Please join Assistance Dogs of the West for the reading of the latest Nito book: Nito and Chloe Love Carrots.

ADW’s dear friend and supporter, Ali MacGraw, will read the book on Saturday, December 10 at Collected Works, (downtown at Water and Galisteo Streets) at 2 p.m.

Book sales benefit Assistance Dogs of the West. All of the Nito and Chloe books will be available for signing by the author.

And thanks to Tom Maguire for his write up on the event!

It’s a weekend of dogs! Please joins us for POP Goes To The Dogs 2011. It’s the 5th Annual Group Celebration that will benefit Assistance Dogs of The West. See work by internationally acclaimed artists Clifford Bailey, Lynden St. Victor, Diego Lukezic & Trevor Mikula and more. Join ADW at the artist reception on Saturday Sept. 24th 6-8pm. Art raffle to Benefit ADW opens show weekend and closes October 31st.

POP Gallery
133 West Water Street
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501

Join Assistance Dogs of the West for a great “Best in Show” evening with hors d’oeuvres & cocktails at Zane Bennett Gallery (435 S. Guadalupe, Santa Fe)

Friday, September 23, 2011
5–7 pm

Tickets: $25 dollars, available through the ADW office (505.986.9748)

You will also get to see the closing evening of PRINTS & PAINTINGS – Contemporary Masters I: Jim Dine, Sam Francis, Helen Frankenthaler, Olivier Mosse & Ellsworth Kelly, among others.

Come join us for
“Railyard Dogs”

Saturday August 13, from 2:30-4:30 p.m., at the Railyard Ramada alongside
the Santa Fe Farmer’s Market Building. This event is being held to celebrate

International Assistance Dog Week

We need volunteers to help out with chores and fun between 1 and 5:00 p.m. If you have time to help out and have fun, please call us at 986-9748 or info@assistancedogsofthewest.org

Railyard Dogs, will highlight many specialty assistance dogs doing demonstrations, performing a mind-boggling array of tasks and looking forward to meeting new friends. Come meet handlers and their assistance dogs and learn loads about what these special dogs do.

ADW Youth Board members will give demonstrations and administer the popular Official “Unofficial” Public Access Test.  Can your dog successfully demonstrate behaviors all assistance dogs MUST be able to perform? Come on down to the Railyard, test your dog and find out. Admission is free, but a $5 donation is requested for the dog testing activity.

We’ll be under the shady Farmer’s Market Ramada, after the market is done; event is from 2:30-4:30 p.m. During the Farmer’s Market, we’ll have an information booth at the Artist’s Market area, from 8 a.m. – 1 p.m., where Youth Board will also sell raffle tickets.

Raffle prizes include dog wellness checks from SF Animal Hospital and Eldorado Animal Clinic including preventive medical products from Pfizer and Merial; a Dyson Animal vacuum, dog magazine subscriptions, dog treats, people treats and more.

ADW Founder and Program Director Jill Felice talks about the characteristics of the ideal Courthouse Dog.

Join ADW at Ironstone Bank during Spanish Market
Saturday, July 30th and Sunday 31st, from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

During Spanish Market, you have TWO WAYS to help ADW. IronStone Bank will donating some proceeds from their pay-to-park lot to Assistance Dogs of the West. The parking lot consists of 26 lovely parking spaces, and is only a few short blocks from the Plaza!!!

ADW staff, Board, dogs and volunteers will be on site to answer questions, introduce a dog or two, help you find a parking place for this Santa Fe classic event and collect your generous donations.

You can also volunteer to be a “parking attendant”and meet all sorts of new friends. This can help you learn more about current ADW activities. If you are interested in volunteering this weekend, please email info@assistancedogsofthewest.org …

Sunday would be a great day to help out!

IronStone Bank
700 Paseo De Peralta, Santa Fe, NM 87501

Please join Assistance Dogs of the West for our annual Graduation Ceremony! Graduation is the culmination of a year’s work by many student trainers. The fortunate human graduates receive the gift of their new dog partners from committed and caring young people. We hope you’ll join us on this special day! Bring your tissues—this event is a well-known tear-jerker.

Who: Assistance Dogs of the West, students, clients, and community

What: 2011 Graduation Ceremony

When: Thursday, May 19. Ceremony begins PROMPTLY at 6 p.m. Doors open at 5:30 p.m.

Where: Santa Fe Convention Center (201 W. Marcy St., Santa Fe)

General Admission tickets are $10 and available from the Lensic Box Office: 988-1234.

ADW student trainer and Youth Board member Jenny Reichert has been featured on kidsareheroes.org.  Click here to read Jenny’s narrative on her involvement with Assistance Dogs of the West. Congratulations, Jenny, and thank you for all your hard work and dedication!

For the second year in a row, Zia Gives Back

To get the most financial support out of this community collaboration, we need you to tell your friends, who will in turn tell their friends… The more people who support us by enjoying breakfast, lunch, dinner, drinks or dessert at the Zia Diner on Tuesday April 19th, the larger the donation to us will be. It’s that simple.  You get good eats, ADW gets a check!

So please join us at the Zia Diner, 326 S. Guadalupe St. in Santa Fe, between 7am and 10pm on Tuesday, April 19th…you’ll see ADW staff and dogs and Board members and friends and family.

Thanks to you and thanks to the Zia Diner!

Registration forms for Summer 2011 student programs are now available.  The forms may downloaded here:

http://www.assistancedogsofthewest.org/education-programs/registration-forms