PALS is a nonprofit enhancing the quality of life of people in need through pet therapy
04/13/2026
It's feeling like Spring has sprung🌷, and so have our flower baskets! 💐
Support PALS on our Pet Therapy Mission while bringing a little extra joy to your home or someone special. Every basket helps our volunteers and therapy animals visit hospitals, schools, and care homes, sharing comfort, connection, and smiles 💙🐶
⏰ Order by: April 21
📦 Pick up: May 8 & 9 — just in time for Mother’s Day!
Brighten a day, celebrate spring, and spread pawsitive vibes in the community 🌸🐾
👉 Order today: palspets.com
04/11/2026
The PALS Surf’s Up Gala is almost here!
A big thank you to all our sponsors!!
All of our silent auction donors, volunteers, and and all our pet therapy supporters, THANK YOU!! We can’t provide pet therapy to thousands of Calgary & area people without you. 🐾💙
Our online auction with a trip on to Yellowknife at the is linked in our bio. Ends tonight at 10:30 pm.
Did you know our Story PALS program started in 2006? 💙 TWENTY years ago! 🙀
In partnership with the Calgary Public Library, this program supports children as they build confidence and strengthen their reading skills — all with the help of a friendly, non-judgmental listener 🐶
By reading one-on-one with a PALS therapy dog team, kids can relax, take their time, and enjoy the experience of storytelling in a safe and encouraging space.
Because sometimes, the best reading buddy… has four legs 🐾
Support PALS on our reading mission! ⬇️
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04/08/2026
Our Gala is this weekend! ✨ We’re so excited to celebrate all things PALS 💙
We want to extend our deepest gratitude to our incredible PALS volunteers — both pets and humans — and to every one of you who has shared a post, made a donation, supported our fundraisers, or simply told a friend about PALS. None of this would be possible without you.
Don’t forget — you can still join in on the fun by participating in our Silent Auction until 10:30 PM Friday night. Link in bio!
Enjoy a few photos from last year’s Gala 📸 🐾
Support PALS ⬇️
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04/08/2026
Your PALS are on the move this week! 🐾 and we're so excited! We will be bringing some comfort and connection to our wonderful communities:
✨ We will be celebrating Mental Health & Wellness Day with the nursing students at the U of C Faculty of Nursing
🐶 Then we are off to spend time with the team at Imperial Oil Puppy Room — a huge thank you to Imperial Oil for their generous donation and support!
🎓 At the end of the week we will spend time with the students at Bow Valley College 😊
See you soon! 💙
Support PALS on our mission ⬇️
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04/04/2026
Surf’s up… and so are the bids 🌊🐾 Open til April 11th at 10:30 pm!
This year’s Silent Barktion is bringing the wow factor — featuring unforgettable prizes like a Northern Lights getaway to Yellowknife complete with breathtaking aurora views, timeless Disney collectables, and signed Calgary Flames memorabilia from fan-favourite legend Lanny McDonald… and more! 💙
Every single bid helps Pet Access League Society (PALS) continue delivering the healing power of pet therapy to people who need it most across Calgary.
Surf’s up… and so are the bids 🌊🐾 Open til April 11th at 10:30 pm!
This year’s Silent Barktion is bringing the wow factor — featuring unforgettable prizes like a Northern Lights getaway to Yellowknife complete with breathtaking aurora views, timeless Disney collectables, and signed Calgary Flames memorabilia from fan-favourite legend Lanny McDonald… and more! 💙
Every single bid helps Pet Access League Society (PALS) continue delivering the healing power of pet therapy to people who need it most across Calgary.
Surf’s up… and so are the bids 🌊🐾 Open til April 11th at 10:30 pm!
This year’s Silent Barktion is bringing the wow factor — featuring unforgettable prizes like a Northern Lights getaway to Yellowknife complete with breathtaking aurora views, timeless Disney collectables, and signed Calgary Flames memorabilia from fan-favourite legend Lanny McDonald… and more! 💙
Every single bid helps Pet Access League Society (PALS) continue delivering the healing power of pet therapy to people who need it most across Calgary.
Surf’s up… and so are the bids 🌊🐾 Open til April 11th at 10:30 pm!
This year’s Silent Barktion is bringing the wow factor — featuring unforgettable prizes like a Northern Lights getaway to Yellowknife complete with breathtaking aurora views, timeless Disney collectables, and signed Calgary Flames memorabilia from fan-favourite legend Lanny McDonald… and more! 💙
Every single bid helps Pet Access League Society (PALS) continue delivering the healing power of pet therapy to people who need it most across Calgary.
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The Pet Access League Society (PALS) is a not-for-profit organization that is dedicated to providing Calgarians with pet therapy. Working with community agencies, organizations and facilities, PALS provides various programs and services to help Calgarians in need of the benefits of pet therapy access our services.
Since delivering its first visit in 1985, PALS has helped thousands of Calgarians have regularly scheduled visits to pet therapy at no charge.
PALS people are volunteers ranging in age from 18 to over 80. Visiting is done on a team basis according to a set schedule, under the direction of a team leader and a facility staff member.
Visits are 60 to 90 minutes in length and involve both group and one-on-one sessions.
Freely contributing their time, expertise and hearts, the volunteer's role is vital. They are not involved in a social visit and they must be prepared to communicate through their pet with people who may be withdrawn, disoriented or severely physically or cognitively disabled.
The patient who responds to a pet may go on to communicate with the volunteer, staff, other patients and family members. However, for many of the people PALS visits, verbal communication skills are non-existent so contact with a PALS pet becomes even more important.
During the past years, PALS volunteers have made many breakthroughs. Patients have given response after not having spoken for months; depressed, unresponsive people have reached out to connect with the pets; and people considered to be immobile have turned towards or made physical contact with a PALS pet.
PALS clients are 55% senior citizens, 25% adults, and 20% children and teenagers. The need for our services continues to grow, in part due to the measurable benefits of pet therapy, but largely due to the increase in an ageing population. As the population ages and continues to move from independent housing toward some type of long-term care facility the residents often are forced to downsize their personal belonging and that includes the family pet. Despite statistical facts surrounding improved mental and physical health and wellbeing with exposure to pets, at the time in their life when pets become the most important the connection is removed. PALS visits on a regular basis helps to bridge that connection again, helping to restore what was once lost.
