TADSAW Mission

The TADSAW, INC. mission is to provide for the training of a Medical Alert Service Dog, as designated by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990/2010 guidelines, for any wounded Veteran Service Member (Active Duty. Retired, Discharged) surviving with Military Induced Anxiety Depression Syndrome (MIADS), post traumatic stress disorder (ptsd), Military Sexual Trauma (MST) and/or Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), in order to restore and improve the Veteran’s Quality of Life with a canine ‘Battle Buddy’, at NO CHARGE  to the Veteran or the family.

December 2022 Special

**Two-fer Special**
Celebrating with

Pearl Harbor – December 7th
Hanukkah – December 18th -26th
Christmas – December 25th
Kwansa – December 26th

Support a TADSAW Service Dog Team or TWO!
Start your own Tradition TODAY!

Donate $2,500 – 2 Veterans & 2 Battle Buddies are trained for the cost of One Team!

Other Service Dog Organizations train a dog for $25,000 to $45,000 – for only ONE Veteran? And it’s up to a 2-year wait or more!

Supporting the Veteran is not just a ‘once a year event’ …..
it is an everyday struggle of survival in order to PREVAIL!!

Check Out “Our Donors 2022” and their building blocks!
Be part of Making a Difference and an IMPACT!!

TADSAW Diversity

TADSAW is the leader of Service Dog Providers in the area of Diversity, Equality and Inclusion striving to mirror the demographics of Our Military and Veteran population with disabilities. TADSAW Statistics thru  November 30th 2022:

• 29% of Our Teams are Female Veterans (#403)
• 24% of Our Teams are MST Survivors (#343 – Female & Male)
• 26% of Our Teams are Minorities (accredited #365 Service Dog Teams)
  133 African-American Teams: M: 57//F: 76
  186 Hispanic-Latina Teams: M: 118//F: 68
    16 Native American Teams: M: 9//F: 7
    17 Jewish American Teams: M: 13//F: 4
   13 Asian Pacific American Teams: M: 6//F: 7
• Military Branch Statistics (Includes the TADSAF program)
  851 U.S. Army (61.98%) (M:617//F:234)
  165 U.S. Marine Corps (12.02%) (M:131//F:34)
  166 U.S. Navy (12.09%) (M:126//F:40)
  143 U.S. Air Force (10.42%) (M:77//F:66)
      8 U.S. Coast Guard (0.58%) (M:4//F:4)
      9 First Responder (0.66%) (M:6//F:3)
    31 Civilian (2.26%)  (M:6//F:25)
• TADSAW’s Female Service Dog Teams by Demographics
  403 Total Teams
      76 African American
      68 Hispanic-Latina
        7 Native American
        7 Asian-Pacific Islander
        4 Jewish American
   241 Caucasian

Day of Remembrance

Thursday, December 22nd 2022
A Monthly Tradition since 2013
Day of Remembrance for Our Veterans who are no longer with us.
Check on those Veterans who might be in a “BADD” place!

“Do not get lost in a sea of despair. Be hopeful, be optimistic.
Our struggle is not the struggle of a day, a week, a month, or a year, it is the struggle of a lifetime. Never, ever be afraid to make some noise and get in Good trouble, Necessary trouble.”
Congressman John R. Lewis
June 2018

TADSAW Demographics

October 2022 • September 2022