Announcements

For the third year in a row, Green Chimneys has received a grant from the Petco Foundation’s Helping Heroes in-store fundraising campaign in partnership with Natural Balance. This year’s increased grant of $7,500 recognizes the value of Green Chimneys’ engaging Dog Interaction Program and enables us to keep it strong.
Piloted in 2014, the Dog Interaction Program has become a popular – and permanent – addition to Green Chimneys’ animal-assisted therapy program. Under a professional trainer’s supervision, our students help socialize shelter dogs, thus, improving their chances for adoption. During their 6-week training session, the canine “students” live on campus 24/7 and have frequent contact with our children and staff. You can see them visiting class rooms, participating in therapy sessions, enjoying time with teens at our Arbor House shelter and even “starring” in off-campus events including hospital visits.
To date, we’ve had 92 canine “graduates” and nearly all them have found permanent loving homes. The adopting families, students and Green Chimneys staff have all benefited and we’re quite certain, based on their frisky and friendly behavior that the dogs have as well. A few quotes say it all:
We are so grateful to the Petco Foundation for their support of this innovative program.
Learn more about our Dog Interaction Program
These rabbits were donated to Green Chimneys as a pair and although their breed is uncertain, they appear
to be closest to the Silver rabbit, the oldest recorded breed of domesticated rabbit. Both were very skittish
when they first arrived, but these girls have become quite content to let students walk up to them without
hopping away. The rabbit pair now share their time between the Brewster and Clearpool campuses for all Green
Chimneys students to learn from and enjoy. Everyone needs some time to adjust!