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Direct Mail Fund Raising, 1988
Direct mail solicitations from social service organizations almost always appeal to the emotions.... more Direct mail solicitations from social service organizations almost always appeal to the emotions. These appeals tell the story of an alcoholic’s family which cannot afford a decent place to live or enough food to eat, an elderly senior citizen who cannot cope with her spouse’s death and needs assistance, or the woman who is unable to put her life back together after having been raped. Social service organizations can rarely afford highly polished and glamorous appeals, but their honest and “from the heart” appeals are usually their most successful.
CHILD DEVELOPMENT, 1989
Page 1. Social Acknowledgments for Children with Disabilities: Effects of Service Dogs Bonnie Mad... more Page 1. Social Acknowledgments for Children with Disabilities: Effects of Service Dogs Bonnie Mader and Lynette A. Hart Human-Animal Program, University of California, Davis Bonita Bergin Canine Companions for Independence, Santa Rosa, California ...
Anthrozoos: A Multidisciplinary Journal of The Interactions of People & Animals, 1987
This retrospective study of people in wheelchairs who have service dogs reports their experiences... more This retrospective study of people in wheelchairs who have service dogs reports their experiences with strangers in public before and after obtaining their dogs. The specific hypothesis tested was that the acquisition of a service dog would increase the number of friendly approaches by strangers. Subjects reported a significantly higher number of social greetings from adults and children on typical shopping trips with the dog as compared with those received on trips before they had the dog or with recent trips when the dog was not present. Subjects with service dogs reported more approaches than a control group without dogs. After obtaining dogs, subjects also increased their evening outings.
Direct Mail Fund Raising, 1988
Direct mail solicitations from social service organizations almost always appeal to the emotions.... more Direct mail solicitations from social service organizations almost always appeal to the emotions. These appeals tell the story of an alcoholic’s family which cannot afford a decent place to live or enough food to eat, an elderly senior citizen who cannot cope with her spouse’s death and needs assistance, or the woman who is unable to put her life back together after having been raped. Social service organizations can rarely afford highly polished and glamorous appeals, but their honest and “from the heart” appeals are usually their most successful.
CHILD DEVELOPMENT, 1989
Page 1. Social Acknowledgments for Children with Disabilities: Effects of Service Dogs Bonnie Mad... more Page 1. Social Acknowledgments for Children with Disabilities: Effects of Service Dogs Bonnie Mader and Lynette A. Hart Human-Animal Program, University of California, Davis Bonita Bergin Canine Companions for Independence, Santa Rosa, California ...
Anthrozoos: A Multidisciplinary Journal of The Interactions of People & Animals, 1987
This retrospective study of people in wheelchairs who have service dogs reports their experiences... more This retrospective study of people in wheelchairs who have service dogs reports their experiences with strangers in public before and after obtaining their dogs. The specific hypothesis tested was that the acquisition of a service dog would increase the number of friendly approaches by strangers. Subjects reported a significantly higher number of social greetings from adults and children on typical shopping trips with the dog as compared with those received on trips before they had the dog or with recent trips when the dog was not present. Subjects with service dogs reported more approaches than a control group without dogs. After obtaining dogs, subjects also increased their evening outings.