PAWS Program Earns State-wide Award

Avow Hospice Pet Program Wins State-wide Award for Excellence

Avow Hospice’s Pets Are Wonderful Souls (PAWS) program was recognized by Florida Hospices and Palliative Care (FHPC) at its annual Awards of Excellence in Hospice and Palliative Care on May 5 in conjunction with the FHPC 26th Annual Forum at the Rosen Shingle Creek in Orlando, FL.

Avow’s pet services program won the Excellence in Program Innovation – Community Outreach award for the services it offers to grieving pet parents. Program components include pet memorial services, bereavement support groups, a pet memorial garden and volunteer visiting to Avow Hospice patients. All services are offered to the community without charge.

FHPC created the Awards of Excellence program in order to identify, recognize and showcase the outstanding and innovative work of individual staff members and of programs across the state of Florida. Nominations were judged by the FHPC Awards of Excellence Selection Committee. The selection committee looked for examples and specific details that demonstrated how nominees have gone above and beyond expectations.