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Jillian Miller
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
317-672-3861
Sean Diamond
DIRECTOR OF TRAINING
[email protected]
317-672-3862
AJ Gegenheimer
CANINE HEALTH COORDINATOR
[email protected]
317-919-1948
Joan Heege
DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATE
[email protected]
317-672-3860
Sandi Holubik
CLIENT SUCCESS MANAGER
[email protected]
317-672-3865
Sally Irvin
DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMMING
[email protected]
317-672-3863
Denise ''Dino'' Sierp
DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT & OUTREACH
[email protected]
317-672-3864
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Mike Grindstaff
PRESIDENT
David Brimm
VICE PRESIDENT
Virginia Neff
SECRETARY
Jennifer McVey
TREASURER
Katie Abernathy
Scott Beauchamp
Corie Chaplin
Amy Cornell
Sharon Hearn
Thomas Ledyard, MD
Lydia Whitehead
Joseph Winkle
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ICAN's Wine & Wags Fundraiser
October 9th
Reception: 5:30pm
Program: 6:00pm
The Willows on Westfield (formerly the Riverwalk Banquet Center Lodge)
One of our biggest fundraisers each year is Wine & Wags. This ''after work'' program provides individuals and businesses an opportunity to learn more about ICAN and the work we are doing with inmates and individuals living with a disability.
The evening is inspirational and filled with stories about ICAN dogs changing lives. Hosted by Terri Stacy, Radio Show Co-Host at Emmis, the program will include testimonials by an ICAN client and a former ICAN inmate handler. The program is free to attend and includes light hors d' oeuvres and wine.
If you are interested in putting a table of ten together or would like to attend Wine & Wags, please contact Dino at [email protected] or call 317.672.3864
Wine & Wags, where ICAN tails its story...with support from National Bank of Indianapolis.
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Sponsor a puppy and you get to choose the name! ICAN has 12 puppies that need a name. Come meet them at Wine & Wags and fall in love!
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Schwan's and ICAN are Teaming Up!
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Great News!
Schwan's Home Delivery offers over 350 delicious foods, flash-frozen at the peak of freshness and conveniently delivered to your door. Through Schwans-Cares.com, you can order and help support ICAN! ICAN will receive 20% of all orders received by September 14, 2014 and 5% of all orders for the rest of the year! ICAN will also earn 40% on every eCertificate sold. Certificates make a great holiday gift for family and friends!
How Can I Participate?
- Please visit Schwans-Cares.com
- Enter ICAN's special Campaign Number "11861" to order
- Or, call 1-855-870-7208 and give Campaign Number ''11861'' and our Fundraiser Number "30279" to place your order.
- Your order will be delivered to you!
- Share this email and invite friends and family to join and support ICAN through this special partnership!
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Recent ICAN Graduate, Olivia with Handler, Deb and Allegro.
Photo by Liz Kaye
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ICAN Recently Graduated 14 Service Dogs
Recently, fourteen clients received a service dog from ICAN. Four were placed as successor dogs to clients who's service dog had passed away. Each dog was placed with a client living with a disability including autism, cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis, seizures, spinal cord injury, muscular dystrophy and heart disease. ICAN extends a special thank you to Positive Perspective Assistance Dogs in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Two of the graduate dogs were provided to ICAN as a joint partnership. Approximately 300 guests attended the graduation ceremony in June at the Indiana Women's Prison.
Wags & Tails to all of ICAN's volunteers for their time and support with team training, helping prepare lunches, and their support at the graduation; and a special thanks to those who donated food and supplies for the team training lunches. For a listing of those individuals and businesses, please visit http://www.icandog.org/events
The graduation takes place twice a year at the prison and our next graduation will be Thursday evening, December 11th. If you are interested in attending, please contact Dino at [email protected].
As part of ICAN's training program, inmate handlers who complete 4,000 hours of dog training receive a Certificate of Completion of Apprenticeship with the U.S. Department of Labor in Service Dog Training.
Learn more about the positive impact our dogs are making in the lives of our client's and handlers. Visit Our Blog.
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GOLF OUTING A HUGE SUCCESS!
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A Huge Success!
The perfect weather made it a great day as more than 100 golfers got together for ICAN's recent golf outing at Prairie View Golf Club. The golf scramble helped raise money to fund our services. The highlight of the day was showing off our eight, eight week old Golden Retriever puppies!!
Wags & Tails to Amelia Langlois and Beth Muchler for co-chairing the golf outing, to Clint Adams for speaking at the dinner, to Ginny Neff and Kim Reeves and all the volunteers working the event. For a listing of volunteers and supporters please visit http://www.icandog.org/events. Last, a special thanks to the following sponsors at this year's outing:
Event Sponsor: Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance
Specialty Sponsors: Sun King and Arni's
Hole Sponsors: Browning, Dean's, DOZ Charitable Foundation, Inc, The Neighborhood Veterinarian, and Greenwalt CPA's.
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PHOTO BY LIZ KAYE PHOTOGRAPHY
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Puppy Love doesn't just happen on Valentine's Day at ICAN, it's now happening year round!
Whether it's a birthday, anniversary, celebration, retirement, baby or wedding shower, a holiday, get well, good cheer or even a marriage proposal (yes, really! ...our dogs can deliver that ring or anniversary jewels for you!), our dogs in training are now delivering gifts and sloppy wet kisses all year round!
Your delivery can be arranged to include a gift box designed by us, an item that is personally from you, or we can customize a delivery to fit your special occasion!
To learn more about Puppy Love Year Round, visit www.icandog.org
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This year, Matthew decided to surprise his girlfriend Alexi by sending
a Puppy Love Year Round delivery with a special message asking her to the prom!
Needless to say, the delivery by our ICAN dogs was a huge hit and Yes, she said, Yes!
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Puppy Love Year Round (PLYR) is sponsored by:
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With generous support by:
Sun King Brewery, Sweet Jojo, Three Dog Bakery, the Community Outreach Program at the Indiana Women's Prison and our ICAN Puppy Love Year Round volunteers.
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INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE DOG (IAD) WEEK
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ICAN recently celebrated IAD Week by providing information about assistance dogs, the laws pertaining to assistance dogs and their human partners, and the increasing problems of "fake service dogs". We extend a thank you to Lilly, Cummins and the Indiana Government Center for allowing us to have an information table at their site.
Wags & Tails to Moe Kiley, Dana Hardin, Nicole Bauer, Mary and Emma Davidson for working the tables; and to, Vickie McWatters, for her time in coordinating the details of the week.
To read more abut the history and guidelines on having a service dog, please visit Our Blog
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THANK YOU FROM OUR DOGS & STAFF
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ICAN received $1,000 from Ventas & the Ventas Charitable Foundation. The money will go toward heartworm preventative for one of our new Golden Retrievers! Wags & Tails to Ventas for their generous support and a special thanks to Lisa Monsey, for her assistance in submitting the application for the grant.
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Wags & Tails to Greg & Fran Christopher for hosting an ICAN fundraiser in Evansville! Nationally known for his specialty BBQ ribs, Greg and his wife, Fran, came up with a fantastic idea - hold a special barbeque in southern Indiana to raise money for ICAN! Their efforts turned out to be a huge success and they raised over $1,700! We are extremely grateful to Greg, Fran and their team of friends for doing this for us and sharing the ICAN mission. It's our hope we can bring those delicious yummy ribs to Indy in the near future!
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As part of an Eagle Scout project, ICAN sends Wags & Tails to the Scouts at Troop 133 for completing two big projects for us. First, they built and installed new shelves in our storage room, moved materials from the old storage room to the new one and neatly organized our new space. Secondly, they brought in the wheel barrows and put down dirt and seed for our dog run so we wouldn't have any more muddy dogs and pups after a hard rain. What a wonderful day long project it was and we couldn't have asked anything more from such a fun group. Special thanks to Spencer and Andrew Kutschera, for facilitating the project, the Boy Scouts, the parents who participated, and the following folks for their contributions: John Carter, Neil Wilson, Tom Slater, Tiffany Lawn & Garden Supply, Indianapolis Concrete and Timberland Lumber Company.
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Wags & Tails to Southern Wine & Spirits of Indiana for inviting us back this year to their company picnic! They will be donating the proceeds from the picnic's dunk tank to ICAN. Special thanks to Lisa Hampton for her support!
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Wags & Tails to The Milano Inn for hosting our ICAN Dine this month in which ICAN will receive 10% of the proceeds from that evening. Special thanks to Gina Lagrotte and her wonderful staff.
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ITS PUPPY LOVE EVERYWHERE AT ICAN
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Three ICAN dogs recently had their first litter of pups! In June, Alpine had a litter of 8 Golden Retriever puppies, in August, Holly delivered 11 Golden-Lab puppies and Jamie also delivered 8 Golden-Lab puppies. One of Alpine's puppies will go to her breeder, and another to Pawsitive Teams in California, the remaining 6 will go to ICAN. ICAN will be sharing Holly's litter with her whelping team at Assistance Dogs for Achieving Independence (ADAI) in Ohio. One of Jamie's puppies will go to her breeder. All in all, we are thrilled to welcome 18 new dogs to the ICAN family.
ICAN extends a special thank you to Dr. Jamie Young of Kasanacanines, ADAI and the following breeding furlough caretakers: Alpine - Melissa McCoy and family, Holly - Ginny Neff and Sara Lyn Thompson, and Jamie - Dr. Jamie Young. Come meet these gorgeous pups at Wine & Wags on October 9th! Sponsor a puppy and you get to choose the name!
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LIKE US ON FACEBOOK!
If you haven't yet visited ICAN's Facebook page, please do, and be sure to Like Us! You will find the latest news about our events, dogs, clients and handlers at ICAN.
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