THE CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE & WELLNESS GARDEN

AKA -The Poodle Palace

Anything is paw-sible

Goal: The Center FOR Excellence & WELLNESS GARDEN

dream: a place for people with disabilities to be supported through Garden space, workshops, social skills, and gatherings.

The next step is finding a home for MobilityDog to live our best practices -The Wellness Garden and Center for Excellence! We need your assistance to raise funds to create The Center of Excellence and Wellness Garden, AKA The Poodle Palace, creating a positive environment for all.

MobilityDog is working towards increasing the number of service dogs in training we can raise, train and match annually and expand our educational outreach programming to create a more inclusive world. Beyond increasing the number of individuals served and service dogs matched, MobilityDog is positioned and ready to build The Center for Excellence and Wellness Garden, “The Poodle Palace,” in the greater Los Angeles area. 

Since 2018, MobilityDog has supported well over 8,000 people through service dogs, public outreach, listening/sharing information for user-friendly pathways, and our educational programs, PAWS, and WAG workshops. The Center of Excellence and Wellness Gardens will fill a huge void for people with disabilities and their families, creating a space they can come to on their own to create FUNctional independence to continue living their lives. We are not asking for special treatment; we are asking for equal treatment. The Wellness Garden’s design will allow everyone to build the confidence to dream, which is essential for everyday joy.

The Center for Excellence and Wellness Garden will be an interactive community supporting the growth of all people with mobility disabilities and their families. It will house our core programming, workshops, and social gatherings. The Wellness Garden with multi-level walkways for all people with disabilities to find solutions to navigate life confidently. A place to gather as you learn to navigate ramps and pathways of different materials and inclines as they find solutions to navigate their life confidently with their chosen medical device. In the Wellness Garden, we will bring in experts who know the healing power of herbs and medicinal plants for balance and healing powers as we learn to grow, dry, and cultivate in the dirt.

The Center will be a space where people with new challenges can learn to navigate ramps and pathways of different materials and inclines, understanding and redefining their needs at home and work. Local students can participate in mentorship programs, learn to raise service dogs, and gain hands-on experience as they learn a trade such as a dog walking, dog grooming, and basic dog training to support themselves as they follow their dreams. Local community members can volunteer can assist with feeding, walking, bathing, and training while learning. A bond will form between the community and MobilityDog.

We need your assistance to raise funds to create The Center of Excellence and Wellness Garden, AKA The Poodle Palace creating a positive environment for all. The space will also serve as an Accessibility and Disability Model for all Corporate and Educational Institutions. The next step is finding a permanent home for MobilityDog to expand our capacity to support the disabled community and drive disability inclusion.

NEED: An old estate, or closed car dealership with low or free rent, or an empty warehouse, or an area of a building with outdoor space your business can let us move in for minimal rent. Outdoor space to create space to be.

CREATE: A Garden area with different level outdoor spaces all accessible. A place everyone will want to come and visit.

WHERE: Walking or rolling distance of the Gold Line -Pasadena, South Pasadena, Highland Park, Frogtown, Los Angeles before Union Station.

The Center of Excellence:

  • Hosting PAWS that Empower, WAG workshops, Educational Presentations, Hands-on Experiences

  • Raising Service Dogs-in-Training and Service Dog -Local Students' Mentorship programs

  • A place for our volunteers to be hands-on lectures

  • Multi-level ramping and various floorings and situations to allow confidence to be out in the world after practicing all the different textures and conditions in the Wellness Garden with Physical & Occupational Therapists and Movement Coaches.

  • An interactive community supporting the growth of all people with disabilities and their families.

  • Workshops for living with disabilities, with and without a service dog

  • A Medicinal and Herbal gardener to work with native gardens to thrive.

  • A space for the newly disabled to learn to navigate and redefine their needs at home and work

  • Raising service dogs -Local students' mentorship programs

  • Accessibility and Disability Model for all Corporate and Educational Institutions

  • Revolving Doors to support the disabled, service dog handlers, puppy raisers, service dog teams, volunteers, local students, people who are homeless, and the community-at-large. Learn how to dream and live your life.