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GREG SPECTOR WANTS YOUR SUPPORT TO HELP THE UDS FOUNDATION
They say justice is blind. As a result of a series of unfortunate events relating to an act of self-defense, Greg Spector has spent the past 7 years in prison. Before his incarceration, Greg was a loyal husband, a proud father, a hard worker, and a dedicated firefighter. Since his incarceration, Greg has been a model inmate. He has been focused on helping others. He became a tutor and has helped other inmates further their learning. Greg has never received an infraction for his behavior.
United Disabilities Services Foundation (UDSF) is a non-profit organization with more than 55 years of experience developing a wide variety of services and programs that improve the quality of life and expand boundaries for people with disabilities. UDS, a subsidiary of UDSF provides services to support people who are living with disabilities, who are aging, or who are recovering from an injury.
Dog training programs have been around for many years in prisons. UDS has formed what some may think is an unlikely alliance in their mission to help people who are differently abled to live independent and fulfilling lives. In 2015, the State Correctional Institution Houtzdale, PA entered into a partnership with UDS’s Service Dog program. Actually, there’s nowhere else a dog will get the same kind of one-on-one care they receive while they’re with their handler in jail. The puppies are sponsored by advocates in the community. UDS Service Dogs are trained from pups for over two years by a team of dedicated volunteers and professionals. At Houtzdale, the dogs go to prison when they’re four months old and stay there with their handler for eight to ten months. When the dogs leave SCI Houtzdale, they return to Lancaster, PA. There they will enter the Intermediate phase of training before entering their final phase known as Secondary, before being matched with persons with mobility disabilities or autism. The service dogs help their new owners live fuller lives.
Greg was selected by the prison and UDS to be part of their dog training program. For the past 4 years, Greg has dedicated his time to be a dog handler for UDS. He has always loved dogs, and especially his UDS dogs, and appreciates the life-changing contribution service dogs make in people’s lives. Greg has trained (4) service dogs. He also served as the clerk for this program and is responsible for all paperwork and ordering supplies for the dogs that are paired with inmates in this program. It takes time, patience, and love to train a puppy. Greg is able to witness the benefits training these dogs have brought to the staff, inmates and community alike. The program has made Greg an even better person and the dogs become part of his family. His own children learn all the dogs names, stay up to date on the training, receive pictures in the mail, and often get to meet them during visits. Greg will be the first to admit that there are a lot of tears too when he has to say goodbye to his dog.
UDS’s Service Dogs program has many expenses such as veterinary care and food for all the puppies that have been welcomed into the program. Many fundraisers for the Service Dogs Program had to be cancelled this year due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. The UDS Service Dogs program relies substantially on the support of the community to carry out its mission of training dogs to help individuals with mobility disabilities and autism. They have also placed several dogs in local schools to help students who struggle in the classroom.
The work with service dogs also benefits the inmates who take part in the program. Inmates receive a certificate in K9 training and care. When inmates are released from jail, they have a marketable skill. Greg wants more than anything for this program to continue. This is why he wants to bring awareness to this program and help raise funds to pay for their expenses.
Greg wants to see UDS succeed and their programs continue, helping both inmates and the public. Any money you can spare would make a difference. 100% of all money donated will go directly to the UDS Service Dog program. Greg is asking his supporters and members of the public to turn their attention to UDS. Greg is not asking for any donations for his family or legal expenses. He is fortunate enough to have a support network of his own.
Greg continues to appeal his sentence. To learn more about Greg's case visit www.freegregspector.com or to learn more about UDS Service Dogs program and stay up to date on news and events, visit www.udservices.org/servicedogs
They say justice is blind. As a result of a series of unfortunate events relating to an act of self-defense, Greg Spector has spent the past 7 years in prison. Before his incarceration, Greg was a loyal husband, a proud father, a hard worker, and a dedicated firefighter. Since his incarceration, Greg has been a model inmate. He has been focused on helping others. He became a tutor and has helped other inmates further their learning. Greg has never received an infraction for his behavior.
United Disabilities Services Foundation (UDSF) is a non-profit organization with more than 55 years of experience developing a wide variety of services and programs that improve the quality of life and expand boundaries for people with disabilities. UDS, a subsidiary of UDSF provides services to support people who are living with disabilities, who are aging, or who are recovering from an injury.
Dog training programs have been around for many years in prisons. UDS has formed what some may think is an unlikely alliance in their mission to help people who are differently abled to live independent and fulfilling lives. In 2015, the State Correctional Institution Houtzdale, PA entered into a partnership with UDS’s Service Dog program. Actually, there’s nowhere else a dog will get the same kind of one-on-one care they receive while they’re with their handler in jail. The puppies are sponsored by advocates in the community. UDS Service Dogs are trained from pups for over two years by a team of dedicated volunteers and professionals. At Houtzdale, the dogs go to prison when they’re four months old and stay there with their handler for eight to ten months. When the dogs leave SCI Houtzdale, they return to Lancaster, PA. There they will enter the Intermediate phase of training before entering their final phase known as Secondary, before being matched with persons with mobility disabilities or autism. The service dogs help their new owners live fuller lives.
Greg was selected by the prison and UDS to be part of their dog training program. For the past 4 years, Greg has dedicated his time to be a dog handler for UDS. He has always loved dogs, and especially his UDS dogs, and appreciates the life-changing contribution service dogs make in people’s lives. Greg has trained (4) service dogs. He also served as the clerk for this program and is responsible for all paperwork and ordering supplies for the dogs that are paired with inmates in this program. It takes time, patience, and love to train a puppy. Greg is able to witness the benefits training these dogs have brought to the staff, inmates and community alike. The program has made Greg an even better person and the dogs become part of his family. His own children learn all the dogs names, stay up to date on the training, receive pictures in the mail, and often get to meet them during visits. Greg will be the first to admit that there are a lot of tears too when he has to say goodbye to his dog.
UDS’s Service Dogs program has many expenses such as veterinary care and food for all the puppies that have been welcomed into the program. Many fundraisers for the Service Dogs Program had to be cancelled this year due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. The UDS Service Dogs program relies substantially on the support of the community to carry out its mission of training dogs to help individuals with mobility disabilities and autism. They have also placed several dogs in local schools to help students who struggle in the classroom.
The work with service dogs also benefits the inmates who take part in the program. Inmates receive a certificate in K9 training and care. When inmates are released from jail, they have a marketable skill. Greg wants more than anything for this program to continue. This is why he wants to bring awareness to this program and help raise funds to pay for their expenses.
Greg wants to see UDS succeed and their programs continue, helping both inmates and the public. Any money you can spare would make a difference. 100% of all money donated will go directly to the UDS Service Dog program. Greg is asking his supporters and members of the public to turn their attention to UDS. Greg is not asking for any donations for his family or legal expenses. He is fortunate enough to have a support network of his own.
Greg continues to appeal his sentence. To learn more about Greg's case visit www.freegregspector.com or to learn more about UDS Service Dogs program and stay up to date on news and events, visit www.udservices.org/servicedogs
Organizer
Lonnie Spector
Organizer
Bensalem Township, PA