An Exciting Time for Us

We have been busily preparing for Azalea Festival and the South Beach Fundraiser and the fun times are almost here. Amanda continues to do very well and is in a great mood. Her therapies this week have been great and she is just as silly as ever.

Today, Kyria and Heidi from Paws4people arrive with ELLIE and COLT. Tomorrow, Terry, Candace, and KOJAK come. We will be at Azalea Festival on Sat and Sunday and then do the fundraiser at South Beach Grill on Sunday. Two newspapers are running stories on Amanda and ELLIE, the Lumina News and the Seahawk (UNCW paper). We hope to be able to raise some nice funds to offset the costs of training ELLIE. ELLIE now knows how to "find Amanda" and "get the phone" and soon she will be able to "get meds". These new skills are in addition to the 100 commands she already knows. Exciting times!!! ELLIE will make such a difference in Amanda's life. We are SOOOOOOOO excited! It should be a great weekend.

If anyone is interested in donating to paws4people on Amanda's behalf, the website is

http://www.amanda.paws4people.org/

We will let you know how all of the events go and will post pictures next week. Until then, enjoy this picture of Amanda and ELLIE from January.....

God Bless!

Susan