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August 8, 2024

Graduate to Teacher: A Fulfilling Career

For as long as Tanisha could remember, she loved animals. She grew up with birds, chickens, cats, dogs, and a whole host of other animals. She had fond memories of a childhood dog, a Rottweiler named Gypsy. “I remember spending afternoons with Gypsy at my grandma’s house. We would share…

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April 12, 2024

Opening Doors to New Potential

Jodie is a proud graduate of Pawsperity’s 2022 graduating class and is celebrating her 2-year anniversary as a professional groomer at a local salon. As a dedicated single mom, Jodie, like many parents, wants only for her children to be happy and do well in life. She adds, “I feel…

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March 6, 2024

Career Development Supported by New Friends

Victoria's life changed when she was 19 after a stroke left her unable work. At this pivotal age, she was adrift, unable to find her purpose. She spent 18 years on social security before finding Pawsperity through Ticket to Work, a social security initiative that provides career development opportunities to…

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July 31, 2023

Modeling What’s Possible

When 26-year-old Christine Banks was selected to the inaugural class of Pawsperity in 2016, she was a quiet, but strong, single mother seeking a better job—and a better future—for her two children.

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March 3, 2023

Family Man: Ronnie

Ronnie’s family is a big part of his life. He is a brother to five sisters and father of five daughters. Someday, with the skills he’s developed at Pawsperity, he hopes to be the patriarch of his own family business.

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December 21, 2022

Light in the Darkness | Ashley’s Story

In January 2018, Ashley found herself seven months pregnant, living in a homeless shelter with her two daughters. With $232 to her name and her husband awaiting sentencing for aggravated battery charges, her hopes and dreams for the family she always wanted were slipping away. To support her children, Ashley…

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October 10, 2022

Dogs as Healers

Annie knew she was willing to do what it took to work with dogs, her lifelong dream. Just like many other students, the power of the human-animal bond helped Annie graduate from Pawsperity’s extensive grooming program.

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February 2, 2021

Holding on to Hope

Surviving childhood trauma and the hardships of poverty and addiction can turn little things into big deals. For April, it was getting her personalized grooming scissors, a milestone for students at Pawsperity.

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Modeling What’s Possible

“I was trying to go somewhere in my life, but I had a baby, and then things just happen,” Christine said.

“The Pawsperity staff saw things in me I didn’t see in myself. I’m very proud that I’m able to pay bills and not stress about it. I can even pay for things like ballet lessons.”

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Family Man: Ronnie

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Holding on to Hope

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