Your contribution is a direct link between you and the student. Your gift is not a gift to the G.P.A.D. Foundation, but to the recipient of an Assistance Dog. Together with other contributors, you make the impossible possible for someone. The Fund is also sustained by corporate sponsors and granting agencies. If you are affiliated with or represent a group which has an interest in considering the Dog Fund Grant, please direct your questions to us, or provide us with your application materials.
People value most the things in life which they have worked for and made strides to achieve.
The skills and capabilities of an Assistance Dog are best retained and developed when their master continues to work with and challenge them. The Assistance Dogs which have proven most successful have been placed with individuals who have participated at some level with the gathering of funds for the cost of a dog Each student has the opportunity to contribute from their personal funds. There are a variety of ways the student may personally contribute. Each student is provided with information detailing the costs of an Assistance Dog, and the options and opportunities in which they can participate in working to cover those costs. Those who are unable to do fund raising, or who lack the personal resources are not refused a dog for those reasons.