Share-a-Pet program continues to grow in Boca Raton

Boca Raton News December, 2005

Share-a-Pet has become a family affair in Boca with mother and son teams, mother and daughter teams and entire families going to visit the elderly and people otherwise restricted to share the love of their pets. Share-a-Pet offers community service hours for eligable students. Share-a-Pet continues to grow in Boca bringing on five or more members a week. Share-a-Pet will have a professional photographer taking photos of the volunteer pets this weekend in Boca to make Holiday cards for the residents in the nursing homes. Share-a-Pet adopts 'The Children's Place' located at 680 Ipswich St. to offer pet assisted therapy to abused and homeless children. Share-a-Pet will start its reading program in Boca this week. The program is called 'Paws to Read' and will offer children with difficulty reading an opportunity to read to the dogs as a means to improve their reading skills. The program will start at the Potentials School as well as Del Prado Elementary. Top row, from left: The Wexelman family spend time sharing their pet. Stuart Wexelman poses. Gay and Adina Gordon donated their time and pets for a few residents at Edgewaters Facility in Boca Raton. Center row, from left: Shari Wexelman and her family's dog stop and pose. Adina Gordon poses. Alex Wexelman smiles. Gay Gordon and her dog also volunteered. Bottom row, from left: Marni Wexelman poses. Romy Wexelman stops for picture. Alisa and Jake take their dogs to Avante Nursing Home in Boca Raton much to the delight of the residents. Jake Desmond poses. At left: Volunteer Alisa Desmond."