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PPH SOUTH CENTRAL REGION
SOUTH CENTRAL REGION: TEXAS, OKLAHOMA, KANSAS, LOUISIANA, ARKANSAS
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
HEADQUARTERS:
SAN ANTONIO, TX
Phone
(210) 526-0100
Hours
M-F 9am to 5pm
Location
Suite 106, 5119 Beckwith Blvd, San Antonio TX, 78249
Headquarters established in 2016 in San Antonio, Texas
Our South Central Region Paws for Purple Hearts team is based ‘Deep in the Heart of Texas’. Texas is home to over 1.4 million Veterans with over 100,000 in San Antonio!
We proudly serve our nation’s Warriors from our San Antonio headquarters in a variety of ways. We provide therapy with our service dogs in training to Warrior patients of the South Texas Veterans Health Care System and the Central Texas Veterans Health Care System. Through our innovative form of therapy called Canine-Assisted Warrior Therapy®, Warriors facing PTSD and TBI have an opportunity to reduce the severity of their symptoms by participating in our structured therapy sessions, during which they help prepare and train a Paws for Purple Hearts service dog that will be placed with a fellow wounded Warrior.
Beyond Texas, our region serves our nation’s Warriors in Oklahoma, Kansas, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Missouri.
TIMELINE
2021: Sergeant was placed as a Service Dog and PPH San Antonio partnered with the Cavender Auto Group.
2020: During the COVID pandemic, the Texas team began weekly Canine-Assisted Warrior Therapy® sessions with the Soldier Recovery Unit at the Brooke Army Medical Center.
2019: Opened Social Therapy programs with a variety of groups from the Audie L. Murphy Memorial Veterans Hospital such as the Mental Health Outpatient Clinic, Community Living Center and Hospice and Fisher House.
2018: Commenced Canine-Assisted Warrior Therapy® sessions with Polytrauma Transitional Rehabilitation Program at Audie L. Murphy Memorial Veterans Hospital, the Mental Health group from the Austin VA Outpatient Clinic and the Recreational Therapy group from the Brooke Army Medical Center, Center for the Intrepid.
2017: Opened state of the art facility and started social therapy visits at Audie L. Murphy Memorial VA Hospital, Kerrville VA Hospital, Austin VA Outpatient Clinic, and the Texas Challenge Academy.
2016: Established operations in South Texas.
To volunteer at our San Antonio, TX site, click the button and fill out the volunteer application.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Click on a photo in the calendar to see details of that event.
You can also visit our Amazon Wishlist to purchase a needed product like these:
Choose Paws for Purple Hearts Alaska's Gift Registry Address in the list of shipping addresses when checking out.
FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA
SEE PICTURES OF THE IMPORTANT WORK (AND ADVENTUROUS LIVES)
OF OUR SAN ANTONIO SERVICE-DOGS-IN-TRAINING
OUR PARTNERS
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Audie L. Murphy Memorial VA Hospital
We provide Canine-Assisted Warrior Therapy®, social therapy, and informal sessions to patients in a variety of groups and programs.
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Austin VA Outpatient Clinic
We provide social therapy to clinic mental health patients.
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Brooke Army Medical Center SRU (Soldier Recovery Unit)
We provide weekly Canine-Assisted Warrior Therapy® sessions for Brooke Army Medical Center SRU.
To contact our San Antonio, TX site fill out the form.
TESTIMONIALS AND QUOTES
Our History
Paws for Purple Hearts is the first program of its kind to offer therapeutic intervention for Veterans and Active-Duty Military.
Canine-Assisted Warrior Therapy®
Under the guidance of PPH instructors, service members engage with specially bred Golden Retriever and Labrador puppies.
How the Program Works
Read more about how Canine-Assisted Warrior Therapy® helps ease a Warrior’s symptom severity through assisting PPH trainers with soothing, light-hearted contact with PPH puppies and dogs.
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WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT.
Donations to Paws for Purple Hearts can change a Warrior’s life from hopelessness to optimism.
Your generous, tax-deductible donation helps thousands of Warriors facing the visible and invisible wounds of war. Our Canine Assisted Warrior Therapy helps them heal as they help others – all with the goal of raising top tier service dogs for Veterans and active duty Service Members with mobility and trauma challenges.