RECOGNITION

Reader Dog Downeast wishes to acknowledge and to thank the following people, dogs, organizations and businesses for their belief in, support of and generosity toward our program:

The staff, patrons and children of The Southwest Harbor Public Library, Southwest Harbor, Maine.

Jennifer Fisk, owner of Acadia Woods Kennel, Bar Harbor, Maine for the use of her training facility.

Don Hanson, Therapy Dog International instructor and owner of Green Acres Kennel, Bangor, Maine for coming to Mt. Desert Island to teach.

Kelvin’s therapy dog classmates: Tucker, Miss Cotton, Harley, Rachel, Ruby, Tori, Cheyenne, and Jake, with their handlers, for their interest and efforts in joining Reader Dog Downeast.

Maine Point and Shore Sails Acadia at Great Harbor Marina, Southwest Harbor, Maine: Althea for sewing the Reader Dog vests, Everett for embroidering them, and Phyllis for providing the sail bag material, buckles and webbing.

Dr. Robert Feher and the Brewer Veterinary Clinic, Brewer, Maine for keeping Kelvin healthy.

Trina Travers, reporter, Peter Travers, photographer, and The Bar Harbor Times, Bar Harbor, Maine for our press.

Cadillac Mountain Sports, Bar Harbor, Maine for scheduling my work hours around my volunteer reading program.

You Gotta Love It Videos, Southwest Harbor, Maine for shaded summertime parking.

Frank and June Penn of Darien, Connecticut with a wag from their “grand dog” Kelvin’s tail.

And with special accolades to Douglas McMullin, Webmaster, Seal Cove Design, Seal Cove Maine, without whom the Reader Dog Downeast site would not exist in cyberspace.