Wags For Hope

05/29/2026

🌿✨ TOMORROW! Take a Break for YOU! ✨🌿

Come meet Lucy and Happy at Wags For Hope! 🐾💚

📍 Gateway To Wellness Event
🗓️ Saturday, May 30th (TOMORROW!)
⏰ 10 AM – 1 PM
📌 The Vault, 4 W Main St., Thurmont, MD 21788

Join us for a day focused on feeling good inside and out — naturally! Explore local wellness vendors, connect with professionals, and discover simple ways to support your mind, body, and spirit.

🌸 Featuring: massage, yoga, reiki, acupuncture, mental health resources, facials, wellness products, financial services & more!

🐶 Wags For Hope will be there with our therapy animal teams! Stop by to meet Lucy, Happy, and friends and experience the comfort and joy therapy animals bring.

💚 Benefits include: • Reducing stress & anxiety
• Boosting mood
• Providing emotional support
• Encouraging social interaction
• Promoting relaxation & confidence

Take a moment for YOU — relax, recharge, and smile with us tomorrow! 🐾✨

05/29/2026

Yesterday, May 28th, Wags For Hope had the honor of attending a very special event at the Francis Scott Key Center! ❤️

The Francis Scott Key Center is an organization that provides support, programs, and opportunities for adults with disabilities, helping create meaningful experiences, independence, friendships, and community involvement. Events like today’s Pet Parade bring so much joy, laughter, and connection to everyone involved.

Wags For Hope, along with a wonderful member from My Caring Paws, brought some truly furtastic therapy animals to participate in the parade! Team Aulfynn the Irish Wolfhound proudly represented alongside Wags For Hope’s Team Everlast the Alpaca, Team Lucy the Corgi, and Team Wayne the Labrador. 🐾🦙🐶

A special coloring page featuring Team Lucy and Team Everlast was handed out, and everyone was so excited! Smiles filled the room as participants enjoyed visiting with the therapy animals, watching the parade, and sharing special moments together. The excitement and happiness from everyone attending made this event incredibly memorable.

Supporting adults with disabilities is so important because every person deserves opportunities for inclusion, friendship, encouragement, and joy. Visits like these help create connections, reduce stress, boost confidence, and remind everyone that they are valued members of our community. It was truly an honor to be invited and spend time with such an amazing group of people.

We also loved seeing two therapy animal organizations working together to make this visit extra special. When groups come together with a shared mission of spreading comfort, smiles, and compassion, beautiful things happen. ❤️

Thank you to the Francis Scott Key Center for inviting us to be part of such a wonderful day and for thank you gift!

Note: Permission given by SKC to post photos 📸


My Caring Paws Therapy Dogs

05/29/2026

Wags for Hope had a great visit!

05/27/2026

🌿✨ Take a Break for YOU! ✨🌿

Where will Wags for Hope BE?

Saturday, May 30th

Join us for our Gateway To Wellness Event May 30th, from 10 AM – 1 PM, at The Vault, 4 W Main St., Thurmont MD 21788, focused on feeling good inside and out — naturally! Explore local wellness vendors, learn practical wellness tips, and connect with people who care about living well without the pressure of perfection.

Come meet local professionals and businesses featuring:
💆 Massage Therapy
🧘 Yoga
🪷 Reiki
💉 Acupuncture
😊 Mental Health Resources
✨ Facial Technicians
💚 Wellness Products
💰 Financial Businesses
…and so much more!

🐾 Wags For Hope will be there with our Animal Therapy Teams! Come stop by, meet our amazing therapy animals, and learn about the many benefits therapy animals can bring to people of all ages.

Benefits of visiting with a therapy animal include:
🐶 Reducing stress and anxiety
🐶 Boosting mood and happiness
🐶 Providing comfort and emotional support
🐶 Encouraging social interaction
🐶 Lowering blood pressure and promoting relaxation
🐶 Helping improve focus and confidence
🐶 Bringing smiles, calmness, and companionship

Take a moment to relax, recharge, and experience the positive impact a therapy animal can make. We can’t wait to see you there! 🐾💚

05/25/2026

🇺🇸🐾 Happy Memorial Day from all of us at Wags For Hope 🐾🇺🇸

Today, we honor and remember the brave men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice while serving our country.

May we never forget the sacrifices made for our freedom. ❤️🤍💙

05/23/2026

📚🐾 Where in the READ will Wags For Hope be in June? 🐾📚

Mark your calendars and come read with some of our amazing therapy dog teams this June!

Reading to therapy dogs helps build confidence, encourages reading skills, and creates a fun, relaxing environment for children of all ages. We can’t wait to see you at one of our library visits!

📖 Saturday, June 6, 2026
🕥 10:30am–11:30am
📍 Middletown Library
31 E. Green St.
Middletown, MD 21769

📖 Thursday, June 11, 2026
🕕 6:00pm–7:00pm
📍 Emmitsburg Library
300 S. Seton Ave
Emmitsburg, MD 21727

📖 Sunday, June 14, 2026
🕑 2:00pm–3:00pm
📍 Urbana Library
9020 Amelung St.
Frederick, MD 21704

📖 Sunday, June 21, 2026
🕜 1:30pm–2:30pm
📍 C. Burr Artz Library
110 East Patrick Street
Frederick, MD 21701

📖 Saturday, June 27, 2026
🕥 10:30am–11:30am
📍 Brunswick Library
915 North Maple Avenue
Brunswick, MD 21716

📖 Sunday, June 28, 2026
🕑 2:00pm–3:00pm
📍 Thurmont Library
76 E. Moser Road
Thurmont, MD 21788

Come meet our wonderful therapy dog teams, practice your reading skills, and enjoy some tail-wagging fun! 🐶❤️

05/23/2026

🐾📚 Team Max had a pawsome time meeting with the Teen Council Group at the Urbana Regional Library to talk all about therapy dogs and Wags For Hope.

The group learned:
🐶 What a therapy dog is
🐾 What Wags For Hope does
🏥📚 Where our teams visit throughout the community

As you can tell, a crowd doesn’t bother Max one bit — the more the merrier, Max says! 😄 Just look at that BIG Max smile! Who wouldn’t want to pet Max? ❤️

Way to go Team Max for representing Wags For Hope so well!!! We give you a 5 Paws 🐾 Review! 👏🐶



FCPL Branches Friends of the Urbana Regional Library, Inc. - FURL

05/20/2026

📚🐾 Where in the READ will Wags For Hope BE? 🐾📚

Join us on Saturday, May 23, 2026 from 10:30am–11:30am at the Brunswick Library for a fun Sit Stay Read event!

📍 Brunswick Library
915 North Maple Avenue
Brunswick, MD 21716

Team Mable will be there and she is bringing a special paw-teammate along! 🐶👀 Who will it be? Come find out!

Our therapy dogs can’t wait to hear the children READ — because they are ALL EARS! ❤️📖

Come enjoy a relaxing morning of reading, smiles, wagging tails, and furry friendship with Wags For Hope!

05/20/2026

🐾💙 Team Benny is not only a dedicated HosPet team, but also a proud member of Wags For Hope!

Thank you, Team Benny and Board Member Allison Zerr, for your continued service and compassion throughout Frederick County. HosPet Benny and Allison truly have a special way of brightening the day at the Kline Hospice House, bringing comfort, smiles, and love to patients and their families during difficult times.

We are so grateful for the kindness, joy, and healing presence you share with our community. Thank you for representing Wags For Hope with such heart and dedication! 🐾💙

Board member Allison Zerr and HosPet Benny have a way of brightening the day at the Kline Hospice House. We're so grateful for the joy they bring to our patients and families.

05/19/2026

Wags For Hope would like to share a warm and heartfelt thank you we received from a wonderful staff member at Maryland School for the Deaf.

Sometimes our teams may not realize just how much of an impact they have on the community around them, especially within Frederick’s Deaf Community. A wagging tail, a gentle nuzzle, or simply taking the time to connect can make a lasting difference and create meaningful moments for so many individuals.

We at want to extend our deepest THANK YOU to all of the amazing teams who helped make this visit so special. Your kindness, dedication, and compassion continue to touch lives in ways words cannot fully express.

Here is the beautiful Thank You from MSD. ❤️🐾

Thank you so much for bringing your dogs this morning. The visit was such a positive experience for the students and they really enjoyed the opportunity to interact and spend time with the dogs. We loved the coloring sheets..so cool! We truly appreciate you taking the time to come in and share that with us. Thank you so so so much!! Here are some pictures I thought you might like to see.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Neshmayda Bravin (she/her/hers)
Family Support & Resource Specialist
Family Education/Early Childhood
Maryland School for the Deaf, Frederick Campus

Below are pictures 📸 from the visit.