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Nov. 10, 2010
Good dogs! Summit Assistance Dogs is a heart-warming CFD choice

By Peter Kelley University Week

Mary Levin Representatives of Summit Assistance Dogs visit the annual kickoff of the Combined Fund Drive in October. From left, they are Andrea Crispin, Lynda Ardern (with her lab Logan), Michelle Munro, board president (with her "Labrdoodle," Hayden) and Wendy Hardman, with puppy Crickett.     Mary Levin Crickett the puppy and Logan the lab share an unguarded moment of affection.

Editor's note: Through the 2010 Combined Fund Drive campaign, University Week will spotlight agencies that receive CFD funds and members of the UW community who volunteer for such organizations. The theme of this year's drive is "Imagine the Difference We Can Make."
Michelle Munro is not only president of the board of Summit Assistance Dogs of Anacortes -- one of 2,800-some agencies that get support from the Combined Fund Drive -- she's also a contented client whose own assistance dog helped her rejoin the world after illness.
"He changed my life," Munro said of Hayden, the shaggy "Labradoodle" who came her way through Summit after being donated by a dog breeder in Idaho. Hayden helps Munro with balance and mobility, coping with the effects of a rare autoimmune disease that struck her several years ago, and its after-effects.Read More

Happy Halloween!

 Shiloh and I had a great time as Little Red Riding Hood and The Big Bad Wolf as "Grandma".My roommate and I created and made these costumes ourselves and that was half the fun!

New Faces at Summit Headquarters

Melissa's roommate, Leslie, cuddles with Benson.Benson is a little (okay not so little 23lbs!) ball of Golden retriever puppy fluff.

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Isabelle is a happy go lucky golden girl who thought nothing of running up to us and rolling on her back for a belly rub. We were only too happy to oblige her!

Friday, is a smoke gray kitty with four white feet and a white blaze on her chest. She is curious and unflappable thing nothing of the two large dogs on either side of her while she investigated my shoes.

Shiloh and I got to go to the Summit Headquarters this week. This was a big deal for both of us, since we live a full day's drive away. Shiloh know where were going we we got within 20miles of the Summit Office and could barely contain her excitement! I can't say I blame her I was also very excited to see Wendy, Sue, and another members of the Summit family four-legged or otherwise who might be in the office when Shiloh and I came for our two year follow-up visit. I was please and surprised to be greeted by two new puppies, Benson and Isabelle joining the Summit family all the way from Florida, and Friday a kitten picked as an office kitty by Wendy from a local shelter.