The Sand Canyon Country Club welcomed many furry friends at the Titania K9 Fund’s 8 t h annual fundraiser with the theme of “Wanted: Wild West Gala” on Sunday afternoon to raise funds for the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles dog therapy program. Titania K9 Fund committee member, Denise Kane, said that her daughter, Tory Kane, was a CHLA patient when she created an anime superhero figurine named Titania who had a sidekick dog named K9, who battled illness and injury with her superpowers of love, hope and courage. Her daughter is the inspiration for the fund’s name and its mission.
Denise Kane said that having a dog therapy program at CHLA is important because it can make a patient’s day when they are going through treatment. “Some of those kids are in the hospital for a long time, so when the dog comes into the room, it lights up their day. They can be themselves.
It’s unconditional love,” said Kane. Attendee Olivia Jarquin said this fundraiser was very important to her and her family after seeing how much the dog therapy program helped her daughter when she was a patient at CHLA. “As soon as those dogs came into the room, she would turn into a different person,” said Jarquin.
Jarquin said that when a dog would come to her daughter’s room and visit it would change her whole demeanor. Her daughter would become much more attentive, and they appreciated there was something to make her happy while they were at the hospital for long periods of time. Even afte.