Hi! I'm so excited to participate in this year's Paws in the Park event! My dog Lemon and I are volunteers for Paws for Love and have been working together doing therapy dog work for a year.

Before that Lemon's mother Stella and I volunteered together with Paws for Love and got to visit many wonderful people all around New York.

I am also the volunteer request coordinator for Paws for Love and work as an associate professor for Buffalo State University in the Exceptional Education department.

My reseach focuses on best practices in animal-assisted interventions in education.

Thanks for supporting such a worthy organization. Your donation will help us to continue the important work that SPCA Serving Erie County provides!