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210-273-6471 or
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Foundation Progress

THE YEAR IN REVIEW
 
PENNY’S FROM HEAVEN APPROVED 501 (c) ( 3 )
 
PFHF WEB SITE CONSTRUCTED – HUEY PRODUCTIONS & PATSY SWENDSON
 
FISHER HOUSE
MOTHER’S DAY – DELIVERED LONG STEMMED RED ROSES TO 60 WOUNDED SOLDIERS TO PRESENT TO THEIR MOTHERS OR WIVES
 
FATHER’S DAY AND JULY 4TH – PROVIDED HOMEMADE COOKIE BAGS FOR THE 60 RESIDENTS
 
70 GIFT BAGS WITH PENNY’S FROM HEAVEN BOOKS AND CDS PROVIDED FOR THE SPRING ‘FIESTA’ AT THE FISHER HOUSE FOR ALL FISHER HOUSE MANAGERS WORLDWIDE
WITH PENNY
 
CHRISTMAS COOKIES PROVIDED FOR RESIDENTS AT THE FISHER HOUSE, THE BARRACKS AND THE STAFF AT THE BURN UNIT AND THE ORTHOPEDIC UNIT AT BAMC IN COLLABORATION WITH THE MILITARY MINISTRY FROM OAK HILLS CHURCH
WITH MAJOR AND GRACIE
 
REGULAR VISITS TO FISHER HOUSE AND THE BARRACKS RESIDENTS FROM PAWS ON THERAPY DOGS:
WITH PENNY, GRACIE, LOTTIE, MAJOR, FLOWER, & DOC
 
SECOND ANNUAL PENNY’S FROM HEAVEN FOUNDATION AND SMALL WORLD JAZZ BAND CHRISTMAS MUSIC AT HEALTHSOUTH RIOSA
WITH LOTTIE, PRINCESA AND GRACIE
 
AFFILIATION WITH NATIONAL SOLDIER’S ANGELS AND K-9 SOLDIER’S ANGEL CHAIR KASSIE CLAUGHTON IN MISSOURI
PFHF PLACED ON HIGH ALERT FOR INCOMING WOUNDED
 
“OPERATION PUPPY LOVE”
450 + PLUSH PUPPY THERAPY DOGS SENT TO CAMP LIBERTY IN IRAQ TO BE DISTRIBUTED TO THE CHILDREN – AN ONGOING DRIVE
OUR APPRECIATION TO HABUR GATE, IRAQ DEPLOYED SSGT STEVEN GARDNER AND VOLUNTEER CO CHAIR JULI BETZ
 
K-9 COMFORT ITEMS FOR DEPLOYED K-9 TEAMS
14 BOXES OF DONATED COMFORT ITEMS FROM THROUGHOUT THE U.S. SENT TO IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN
WITH MUCH HELP FROM CAMP BOW WOW
 
AT&T AND ACHILLES TRACK CLUB/SPURS FOUNDATION
PAWS ON THERAPY DOGS
CHEERLEADERS FOR THE 5K CENTER FOR THE INTREPID AND ACHILLES SPECIAL EVENT
WITH DOC, GRACIE, FLOWER, LAKY, CHANCE          
 
PAWS ON THERAPY DOGS APPEARING ON CNN WORLDWIDE BROADCAST WITH ROBIN MEADE – ROBIN AND COMPANY – REMOTE LOCATION THE FISHER HOUSE
WITH GRACIE GALLOWAY, BAK, GRACIE, CHANCE, LOTTIE
 
PATSY SWENDSON SPEAKING ENGAGEMENT
NEW MEXICO STATE PRISON
RADIO/TELEVISION ALBUQUERQUE AND SANTA FE
ON-GOING RADIO/TELEVISION SAN ANTONIO
 
ANIMAL DEFENSE LEAGUE FUNDRAISER AT PEARL STABLE
READINGS FROM PENNY’S FROMHEAVEN STORIES OF HEALING AND BOOK SALES CONTRIBUTIONS FOR FOUNDATION
WITH CHANCE AND GRACIE
 
500 PENNY’S FROMHEAVEN SPECIAL EDITION FOR AMERICA’S HERO BOOKS DISTRIBUTED TO WOUNDED WARRIORS WORLDWIDE
 
ONE HOUR LIVE RADIO INTERVIEW/PATSY SWENDSON AND ALVIN LOEWENBERG, CEO MORNINGSIDE MINISTRIES
 
TWO HOUR SPEAKING ENGAGEMENT/ PATSY SWENDSON/ DENVER COLORADO TO SEVERAL PET THERAPY GROUPS & HOSPITAL STAFF
 
TEN MINUTE INTERVIEW ON PET THERAPY AT THE FISHER HOUSES TO BE PART OF SOLDIER’S ANGELS PROMOTIONAL VIDEO/ PATSY SWENDSON
 
AFFILIATION WITH SAN ANTONIO HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE PAWS ON THERAPY DOGS TO ASSIST AT THEIR ‘SHOTS FOR TOTS’ CLINICS AT THE ALAMO DOME AND MALLS
 
PARTNERSHIP FORMED WITH USWARDOGS.ORG AND RON AIELLO
 
FORMATION OF PENNY’S FROMHEAVEN FOUNDATION
“HERO HALL OF FAME” TO HONOR OTHER DOGS THAT HAVE EXHIBITED OUTSTANDING COURAGE, ACCOMPLISHMENTS, AND HEROISM THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES AND IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES
FIRST RECIPIENT DEPUTYSHERIFF ROBERT WANN IN MEMORY OF
K-9 ANDOR
 
ANNOUNCEMENT OF WOUNDED WARRIOR SHANE PARSONS AND HIS MOTHER CINDY PARSONS AS PENNY’S FROM HEAVEN FOUNDATION’S PAWS ON THERAPY DOG “GOODWILL AMBASSADORS.”
 
FORMATION OF ‘QUARTERLY OUTSTANDING VOLUNTEER’ AWARDS
FIRST RECIPIENT HOWARD HUNTSMAN
 
AFFILIATION WITH COKER UNITED METHODIST CHURCH AND THEIR PATRIOTIC POPS AND PATRIOTIC PUPS CONCERT
PAWS ON THERAPY DOGS INTRODUCED AND HONORED FOR THEIR WORK WITH AMERICA’S WOUNDED WARRIORS
 
PAWS ON THERAPY DOG’S FIRST VOLUNTEER TRAINING CONDUCTED AT HEALTHSOUTH RIOSA
WITH SUSAN HEARN AND ANGELA CONRAD AND PATSY SWENDSON
 
DONATION CANISTERS PLACED AT FIFTEEN SAN ANTONIO LOCATIONS
HOWARD HUNTSMAN SELECTED AS OUR COLLECTION VOLUNTEER
 
PATSY SWENDSON PRESENTED PFHF TO ALAMO HEIGHTS METHODIST CHURCH BOOK REVIEW CLUB AND MULTIPLE LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES DURING BOOK TOUR
 
FINANCIALLY SOUND – HAVE CONSISTENTLY OPERATED AT A PROFIT FROM DONATIONS, WITHOUT HAVING TO TOUCH THE PRINCIPLE
 
COKER METHODIST CHURCH OCTOBER HEALTH FAIR – BOOTH PROMOTING FOUNDATION
WITH PRINCESA AND GRACIE GALLOWAY
 
AFFILIATED WITH ‘READING WITH ROVER’ IN WOODINVILLE, WA
PROVIDING US WITH HUNDREDS OF BOXES OF SCOOBY DOO DOG TREATS
 
FORMATION OF PROGRAM TO PRESENT STUFFED PUPPY DOGS WITH PFHF ID TAGS TO PATIENTS IN ISOLATION
 
JUST WAIT TILL NEXT YEAR!!!
HAPPY 2008 TO ALL!!
“You cannot always have happiness – but you can always give happiness.”