National Organization for

Animal Assisted Crisis Response

Man's best friend helping Man

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NIU School Shooting: February 2008

VA Tech Massacre: April 2007

        AACR Deployment History

Three Kansas City canine crisis response teams were invited to a Hurricane Katrina anniversary celebration on 8/29/06. The event was attended by the American Red Cross, Salvation Army, and several local and regional disaster response agencies. Speeches were given by the current and former mayors of Kansas City , as well as local community activists and Katrina survivors.

Hurricanes Katrina & Rita Anniversary: August 2006

After hurricanes Katrina and Rita struck the southern portions of the United States , AACR swung into action to offer assistance. When Katrina evacuees arrived in Kansas City, the Red Cross Chapter of Greater Kansas City contacted our organization and asked for members and their specially trained crisis response dogs to assist at a Red Cross Service Center. We had eight animal/handler teams respond. These teams were composed of people from Kansas , Missouri , Texas and Oregon. Our members and their dogs provided stress management and relief, emotional support and coping strategies for hundreds of Katrina evacuees and also for the stressed Red Cross volunteers working with them.

In addition to the response to Kansas City after the hurricane, we had teams working in other locations with the Red Cross to assist Katrina evacuees, among them Terre Haute , Indiana , Grand Rapids, Michigan and Eugene , Oregon .

Hurricanes Katrina: September/October 2005

Four teams responded to a request from George Mason University to provide support on-campus during a day of mourning and a candlelight to remember those lost during the Virginia Tech Massacre.

VA Tech Massacre Anniversary (GMU): April 2008

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Search for Brooke Wilberger: June 2004

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World Trade Center: September 2001

Springfield, OR

Thurston High School Shooting: May 1998

Castillo Funeral: April 2008