ESB’s overseas wind group has actually promised €2,000 to a Cork-based charity, My Canine Companion. The charity offers certified service dogs to individuals with impairments. Pictured are from left, Michael McGlynn, ESB ; Niall Ruddy, Co-Founder, My Canine Companion and Karen O’Reilly, Puppy Trainer, My Canine Companion, with service dogs, Heather and Mia. Photo: Adrian O’Herlihy
Marguerite Kiely
The energy business is powering paws with its latest contribution.
A Cork-based charity, My Canine Companion has actually received sponsorship from the ESB’s overseas wind group. It has actually promised €2,000 to the charity which offers certified service dogs to individuals with impairments, primarily autism.
My Canine Companion offers 60% of Ireland’s service/assistance dogs to kids with autism.
All the charity’s service dogs are totally trained over a two-year training program.
The service dogs can offer a transformative level of safety, self-reliance, and friendship to kids with autism and does not charge any of its customers for the arrangement of service dog programs.
Set up in 2011 by Cliona O’Rourke and Niall Ruddy, My Canine Companion is presently headquartered in Blackpool, Cork. O’Rourke has twenty years’ experience in the service dog market.
Niall Ruddy of My Canine Companion said: “Corporate financing is incredibly essential assisting us to continue to provide our services for autistic kids and their households.
“My Canine Companion have been innovators since its foundation in 2011, developing new service dog training approaches resulting in significantly higher success rates compared to traditional approaches.”
ESB Offshore Wind Stakeholder Manager Brian Hegarty said: “ESB’s offshore team is proud to sponsor a charity that delivers such an important service to those with disabilities.”
