Meet our newest graduates: February 2024

During the month of February, these dedicated teams spent two weeks at the FSD facility bonding, gaining important dog-handling skills, attending outings in the community, and practicing their custom cues.

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Volunteer of the Year: Jon Cavanaugh

For Jon, being an FSD foster is much more than volunteering—it’s a profound joy. Since joining the FSD community, Jon has impressively fostered more than 80 service dog hopefuls, proving that heartfelt commitment and dedication can truly make a lasting difference.

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Meet our newest graduates: December 2023

Join us in celebrating our newest graduating teams! This exceptional group of clients kicked off the new year on a high note, having spent two weeks at our FSD facility where they forged strong bonds with their furry companions, worked on their dog-handling and training skills, and practiced the unique cues their dog learned to meet their individual needs.

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Meet our newest graduates: September 2023

This fall, we’re celebrating the newest graduating teams joining the Freedom Service Dogs family. These hardworking clients have spent the last few weeks bonding with their new furry partners, learning important dog-handling and training skills.

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Meet our 2023 graduates

Join us in welcoming the newest graduating teams to our Freedom Service Dogs family! These hardworking, enthusiastic clients bonded with their service dogs as they learned dog-handling and training skills, as well as custom cues to meet their unique needs.

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Meet our newest graduates: June 2023

Join us in welcoming these 12 new graduating teams to our Freedom Service Dogs family: a historic occasion that marked the largest graduating class in our history! These hardworking, enthusiastic clients bonded with their service dogs as they learned dog-handling and training skills, as well as custom cues to meet their unique needs. We’re so proud of these amazing grads and the historic milestone they represent.

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Meet our newest graduates: spring 2023

We’re excited to welcome four new teams that graduated in March and April to our FSD family! These hardworking, enthusiastic clients bonded with their service dogs as they learned dog-handling and training skills, as well as custom cues so their new canine partners can perform specialized tasks to meet their unique needs.

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Meet our newest graduates: winter 2022

Our winter 2022 grads include two adults with mobility challenges, two young people with autism or other neurocognitive disabilities, and two veterans, one of whom went home with a successor dog as part of our lifetime support program.

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Volunteer of the Year: Kim Hollingsworth

Kim has become an indispensable Freedom Service Dogs volunteer who has happily taken on virtually every type of work at FSD, from fostering dogs, cleaning kennels, and washing dishes to watching over newborns in the nursery, providing enrichment to adult dogs, and walking mama dogs who have recently given birth.

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