The fund raises money through GPRA donations and awards it as training scholarships, so any Great Pyrenees adopted through Great Pyrenees Rescue of Atlanta can become a certified service or therapy dog.
The scholarship is available for any Pyr adopted through Great Pyrenees Rescue of Atlanta. Already have your gentle giant? You're eligible.
Choose a dog training program and sketch your plan: what kind of service or therapy work you and your Pyr want to do, and where.
Submit the Schultz Scholarship application. Awarded scholarships cover the cost of having your Pyr trained and certified.
Certified service and therapy dogs bring support, calm, and connection to people who need it. Their work may take them into homes, schools, hospitals, senior communities, and other settings, depending on their training and role.
Normandy, one of GPRA's own adoptees, is a Schultz Foundation scholarship recipient. and learn about the early work he is doing with his family.
Anyone who has adopted a Great Pyrenees through Great Pyrenees Rescue of Atlanta and wants to train that Pyr as a certified service or therapy dog.
Scholarships fund service and therapy dog training and certification for your Pyr. Details are confirmed with the fund when your application is reviewed.
Tax-deductible donations made to Great Pyrenees Rescue of Atlanta, earmarked for the Schultz Fund.
GPRA administers the Schultz Fund and is happy to help.
Normandy is a Great Pyrenees adopted through GPRA and a recipient of a Schultz Foundation scholarship. His public profile identifies him as a certified therapy dog.
He has shared his calm presence with students, community members, and veterans. We are working with his family to tell his fuller story.