North Star Therapy Animals of Pet Partners

Therapy Animal Services in Minnesota

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Facilities We Visit

North Star Therapy Animals of Pet Partners 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.

North Star Therapy Animals of Pet Partners is delighted to partner with the following facilities. This list reflects just a small subset of the many wonderful locations our teams visit.
 

Colleges & Universities

  • Anoka-Ramsey Community College – Cambridge
  • Augsburg University – Minneapolis
  • College of St. Benedict  and St. John’s University
  • Dakota County Technical College – Rosemount
  • Dunwoody College of Technology – Minneapolis
  • Hamline University – St. Paul
  • Hennepin Technical College – Brooklyn Park
  • Inver Hills Community College – Inver Grove Heights
  • Macalester College – St. Paul
  • Mitchell Hamline School of Law – St. Paul
  • North Central University – Minneapolis
  • North Hennepin Community College – Brooklyn Park
  • Northwestern Health Sciences University – Bloomington
  • St. Catherine University – St. Paul
  • University of Minnesota – Minneapolis
  • University of St. Thomas  – St. Paul

Hospice and Palliative Care

  • Allina Hospice – St. Paul
  • Health Partners Hospice – Metro-wide
  • Fairview Hospice – Metro-wide
  • Riverside Cancer Care Center – Minneapolis

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
  • Parkinsons Specialty Care – Edina
  • Regions Hospital – St. Paul
  • VA Medical Center – Minneapolis

K-12 Schools

  • Alice Smith Elementary School – Hopkins
  • All Saints Catholic School – Lakeville
  • Anthony Middle School – Minneapolis
  • Carondelet Catholic School – Minneapolis
  • Cedar Ridge Elementary School – Eden Prairie
  • Chanhassen High School – Chanhassen
  • Chelsea Heights  Elementary School – St. Paul
  • Chaska High School – Chaska
  • Cooper High School – New Hope
  • Creek Valley Elementary School – Edina
  • Crestview Elementary School – Brooklyn Park
  • Delano Elementary School – Delano
  • Eagan High School – Eagan
  • Eagle Creek Elementary – Shakopee
  • Eden Prairie High School – Eden Prairie
  • Eisenhower Elementary – Hopkins
  • Elizabeth Hall School – Minneapolis
  • Falcon Heights Elementary – Roseville
  • Golden Valley North Education Center – Golden Valley
  • Hidden River Middle School – St. Paul
  • Hopkins High School – Hopkins
  • Hopkins North Jr. High – Hopkins
  • Hudson Prairie Elementary School – Hudson
  • Jefferson High School – Bloomington
  • Kenwood Elementary – Minneapolis
  • Lucy Laney Elementary School – Minneapolis
  • Matroska International School – White Bear Lake
  • Minnesota State Academies – Faribault
  • Minnewashta Elementary School – Excelsior
  • Neil Elementary School – Plymouth
  • The Newman School – St. Paul
  • NorthPoint Elementary School – Blaine
  • Oak Point Elementary School – Eden Prairie
  • Olson Middle School – Bloomington
  • Orono Schools – Long Lake
  • Our Saviors Lutheran School – Excelsior
  • Perpich Arts High School – Golden Valley
  • Plymouth Creek Elementary School – Plymouth
  • Quora Education Center – Little Canada
  • Richfield High School – Richfield
  • River Bend Education Center – Minneapolis
  • Rockford Middle School – Rockford
  • Rondo PreK – St. Paul
  • Rosemount High School – Rosemount
  • Shakopee High School – Shakopee
  • Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran School – Apple Valley
  • Sojourner Truth Academy – Minneapolis
  • Spero Academy – Minneapolis
  • Spring Lake Park High School –  Spring Lake Park
  • St. Anthony Village High School – St. Anthony Village
  • St, Paul – Roseville Area Middle Schools – Little Canada
  • Thomas Lake Elementary School – Eagan
  • Triton High School – Dodge Center
  • Watershed High School – Richfield
  • Wayzata High School – Plymouth
  • Wayzata Junior High – Wayzata
  • Webster Elementary School – St. Paul
  • Woodbury Math and Science Academy – Woodbury

Libraries

  • Anoka County Library System
  • Carver County Library System
  • Dakota County Library System
  • Hennepin County Library System
  • Ramsey County Library System
  • Scott County Library System
  • Washington County Library System

Memory Care and Care Centers

  • Arbor Lakes Senior Living – Maple Grove
  • Augustana Chapel View Care Center – Hopkins
  • Aurora on France – Edina
  • Beehive Homes
  • Benedictine Health Center – Minneapolis
  • Brookdale Minnetonka Carlson Pkwy – Minnetonka
  • Carefree Cottages of Maplewood – Maplewood
  • Catholic Eldercare – Minneapolis
  • Covenant Living – Golden Valley
  • Eagle Crest Commons – Roseville
  • Edendale Residence – Eden Prairie
  • Elim Home Nursing Home – Watertown
  • Emerald Crest Memory Care – Minnetonka, Burnsville
  • 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
  • Norris Square Senior Living  Cottage Grove
  • Olive Branch Estates – Chanhassen
  • Parkshore – St. Louis Park
  • Prairie Adult Care – Eden Prairie
  • Presbyterian Homes – Bloomington
  • Rakhma Grace House – Minnetonka
  • Roitenberg Nursing Home – St. Louis Park
  • St. Therese – Minneapolis
  • Schule Haus Senior Housing – Jordan
  • Sojourn Adult Day Services – Mound
  • Suite Living Senior Care – Various Locations
  • The Alton Memory Care – St. Paul

Rehab Facilities

  • Courage Center – Golden Valley
  • Pride Institute – Eden Prairie

Shelters

  • Bridge for Youth – Minneapolis
  • Catholic Charities – Twin Cities
  • Harriet Tubman Center – Minneapolis
  • People Serving People – Minneapolis
  • Women’s Advocates Family Shelters – Minneapolis & St. Paul

Other

  • Living Well Disability Services (formerly Dakota Communities) – Eagan
  • Dakota County 911 Call Center – Roseville
  • Holmes Greenway Apartments – Minneapolis
  • Hosanna Church – Lakeville
  • Mall of America – Bloomington
  • Minneapolis Veterans Home – Minneapolis
  • MSP International Airport – MSP Animal Ambassadors and Animal Ambassador Helpers
  • Park Nicollet Melrose Institute – St. Louis Park
  • Partners for Violence Prevention (PVP) – St. Paul
  • Rise – Spring Lake Park
  • Ronald McDonald House – Minneapolis
  • Science Museum – St. Paul
  • St. David’s Center – Minnetonka
  • The Minneapolis Star Tribune
  • University of Minnesota – Pet Away Worry & Stress (PAWS)

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April 30 was National Therapy Animal Day and North Star Therapy Animals had gathered more than 50 of their best and fluffiest to celebrate at @mallofamerica. Two impossibly fuzzy alpacas, Reese’s and Whiteout, nuzzled visitors to their pen. Children sat cross-legged, reading storybooks to dogs. Others colored pictures or scampered from pet to pet, collecting trading cards: Dash Toby, a wee-piano-playing Yorkipoo; Duke Silver, the motorcycle-riding rescue mutt; Oslo, a 140-pound Leonberger who looks like a fur-covered mountain, if the mountain loved you and wanted you to be happy. 🎥+📝: Jennifer Brooks/The Minnesota Star Tribune

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Dogs, cats, alpacas and bunnies offer real retail therapy at the Mall of America

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On National Therapy Animal Day, just call it the Mall of Alpacas.
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