The Paws of Life Foundation does not have any paid staff. All indivuals donate their time and usually pay for supplies out of their own pockets.The Paws of Life Foundation is a registered 501 c 3 non profit organization. PoL would not be able to function without the following people:

 

 

Board of Directors

Robin Habeger -- Executive Director
Iowa

Marti Mullen -- Secretary
Iowa

Paul Bishop
Iowa

Asheley Winters, DVM
Utah

JoAnn Garner
Arizona

Renee Twedt, E.A.
Ames, Iowa

 

Advisors/"Staff"

Mike Widerhold 
Sonoran Search and Rescue, AZ and Rio Verde K9 
K9 Placement, Training, Educational Programming, Coach

Rhonda Comegys
STAR 1 Search and Rescue, IA TF-1, CIUSR 
K9 Placement, Training, Educational Programming, Coach

Teresa MacPherson
FEMA K9 Section Chair, VA ARDA, FEMA VA TF 1
Educational Programming, Coach

Deana Hudgins
Ohio Search and Recovery Canines
Educational Programming, Coach

Board of Directors

 

1/1/2011 New Classes

With funding from AKC CAR classes were revised to meet learning objective and clean up quzes.

12/31/2010 -- Class Stats

Classes offered through the Working K9 Handler Academy reached over 60 students from 27 states in 2010.

12/4/2010 -- PoL K9 Passes Certification

K9 Moses (aka Dunder the Search Dog) passed his FEMA FSA.

11/09/2010 -- Library revised

The online library was revised and expanded to address additional topics and articles.

10/26/2010 -- OK Seminar

Seminar conducted in Oklhoma for area search and HRD canines.

10/10/2010 PoL Coach NASAR Instructor

PoL Coach, Robin Habeger, now a certified NASAR MLPI (search manager) instructor.

10/4/2010 -- PoL Coach at CSAR

PoL Coach, Robin Habeger, taught intermediate area search at this seminar.

9/22/2010 -- PoL Coaches in IA

PoL Coaches, Mike Wiederhold and Deana Hudgins taught at the Manhunters seminar in Iowa.