North Star Therapy Animals provides therapy animal services to a wide variety of facilities throughout the Twin Cities area. At many of them, we primarily engage in animal-assisted activities or AAA, but at others, we provide animal-assisted therapy or AAT, a more specialized type of therapy animal service.
NSTA is delighted to be working with the following facilities:
MSP International Airport
University of MN – Pet Away Worry and Stress Program
Elder Care
- Augustana Chapel View Care Center – Hopkins
- Benedictine Health Center – Minneapolis
- Brookdale Minnetonka Carlson Pkwy – Minnetonka
- Carefree Cottages of Maplewood – Maplewood
- Catholic Eldercare – Minneapolis
- Eagle Crest Commons – Roseville
- Edendale Residence – Eden Prairie
- Elim Home Nursing Home – Watertown
- Estates of St. Louis Park – St. Louis Park
- Folkstone Senior Living – Wayzata
- Heritage of Edina Assisted Living – Edina
- Inver Glen Senior Living – Inver Grove Heights
- Joanna Shores – Arden Hills
- Mala Strana Assisted Living – New Prague
- Martin Luther Campus – Bloomington
- Mission Nursing Home – Plymouth
- Nagal Assisted Living – Waconia
- New Perspective Senior Living
- Parkshore – St. Louis Park
- Prairie Adult Care – Eden Prairie
- Roitenberg Nursing Home – St. Louis Park
- St. Therese – Minneapolis
- Schule Haus Senior Housing – Jordan
- Sojourn Adult Day Services – Mound
Memory Care
- Arbor Lakes Senior Living – Maple Grove
- Emerald Crest Memory Care – Minnetonka, Burnsville
- Olive Branch Estates – Chanhassen
- Rakhma Grace House – Minnetonka
- The Alton Memory Care – St. Paul
Schools
- Alice Smith Elementary School – Hopkins
- Anthony Middle School – Minneapolis
- Augsburg University – Minneapolis
- Cedar Ridge Elementary School – Eden Prairie
- Chanhassen High School – Chanhassen
- Crestview Elementary School – Brooklyn Park
- Delano Elementary School – Delano
- Dunwoody College of Technology – Minneapolis
- Eagan High School – Eagan
- Eden Prairie High School – Eden Prairie
- Elizabeth Hall School – Minneapolis
- Falcon Heights Elementary – Roseville
- Hopkins High School – Hopkins
- Hopkins North Jr. High – Hopkins
- Inver Hills Community College – Inver Grove Heights
- Jefferson High School – Bloomington
- Kenwood Elementary – Minneapolis
- Minnewashta Elementary School – Excelsior
- Minnesota State Academies – Faribault
- Neil Elementary School – Plymouth
- Orono Schools – Long Lake
- Our Saviors Lutheran School – Excelsior
- Plymouth Creek Elementary School – Plymouth
- River Bend Education Center – Minneapolis
- Rondo PreK – St. Paul
- Rosemount High School – Rosemount
- St. Catherine University – St. Paul
- Shakopee High School – Shakopee
- Sojourner Truth Academy – Minneapolis
- Thomas Lake Elementary School – Eagan
- University of Minnesota – Minneapolis
- Wayzata Junior High – Wayzata
- Webster Elementary School – St. Paul
Libraries
- Carver County Library System – West Metro
- Columbia Heights Library – Columbia Heights
- Hennepin County Library System – Metro-wide
- Ramsey County Library – Roseville
- Scott County Library System – Metro
- Wentworth Library – West St. Paul
Specialty Care
- Park Nicollet Melrose Institute – St. Louis Park
- Parkinsons Specialty Care – Edina
- Rise – Spring Lake Park
- Riverside Cancer Care Center – Minneapolis
Hospice and Palliative Care
- Allina Hospice – St. Paul
- Health Partners Hospice – Metro-wide
- Fairview Hospice – Metro-wide
Hospitals and Clinics
- Abbott Northwestern – Minneapolis
- Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota – Minneapolis, St. Paul, Minnetonka
- Fairview Southdale – Edina
- Gillette Children’s Hospital – St. Paul
- Hennepin County Medical Center – Minneapolis
- Maple Grove Hospital – Maple Grove
- Methodist Hospital – St. Louis Park
- North Memorial Hospital – Robbinsdale
- Park Nicollet Clinic – St. Louis Park
- Regions Hospital – St. Paul
- VA Medical Center – Minneapolis
Shelters
- Bridge for Youth – Minneapolis
- Harriet Tubman Center – Minneapolis
- People Serving People – Minneapolis
- Women’s Advocates Family Shelters – Minneapolis & St. Paul
Rehab Facilities
- Courage Center – Golden Valley
- Pride Institute – Eden Prairie
Other
- Living Well Disability Services (formerly Dakota Communities) – Eagan
- Holmes Greenway Apartments – Minneapolis
- Hosanna Church – Lakeville
- Mall of America – Bloomington
- Minneapolis Veterans Home – Minneapolis
- Partners for Violence Prevention (PVP) – St. Paul
- Ronald McDonald House – Minneapolis
- Science Museum – St. Paul
- St. David’s Center – Minnetonka
Leaving paw prints on the hearts of those we visit