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Zip:
91786
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Phone:
909-982-4071 or cell: 909-986-1793
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E-mail:
melanie@pawstoheal.com
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Website:
http://www.pawstoheal.com
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Organization:
Prescription: Pets (Rx:
Pets)
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Contact
Name: Donna
Conrad
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City:
Redding
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State:
CA
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Phone:
530-276-9164
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E-mail:
donnaconrad@shasta.com
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Website:
www.rxpets.org
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Notes:
We visit at Redding Children’s Library on the third Saturday of
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each month from 1-3PM and Humboldt County Library in Eureka, CA.
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We also visit in assorted elementary schools in or around Redding.
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Organization: PJ's Pals
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Contact
Name: Nancy
Winters
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City:
Apple Valley
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State:
California
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E-mail:
fargsmom@aol.com
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Web:
www.PJsPals.org
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Notes:
We currently serve people at the
following facilities:
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Libraries: Apple Valley, Barstow, Serrano,
Victorville, Big Bear Lake
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Schools: Mariana, Yucca Loma, AV Middle School, AAE,
AV Christian, Rio Vista, Brentwood, Mojave Vista, Liberty, Theodore Vick
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Other: Haley House, Kaiser Hospital, Hespela
Prenatal
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Program Name: Read to Your Breed
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Contact
Name: Gloria Laube
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City:
La Mesa (San Diego
County)
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State:
CA
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E-mail:
librarydogs@cox.net
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Phone:
619-465-9125
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Website:
www.librarydogs.com
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Notes:
Children read
to Sunny at La Mesa Library on the 2nd
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and 4th
Wednesday of each month. We have also visited Ramona
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Elementary
School once and expect to go there again. We are
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scheduled to
visit La Mesa Dale Elementary School sometime in
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May. We have
been on the KUSI Morning News when visiting the
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Lakeside
Library, and have appeared in the San Diego Union-
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Tribune
newspaper.
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Organization:
Rim of the World Comfort
Pets
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Contact
Name: Linda Smith,
Stefanie Morrell, Sherry Clausen
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City:
Crestline
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State:
CA
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Phone:
909-338-2787
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E-mail:
info@comfortpets.org
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Website:
www.comfortpets.org
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Notes:
Rim of the World Comfort Pets
has a R.E.A.D. program at
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Valley of
Enchantment Elementary School and seasonal programs
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at the local
library in Running Springs.
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Organization:
Rincon Valley Regional
Library
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Contact
Name: Anne Marie
Murphy
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Street
Address:
6959 Montecito Blvd
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City:
Santa Rosa
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State:
CA
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Zip:
95409
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Phone
Number:
707-537-0162
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Fax
Number:
707-537-0174
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Website:
www.sonomalibrary.org
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Organization: Windsor Regional Library
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Contact
Name: Bill
Coolidge
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Street
Address:
9291 Old Redwood Hwy
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City:
Windsor
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State:
CA
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Zip:
95492
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Phone
Number:
707-839-1020 X6
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Website:
www.sonomalibrary.org
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Contact
Name: National
R.E.A.D. Coordinator
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Phone:
801-272-3439
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E-mail:
read@therapyanimals.org
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Notes:
For more information on
registered R.E.A.D. teams or groups in this state, please contact the ITA office.
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