Story Dog Orange Day.

Posted on

BE ORANGE

on

August 25th

Why?

It is

STORY DOGS DAY

WEAR ORANGE

WORKPLACE ORANGE

…….and what is Story Dogs?

Well, selected dogs take their parent to a school and help children to improve their reading skills and confidence.

Children read (with complete Woof attention) and no negativity about their reading ability.

How to Host a Woof Event:  Join us on the 25th of August 2023

8 easy steps:

  1. Register to host a WOOF event, click the button below.
  2. Pick a Friday that suits your Team
  3. Receive a WOOF Welcome Pack
  4. Find something orange to wear
    (Op shops are a great place to look for orange things to wear and it’s amazing what you can do with orange paper!)
  5. Spread the word, remind your paw-some team
  6. Have a FUN filled ORANGE Friday
  7. Be like a pup-arazzi and tag us on social media #woof4storydogs
  8. Collect donations (cash or online)

            You might even get a visit from a Story Dog Team! (If paw-ssible…)

Go to

http://www.storydogs.org.au/woof-for-story-dogs

You can[JW1]  choose to add to our Geelong & Surrounds team if you wish, to donate.

All donations are tax deductible


Feedback from one of our volunteers:

Last year one of our students was a selective mute. Although able to communicate, the child chose not to talk to adults. Fortunately for us, whispering the stories to my dog ‘Roger’ was ok. When Term 1 started this year, we (‘Roger’ and I) were delighted to have the same student in our Story Dog sessions.

Things started off well and with a bit of encouragement, the whisper turned into reading so that I could just hear the story. Now as the end of Term 1 draws near, I can report that my wonderful student is reading aloud to us both and is interacting positively with my dog and myself. ‘Roger’ always snuggled up to the child and now he gets proper pats!

I can’t say whether this miraculous turn around had anything to do with Story Dogs, but teachers are delighted at the progress seen. So are we.

Does your ‘WOOF” qualify for this job?

Do you qualify?

WOOF Giving Day 2023

Help Us Fund 100 Dog Teams and Help 500 children learn to read, turn your office ORANGE on Friday the 25th of August.

 WOOF for Story Dogs GIVING DAY!

Register Now.

http://www.storydogs.org.au/woof-for-story-dogs

Story: John Wooldrage. Photo: supplied