Therapy Dog Program

Volunteer therapy dogs visit with patients throughout Borgess Hospital's inpatient units and at the Borgess Cancer Center. 

Therapy dogs benefits can include alleviating pain, anxiety and depression. Spending just 10 minutes with a therapy dog improves hospital patients’ overall well-being. 

We rely on the generous support of our donors to support the program. Donations are used to ensure the dogs meet cleanliness standards before meeting patients, are able to provide a stuffed dog “twins” to their most special patients, have trading cards to disperse and are easily identifiable when in the hospital.
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