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Children with cancer who receive pet therapy have better outcomes – Arif H. Kamal
Children with cancer who receive pet therapy have better outcomes.
Yet, many pediatric cancer facilities do not have a facility dog program to comfort children and their families during frequent and prolonged medical visits or hospitalizations.
Our commitment at American Cancer Society is to end cancer as we know it, for everyone. In this case, we aim to end cancer as we know it to be as a oftentimes harsh and uninviting experience. And for children with cancer and their families, this is American Cancer Society jumping two feet back into the pediatric cancer space, with a new Director of Pediatric, Adolescent, and Young Adult Cancer Support, Maggie Rogers, MPH.
Towards this, we are pleased to announce the first-ever program to build facility dog capacity at pediatric cancer centers. The ACS PAWS (Pups Assisting with Support) program will fund grants up to $8K towards this effort. Applications are open now, due by July 28th, and awards will be announced in mid-August for a start date of September 1.
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