Thank you for taking the time to visit my fundraising page on iDonate.ie. I'm taking part in on Friday 1st of July 2022. I've chosen to fundraise for My Canine Companion (autism service dogs).

Hey guys, I wanted to share something with you all. One of our children was diagnosed with Autism last year. When out our child has no sense of danger and will bolt in any direction. They can also get very overwhelmed with emotions or sensory stimulations when out so it is difficult to go places, if we do go out as a family, tends to be a short trip as its just too much for our child. This is something our other kids have learned aswell that our family outings can be cut short at anytime, but as much as I can tell it upsets them they understand why we have to leave. There are limited places we can go as a family mainly a large secured park where its quieter and less busy and places we just can't go, some we haven't even tried because we know it will be too much for our child. I've done alot of reading and researching since the diagnosis and have come across My Canine Companion, this is a non government funded charity that provides autism assitance dogs to families. After reading how these amazing dogs have given kids their independence and kept kids safe and been there while they are having a meltdown to calm them, I just knew this is something that would really suit our family as our child LOVES dogs and it would be a huge help to us particularly with the 'bolting' behaviour where a child will dangerously just take off running no matter where, the dog will stand and stop the child as they are attached via a harness. The dog's primary focus is to prevent the child from running into danger when they are out and about. They are also trained to provide safety and to support autistic children in managing their distress, this would really help our child ❤️The waiting list opens once a year and 70 families randomly get selected, I put my name down and honestly didn't think my name would be drawn, but it was. And when I got the congratulations email I just couldn't believe how lucky we were, i reread that email for days thinking it couldnt be real 😭. So this is where we are now, we are in the process of hopefully getting an Autism service dog for our child to be able to go places as a family, not divide the family for most events and help our child with these difficulties in the outside world 🌎 This dog would literally be a life changer. I really want to raise awareness and do the 60 Mile walk in July for My Canine Companion so any support is greatly appreciated they work tirelessly to provide these superhero dogs to kids who really need them and they wouldnt be able to do it without your support, after going to Cork few days ago to meet the team, I'm blown away the amount of people that are involved in this charity that volunteer their time to get these dogs to be fully qualified assistance dogs and help kids in need, nobody has an idea how much this 1 dog can change a child's life. To train one dog it is over €10,000, My Canine Companion hopes to place upto 70 dogs with families this year hopefully us being one and you could really be helping a child like ours by donating anything at all. Nothing is too small! As I have said before, they receive no funding at all from the government and all funding comes from fundraising.

All funds raised here will go directly to this great cause.I hope you can help me by donating whatever you can. Simply click the Donate button above. All donations are processed securely.You can also share my page using Share options below. This is a great way to show your support. Many Thanks for your support.

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