Soul Friends, Inc

09/16/2025

Every parent of a child with autism should listen to Soul Friends, Inc Gala's parent speaker Danielle Gonyea, author of Same Roots Different Wings and the mom to three wonderful boys with autism. Here is the clip, with animal assisted services "I am starting to get my son back". It's 5 minutes but worth every second.

09/16/2025

Every parent of a child with autism should listen to Soul Friends, Inc Gala's parent speaker Danielle Gonyea, author of Same Roots Different Wings and the mom to 3 wonderful boys with autism. Here is the clip, with animal assisted services "I am starting to get my son back". It's 5 minutes but worth every second.

09/15/2025

Danielle gave the speech of the century ... link coming soon. From the heart of a mom of 3 special children and the founder and writer of Same Roots Different Wings - so incredibly grateful

09/15/2025

WHAT A NIGHT! The Wallingford Energy Soul Friends Gala raised over $12,000 for our therapy animal programs. Thanks Renee DiNino and all our Soul Friends staff and supporters.

09/11/2025

So many dogs helping - in times of tragedy I always listen to the wise words of Mr Rogers "wait for the helpers to come" - and these dogs did help. And then there is the seeing eye dog who walked his blind companion down flights of stairs. Dogs are helpers. Dogs are healers. Dogs are best friends and dogs are soul friends.

08/30/2025

On National Grief Awareness Day Becca and I spent the day at the farm in our grant partnership with the The Cove Center for Grieving Children equine family program and the healing was just so heart-felt. It is an honor to comfort those in grief, and in my years working in hospice and as a young, widowed mom - to be comforted while in pain mattered so deeply.

08/25/2025

Today begins well really week, and we are so honored to serve so many families impacted by this loss,

08/22/2025

https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/2025-gala-9 Come join us at Wallingford Energy's Soul Friends Gala - see how quietly in our great state of Soul Friends clinicians and therapy animals are changing the lives of children, adults and families. A recent quote: " I have not smiled for over 6 months until I horse healed my heart" Celebrate as well the life-changing work our and teams are doing in schools Join Renee DiNino and our team to celebrate the mission of "healing the hearts of our clients one wagging tail at a time"

🎉 Get ready to throw on your cocktail attire because this will be a night you do not want to miss! Be a part of something extraordinary as Soul Friends hosts our first annual Gala at the legendary TPC River Highlands. It's going to be an event like no other, and we want YOU to be there! 🎉Every...

08/20/2025

Look what's NEW for Soul Friends Gala.... SPECIAL thanks to WALLINGFORD ENERGY and The Nest Schools Wallingford and all our other sponsors. GET YOUR TICKETS WHILE THEY ARE STILL AVAILABLE! Have a night of celebrating how therapy animals have helped provide mental health support to over 10,000 children, teens, adults and families across with Special Host Renee DiNino TPC River Highlands Special thanks to The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven Cheshire Chamber of Commerce and Quinnipiac Chamber of Commerce for their support for the last 22 years https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/2025-gala-9

08/17/2025

This is true some days - sometimes it's a dog friend, the other day it was chickens for a young girl in foster care. She discussed attachment needs of chickens - they need "care" "love" "food" and "friends" and needed with "that's what I need"

08/13/2025

Shout out to all of our incredible sponsors and donors for our upcoming Wallingford Energy Gala on Sept. 12. An extra special thanks to this year's Signature Sponsor: Wallingford Energy, as well as our Gold Sponsor: The Nest Schools!

Gala tickets can be purchased at zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/2025-gala-9, so get them while they are still available. If you are interested in becoming a sponsor/donor for this year's Gala, just message us or send us an email at info@soul-friends.org. Thank you as always for your support of Soul Friends!

08/13/2025