PAWS: pet project helps seniors, too


	PAWS: pet project helps seniors, too

gingembre

5-5-2007 10:09 AM

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pets, petcare, seniors, aging, aids, hiv, volunteers

gingembre says:

Heartwarming news for a change!

Side note: Ola Carlson, the elderly woman featured in this story, apparently led a wild life. Read the article for the racy details.

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A pet project to help seniors</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/05/03/BAGPSPJSVB1.DTL"><H2>PAWS provides food, other necessities to low-income owners</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/05/03/BAGPSPJSVB1.DTL"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.sfgate.com/img/C767E47B-D2CF-4233-9898-8BC804E49FDD" alt="Ola Carlson, 98, who lives on lower Nob Hill, says her ca..." /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/05/03/BAGPSPJSVB1.DTL"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.sfgate.com/img/C4AA34AD-0030-4882-9A32-50677D15A656" alt="Patches the cat has lived with Carlson for 10 years. PAWS..." /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/05/03/BAGPSPJSVB1.DTL"><P>In her prime, Ola Carlson was an artist's model in San Francisco. Now 
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decade. Last summer, they became the newest clients of PAWS (Pets Are Wonderful 
Support), an organization that allows low-income people to keep their pets by 
providing food, litter, dog walkers, vet visits  --  whatever it takes. 
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its services to the disabled in 2002 and now helps the elderly as well. A pilot 
program that started last year became permanent in January. Fourteen of the 550 
San Franciscans served by PAWS are seniors. 
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