$6,000 donated this period.
Prairie Paws trains service dogs for veterans and kids with mobility disabilities across eastern Iowa. Every dog takes about eighteen months from puppy to placement: basic obedience first, then task-specific training, then a public access test before they ever go home with their person.
Before Meadowbrook's grant, Prairie Paws could train two dogs a year, limited by trainer hours, not demand. The waitlist was fourteen families long. Meadowbrook's year-one support funded a second full-time trainer, and that is the difference between two placements and four.
Thank you for being one of the people who chose to fund the next placement before you could see it finished.
A few moments from the work you funded.
One of the four dogs your funding supported is named Scout, placed in March with a 26-year-old Army veteran readjusting to civilian life after a spinal injury. Scout retrieves dropped items, opens doors, and provides balance support on stairs.
"Scout gave me my mornings back. I used to plan my whole day around what I could safely do alone. I don't have to think about that anymore."
Co-founders, Prairie Paws Service Dogs
Diane, and everyone at Meadowbrook. When our previous grant funder stepped back last fall, the honest question was whether the next cohort of puppies would still happen at all. Your year-one commitment is the answer. Fourteen families were waiting. That number is already coming down.
From all of us here in Cedar Rapids, and from the veteran who will meet his dog because of this, thank you.
Show your employees, your suppliers, your clients, and your network what this partnership is building.
Employees and partners sharing their thoughts.
Meadowbrook, you came in at exactly the right moment. This is the kind of partnership we can plan years out around, not just one season.
I took the proposal to our board after seeing what Prairie Paws had already built with almost no outside funding. The waitlist number made the decision for us.
Four placements instead of two doesn't sound like much until you're one of the fourteen families still waiting. It's everything to them.
No commitment, just a conversation. Send us a note and we will come back to you.
Get in touchWith gratitude, the team at Prairie Paws Service Dogs.
Thank you, Meadowbrook Financial Group.
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