September 2025 Newsletter
NATIONAL SERVICE
🐾DOG MONTH🐾
Pictured above are SDiTs Phoenix and Patriot. Patriot is sponsored by Raytheon, an RTX Business
September is National Service Dog Month, a month dedicated to honoring Service Dogs and their handlers, raising awareness about their vital work, and supporting organizations that train them. This month celebrates the incredible training Service Dogs receive to carry out life-changing tasks, giving individuals with disabilities greater independence and confidence.
What Do Service Dogs Do?
Service Dogs are task-oriented partners trained to directly assist people with disabilities, which is very different from emotional support or therapy animals.
Some of the tasks MWAM Service Dogs are trained to perform include:
*Medication reminders *Retrieving dropped items *Turning lights on and off
*Getting help in emergencies *Waking handlers from night terrors
*Assisting with mobility (helping a handler stand, sit, or balance)
*Recognizing signs of anxiety and providing deep pressure therapy
By performing these tasks, Service Dogs help their handlers live safer, more independent lives.
Ways to Support National Service Dog Month
🐾 Respect the vest: Please do not pet or distract a working Service Dog.
📚Educate: Learn about Service Dogs and their handlers’ rights under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Visit our website to learn more or explore ways to help, such as becoming a Puppy Raiser.
🤝 Support: Volunteer, donate, or become a sponsor or community partner.
📢 Spread the word: Follow us on social media, share our monthly newsletter, and join us at local events.
HEALING PAWS🐾
Behind every Service Dog team is a story of resilience, silent battles, and lives restored. At Mutts With A Mission, we witness firsthand how these incredible dogs provide critical, often lifesaving support. They ease the weight of PTSD, interrupt night terrors, and ground their partners during moments of despair. Their work goes beyond companionship—they are true partners in healing, offering stability, comfort, and hope when it is needed most.
September is Suicide Prevention Month, a time to raise awareness and support those struggling with mental health challenges. Service Dogs play a vital role in this mission, providing steady, reliable companionship that can make the difference between isolation and connection.
We invite you to honor these teams and help raise awareness by sharing their stories. Together, we can shine a light on mental health, celebrate resilience, and ensure no one walks through life’s darkest moments alone.
Pictured below is SDiT Sparrow
THANK YOU, NEW SPONSOR
👏BARTLETT LEGAL GROUP👏
Pictured above is SDiT Trit
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We are excited to welcome Bartlett Legal Group, from Pensacola, Florida, as one of our newest sponsors! Bartlett Legal Group is dedicated to assisting Veterans with VA benefit claims, ensuring they receive the support and resources they have earned.
Their generous Blue Level Sponsorship helps Mutts With A Mission cover the cost for a deserving recipient to attend our two-week Transfer Camp—including hotel accommodations and meals.
We are truly grateful for Bartlett Legal Group’s partnership and their commitment to Serving Those Who Keep Us Free.
You or your company is invited to become a donor or sponsor. Click the button below. MWAM is a 501(c)(3) organization, and all donations are tax-deductible.
Pictured below are SDiTs Jade, Avalanche - Sponsored by Norfolk Admirals, Pioneer, and Steele - Sponsored by Atlantic Bay Mortgage Group.
TELL ME MORE ABOUT SPONSORSHIPS
We are proud to be an ADI-accredited organization and to have maintained a
4-star rating on Charity Navigator.
You can be confident that your donations make a difference!
Pictured left is SDiT Radar
🐶MULTIPLY YOUR IMPACT!🐶
MWAM receives direct employee donations matched by thousands of businesses.
To find out if your company will match your donation, please click on the Gift Matching button below.
Pictured above is SDiT Willow, Sponsored by VB Vets Give Back
🍂MUTTS MERCH🍂
Don’t get caught in the cold
Grab your MWAM & Team Hudson merch, perfect for crisp fall nights!
🛍️ MWAM MERCH! 🐾
Show your support for Mutts With A Mission with our cozy and adorable merch! Choose from a variety of hoodies, zip-ups, beanies, t-shirts, and plush pups 🐶.
The proceeds from every purchase go directly back into our training program! Mutts Merch makes a perfect pick-me-up for yourself or a thoughtful gift for family and friends 💖
🎉TEAM HUDSON! 🏈
College football season is here—time to cheer on Team Hudson with MWAM/ODU merch!
🔥 ON SALE NOW 🔥
Hudson T-Shirts – $10.00
Hudson Hoodies – $29.99
Hudson Plush – $18.00
Support Mutts With A Mission while showing your Team Hudson pride!🐾
🎉🐾PAWSITIVE PARTNERS🐾🎉
JASON'S DELI, CHESAPEAKE, VA
Mutts With A Mission LOVES our community paw-tners! Earlier this month, our Service Dogs in Training (SDiTs) visited Jason’s Deli, Chesapeake to practice their restaurant manners. Training in real-life settings helps our dogs learn to stay calmly on their mats, ignore food and crumbs on the floor, and to remain focused despite patrons coming and going.
Thanks to Jason’s Deli, our pups had a fantastic training experience!
Stay tuned for details on our next
training night, toy donation drive, and fundraiser event with Jason's Deli!
Pictured below are SDiTs Rivet, Que, and Smudge enjoying restaurant training at Jason's Deli
♥️MISSION MOMENT♥️
9/11
Mutts With A Mission was honored to stand beside our brave men and women who serve our community. On 9/11, our SDiTs helped provide smiles, give thanks, and showed support and gratitude to our local EMS, VBPD, Mounted Police, SWAT, and various fire departments at the annual
Mission BBQ Day of Remembrance event.
We are humbled and deeply grateful for your service and sacrifice.
Pictured below are SDiTs Steele - Sponsored by Atlantic Bay Mortgage Group, Smudge, Phoenix, Patriot - Sponsored by RTX, a Raytheon Business, and Gadget
CAPT FATHOM
USS GEORGE H.W. BUSH (CVN-77)
CAPT POSEIDON USS NIMITZ (CVN-68)
CAPT RUDDER USS CARL VINSON (CVN-70)
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