Below are Aaron’s recent activities. You will discover he is a very busy boy as the demand for comfort grows.
Providing help to “expecting” affiliates (Those waiting on their Comfort Dogs to arrive)
- Approximately four presentation events/meetings to educate and inform congregations about the LCC Comfort Dog Ministry
- Assisted congregations in promoting the introduction of this ministry in their mission plan
Special Events
- Pathway Home Shootings (Pathway Clients, NVC coworkers, Memorial Service, victim’s family members)
- LWML District Convention
- CNH District Convention
- Grace Lutheran School Visit (San Mateo)
- Run for Respect Marathon – Pontiac High School, IL (Virtual Run)
- Keeping Kid’s Safe Event at NVC
- LWML Circuit Event – St. Andrew’s Stockton
- LCC West Coast Regional Gathering Host
- Chaplain Lee Shaw Requests
- Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Santa Clarita Mission Outreach
- Cordova Lutheran Church, Ranch Cordova
- Wildfire Volunteer Recognition Luncheon at NVC
- Southern CA PR Trip to Concordia Univ. St. John’s Bakersfield, Met with friends of Las Vegas shooting victims
- Stockton School Visit (After Death of a Student)
- Memorial Services
- COPE Family Center
- Browns Valley School Visit
- Comfort Dog PR Visits to Elk Grove and Turlock, CA
- “Bike the US for MS” Send-Off
- Benicia Lutheran Church VBS
- SJLS VBS
- Napa “Shop With A Cop”
- Vintage HS Mental Health Awareness Week
- Law Enforcement Peer Support Event
- Public Safety Event, Yuba City
- Police Week Visits to Napa PD, Napa Sheriffs, Napa CHP, Napa Dispatch
- Napa Valley Unified School District Requests
- Trained and certified two new handlers for Team Aaron Comfort Dog
- Regular (Most are Weekly) Events
- Napa District Attorney’s Victims Services/Courtroom support
- CA Veterans Home weekly visits
- Camille Creek Court Schools
- Vintage High School
- Brookdale Assisted Living Center
- Napa 911 Dispatch
- Collabria Adult Day Care Services
- SJLS Resource
- Piner’s Nursing Home
- Counseling Office Assistance Penni Cremen
- Hospice / Social Work Visits
- Monthly training meetings which include time together in God’s Word and time encouraging each other in Christ
Deployments
Northern California Wildfires 2018
Las Vegas Shootings
Napa Wildfires 2017
Meeting with Victim Families
St. Mark’s Santa Rosa Wildfire Support
Santa Rosa 911 Dispatch
PG&E Base Camp
First Responder Base Camps, Napa & Yountville
Red Cross Shelters, Napa, Petaluma, Santa Rosa
Boys and Girls Club, Napa