Presentations

New, as of September 2011

Presentations by Audrey Kinsella, based on Dingle's accompanying workbook: "Let's All Help our elderly and disabled friends: Lessons from Dingle, the Helpful Ice Cream Cone Delivery Dog."

Available for school, church, or other organized group presentations.

For the young or young at heart.

45-minute discussion about the needs for helping the elderly and disabled to be more comfortable and safe at home. Audience members learn how to help... through being shown many pointers and beginning a take-home project that's meant to bring comfort to their elderly or disabled friends and family.

Readings, with and without the real life Dingle

• The Hop Ice Cream Parlor, Asheville, NC, July 1, 2010
  (which coincided with the publication date of Dingle, The Helpful Ice Cream Cone Delivery Dog). A reading with special appearance by Dingle (whose owner's surname is Truelove, making his dog Dingle Truelove), for The Hop's special evening's Dog's Night Out.

• Return engagements at The Hop, by popular request, Aug. 5, and yet another on Nov. 6! (Note to self: Warn Dingle about perils of "overexposure" common to star performers!)

• Multiple readings at Asheville area YMCA preschool classes and the Jewish Community Center, throughout July and August 2010, among other readings for young children and their parents and teachers... and also one exception:

• Reading/discussion for approximately 100 older adults who are "Foster Grandparents" locally (and working with young children as an elderly version of Big Brothers and Sisters), Asheville, NC, Nov. 16, 2010. An interested audience, many of whom wanted to contribute thoughts about people "of a certain age" not asking for help when needed—an important lesson we can all take away from Dingle, the dog in the book who wants to ensure his elderly and disabled owner's comfort and safety.