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28 DECEMBER 2024 RANCH & COAST MAGAZINE
G I V I N G G U I D E
Shelter to Soldier
Shelter to Soldier is a 510c3 nonprofit organization that adopts dogs from local
rescues and shelters and trains them to become psychiatric service dogs for post-
9/11 veterans suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress, Traumatic Brain Injury, and/
or Military Sexual Trauma. The program also places emotional support animals
with veterans and active duty military and deploys the Shelter to Soldier Canine
Ambassadors, a team of therapy dogs, to provide visits of love and comfort to local
military, veterans and their families. In their 12th year of impact, Shelter to Soldier has
30 resident dogs in training at their Oceanside training campus, with hundreds of
veterans served locally each month between their programs.
• An average of 17 veterans
and one active duty military
personnel lose their lives to
suicide every day
• 1,800 dogs are euthanized,
on average, every day in our
country
• "Saving Lives, Two at a Time,"
the program brings together
trained rescue dogs, and our
nation's brave heroes, to help
both recover and move forward
• Shelter to Soldier 6th Annual
Saving Lives, One Swing at a Time
Golf Tournament at Singing Hills
Golf Club — Friday, April 25, 2025
• Shelter to Soldier 13th Annual
Be the Light Gala at L'Auberge
Del Mar — Sunday, August 24,
2025
2366 Front Street
San Diego, CA 92101
760.870.5338
sheltertosoldier.org
@sheltertosoldier
Shelter to Soldier
@shelter2soldier
