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Welcome! Summit Assistance Dogs is a nonprofit organization, located in Anacortes, Washington, that provides highly-skilled mobility, hearing and therapy dogs for people with disabilities.
Summit was founded in 2000 in response to the overwhelming need for more trained dogs. According to recent statistics it is estimated that only 1% of people wishing partnership with a canine helpmate are able to receive one.
Assistance dogs empower people with disabilities to lead lives of greater independence by performing tasks that would otherwise require reliance on a human caregiver. These tasks might include retrieving dropped objects, opening/closing doors, retrieving an emergency telphone, alerting a person who is hard of hearing to sounds, etc. Perhaps more important than the tasks performed, however, is the relationship itself. Depression, loneliness and anxiety tend to diminish, and it is the dog’s capacity for unconditional love that is often the greatest gift. Through partnership with an assistance dog, people often experience a joy and confidence previously unattainable through other means. Summit currently trains mobility, hearing, and therapy dogs.
We hope you enjoy browsing through our site. Please feel free to contact us with any questions you might have at (360) 293-5609 or info@summitdogs.org.
We would like to say Thank You to all the people who help support the organization in carrying out our mission. Our donors, volunteers, puppy raisers, trainers, staff, board members, the wonderful clients and applicants. We could not do what we do without the generosity of all the people who help make this organization what it is today.
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Summit Is Moving To A Larger Office and Training Center
As we strive to meet the need for more assistance dogs, we have found it necessary to move into a larger space with both offices and training space. We continue to seek our permanent home for Summit with kennel space, as well.
Our new office is located off Hwy 20 across from the Similk Golf Course at:
12549 Christiansen Road
Anacortes, WA
360-293-5609
Stop by on June 17th from 3:00pm - 7:00pm and enjoy appetizers and camaraderie at our new and larger space.
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Alice Collingwood, President
Al Lewandowski, Vice President
Al Lewandowski, Treasurer
Richard Broderick, Secretary
Brad Clure, Member
Jan Iversen, Member
Rick Morelan, Member
Michelle Munro, Member
Katie McGrath, Member
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