USA Battle Buddies Walk-A-Thon August 13, 2011

2011 National Assistance Dog Week
Press Release

National Assistance Dog Week Event


National Assistance Dog Week was created to recognize all the devoted, hardworking assistance dogs helping individuals mitigate their disability related limitations. In addition to honoring assistance dogs during their special week, one of the goals is to raise awareness about these very special and highly trained dogs. This year National Assistance Dog Week is August 7-13.

We hope everyone in our area can join us to celebrate the selfless love and devotion these dogs provide. In honor of National Assistance Dog Week, USA Battle Buddies is holding a WALK-A-THON on August 13, 2011. WALK-A-THON will be held at Colt State Park Bristol, RI 02809 from 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM

Assistance Dogs transform the lives of their human partners with debilitating physical and mental disabilities by serving as their devoted companion, helper, aide, best friend and close member of their family. Assistance dogs include Guide Dogs, Service Dogs, Hearing Alert Dogs, Seizure Alert/Response Dogs and Medical Alert/Response Dogs.

USA Battle Buddies voluntarily trains Service Dogs exclusively for Combat Wounded Veterans. Our most recent graduate BLACK a Belgian Malinois now serves his USMC Vietnam Combat Wounded Veteran as a Balance Walker/PTSD Service Dog.
K-9 Buddy BLACK
Issued to USMC Disabled Combat Wounded Veteran Michael “Mick” Woll
In Memory of USMC Pfc Kyle J. Coutu, KIA 18 Feb 2010

All proceeds from Aug 13th WALK-A-THON will go toward issuing another Combat Wounded Veteran a Service/Assistance Dog in Memory of a Veteran who gave their all [their life for the USA].

“We at USA Battle Buddies is a group of dedicated volunteer Disabled Veterans who help other Disabled Veterans through our dedication toward our “Buddies”. Battle Buddies Service Dogs now cost less than $1,000 to Disabled Veteran and hopefully in very near future will be totally free of charge as a result of your generous support.” Steve Frye CEO founder of USA Battle Buddies

Contact: Steve Frye for WALK-A-THON pledge sheet USABattleBuddies@msn.com or more information.

National Assistance Dog Week was established due to the efforts of Marcie Davis, a paraplegic for over 35 years and CEO of Davis Innovations, a consulting firm based in Santa Fe, NM. Davis is the author of Working Like Dogs: The Service Dog Guidebook, a resource book that captures personal stories, checklists and practical tips to provide the reader with an A-Z guide about service dogs and she is the host of the Internet radio program, Working Like Dogs, at www.petliferadio.com. As a member of a service dog team, she founded Working Like Dogs to honor assistance dogs around the world.

More information about National Assistance Dog week can be found at www.assistancedogweek.org

Official Website: http://USABattleBuddies.com