The Prison Pet Partnership Program (PPPP) is looking for fresh ideas, a fresh new look and a new way to connect with the community by organizing a logo re-design contest. Our mission is to rescue and train homeless animals to provide service dogs for persons with disabilities. The PPPP also operates a boarding and grooming facility to provide vocational education for women inmates. The program began as part of Tacoma Community College’s inmate education program in 1982 and became an independent Washington nonprofit corporation in May 1990.
Heather DeJesus, member of the board of directors for the PPPP, said. “We are soliciting your help in looking for students and novice graphic designers to submit designs for our new logo. Students in at the Tacoma Public Schools may be interested in helping a terrific non-profit organization.” Visit the Web site at
www.prisonpetpartnership.org to get copies of the logo contest guidelines and applications.
The winning design will be widely seen and used in multiple promotional formats: website, letterhead, dog-wear, T-shirts, brochures, newsletters. You will be publicly recognized for your design and able to use this experience for your graphic design portfolio. You may even be able to use this for school credit!
The Prison Pet Partnership Program is a non-profit organization based out of the Gig Harbor Washington Correction Center for Women. The organization teaches marketable dog training and grooming skills to women offenders so they not only have a career path when they are released, but they learn responsibility and dedication. The dogs that are trained are rescued from shelters across the Puget Sound. These dogs are given a second chance by being trained as a service dog or a trained “paroled” pet for a family to enjoy. If the dogs can learn the skills necessary for service work, they are paired with an individual from the PPPP waiting list. If they are not able to learn these skills, they are adopted to loving homes. For the past 19 years, the PPPP has been a vital part of the Western Washington Community and is looking to improve its recognition with a new logo.