Fidos for Freedom
Fidos for Freedom, Inc. was established in 1987 and was originally an obedience organization located on Main St in Laurel. Everyone involved do so as volunteers at Fidos — except for the handyman, office manager and bookkeeper. They train four types of dogs at Fidos: hearing dogs for people who are deaf or hard of hearing, service dogs for mobility assistance, PTSD dogs for our military service people and our therapy dogs who are our ambassadors of good will! Fidos service a 75 mile radius and their mission is "to improve the quality of life for people in the Baltimore/Washington and Annapolis area through the use of their specially trained dogs". Fidos is located at 1200 Sandy Spring Rd. in Laurel and their phone number is (301) 490-4005. Fidos is also proud to be certified with the ADI-Assistance Dogs International.
Debbie has been a volunteer with Fidos for Freedom for over 17 yrs and is now working with her 6th therapy dog. She is the event coordinator and co-therapy dog coordinator for the organization. Debbie started her therapy dog work working with hospice patients at GBMC-Greater Baltimore Medical Center. Her therapy dogs have participated in the reading program called DEAR (dogs educating and assisting readers), have worked with autistic children and adults, in oncology and pediatrics and general medicine as well as assisted living and rehab patients. Her last three therapy dogs have also acted as "demo" dogs demonstrating the skills that are required of assistance dogs.
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