Intermountain Therapy Animals, a nonprofit organization, launched R.E.A.D.^®
in 1999 as the first comprehensive literacy program built around the appealing
idea of reading to dogs, and the program has been spreading rapidly and happily ever since!

The mission of the R.E.A.D. program is to improve the literacy skills of children
through the assistance of registered therapy teams as literacy mentors.

The Reading Education Assistance Dogs (R.E.A.D.) program improves
children's reading and communication skills by employing a powerful method:
reading to a dog. But not just any dog. R.E.A.D. dogs are registered therapy
animals who volunteer with their owner/handlers as a team, going to schools,
libraries and many other settings as reading companions for children.

Today, thousands of registered R.E.A.D. teams work throughout
the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, and beyond.

                                 

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Emerald Coast FURever Friends Teams provide the following:

LOCAL LIBRARY R.E.A.D. PROGRAMS

Take your child to a FREE 15-20 minute session with a Reading Education Assistance Dog.

R.E.A.D. dogs are trained to listen in a non-judgmental manner while your child reads to them.

Sign Your Child Up Soon!

Southwest
Fourth Saturday Of Each Month, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
12248 Gulf Beach Highway, Pensacola, FL 32507
To sign your child up, call: (850) 453-7780

Tryon
Third Saturday Of Each Month, 9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
1200 East Langley Avenue, Pensacola, FL 32504
  To sign your child up, call: (850) 471-6980

Foley, AL
Second Tuesday Of Each Month, 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
319 East Laurel Avenue, Foley, AL 36535
To sign your child up, call: (251) 943-7665

Pace
  First Saturday of Each Month, 9:30 a.m.—11:30 a.m.
4750 Pace Patriot Boulevard, Pace, FL 32571
  To sign your child up, call: (850) 981-READ (7323)

Navarre
Second Wednesday of Each Month, 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
8484 James M. Harvell Road, Navarre, FL 32566
  To sign your child up, call: (850) 981-READ (7323)

Fort Walton Beach
Second Saturday of Each Month, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
185 Miracle Strip Parkway SE, Fort Walton Beach, FL 32548
To sign your child up, call: (850) 833-9590