UPSTREAM’S PILLARS WITH PURPOSE MARKS FIVE YEARS AND $1 MILLION IN GRANTS

Mike Kitchens, chairman of Smoky Mountain Service Dogs in Tennessee, noted that “more than 100 hands” touch a service dog during its 1,500 to 1,800 hours of training. In December 2022, nine volunteers stood shoulder to shoulder during Smoky Mountain’s “passing of the leash” ceremony for a yellow lab named Blair. Each volunteer had played […]