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Take part in a photographic celebration of the animal partners that help in providing therapeutic treatment and education for children with special needs. These are no ordinary animal portraits; they embody the beauty of the human-animal bond.
The animals of Green Chimneys have always been an integral part of our mission as well as our campus community. These cherished friends, and partners in healing, have allowed all at Green Chimneys to experience learning, comfort, companionship and beauty, every day.
Portraits of Love & Healing features nearly a decade of expressive images captured by award-winning photographer Jason Houston, and poignant stories of the animals as shared by Green Chimneys staff who work with and care for them.
Enjoy captivating photographs of Green Chimneys’ diverse farm and wildlife species. Learn how beloved furry and feathered teacher-therapists arrived — and have thrived — at a therapeutic day school and residential treatment center. And gain a deeper understanding of their role in helping youth by creating and nurturing connections to the community and the natural world.
Portraits of Love & Healing: Learning with the Animals of Green Chimneys (96 pages) makes an excellent gift for yourself or for the animal-lover in your life. And it’s available in both hard and soft cover.
All book proceeds benefit Green Chimneys’ programs for children with special needs, and the animals at the Farm & Wildlife Center.
Contact Green Chimneys Fund Development at 845.279.2995 x211 or [email protected]
With the completion of an elaborate new habitat built by Green Chimneys’ woodshop students, the Farm Science classroom was able to welcome Brownie into her new home. Brownie previously lived alone in her cage in the farm and wildlife office, but guinea pigs do best in larger environments. The new habitat allows her to live in a herd as she would in the wild, with many places to hide and ways to practice her skills. Brownie has always been a social creature, and she has taken over the guinea pig herd but is a very peaceful leader.