This month, Gonville Library’s Tea and Topics session will discuss the Canine Friends Pet Therapy team.
Whanganui liaison officer Hannah Li and her team of volunteers will be at the session to discuss the organisation and introduce their team of pooches.
Canine Friends Pet Therapy is a nationwide network of people who share their well-behaved, friendly dogs with residents in aged care, hospital patients and with schoolchildren at reading sessions.
Dogs make ‘fur-tastic’ companions, and health research has confirmed that patients benefit from these visits and show great improvement in their health and attitude through interaction with visiting pets.
Dogs also make for great listeners when children are reading out loud to them. The talk will outline how people and organisations can request a visit and also how people can join as a volunteer with their own furry friend.
