About Us > Training Campus
- Growth Spurt
- 60 x 60 event area
- Front lobby
- Kitchen including refrigerator, microwave, coffee maker and sinks
- Complete central heating and air conditioning
- Men's and women's restrooms; fully accessible
- Complete AV system
- 14 ft drop down screen
- Ceiling mounted projector
- Loop system for guests with hearing impairments
- 16 ceiling mounted speakers
- Capability of displaying/playing
- DVD
- CD
- Internet
- Power Point
- Variety of files, documents and charts (File viewing software must be on our systems or provided.)
- NOTE: Use of AV system requires THSD system operator ($20/hr)
- Events with greater than 50 attendees must provide parking lot supervision either through their own staff and volunteers or through THSD. This is to ensure guests' safety in the parking areas and on the driveway, which at this time is only wide enough for one vehicle at a time.
By Sheri Soltes, THSD Founder & President
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| Our first Guest Speaker Seminar, August 11 & 12, 2007 |
Thanks to your generous support, we completed construction of our fabulous 4800 sq ft Training Building & Visitors Center at the end of July 2007.
I hope each of you gets to come out and see us. Whether you're volunteering, attending a special event or coming to a dog training seminar, it's a beautiful, fabulous building. We all love it!
As you walk in, the first thing you see is the huge mosaic Café Woof sign in the hospitality area. There is fresh coffee brewing and cookies, muffins, granola bars and even, on some occasions, donuts to welcome visitors.
Through the window and the lovely French doors, you can see trainers in the main 3600 sq ft training area working dogs.
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| One of the mosaic columns created by our staff |
Visitors are often impressed with the six mosaic columns framing the room. Inspired by the architecture of Antoni Gaudi of Barcelona , Spain , where some of I and our Training Director Becky McClintock have taught training seminars, these columns feature colorful, fanciful mosaics that delight the eye and spark the imagination. You’ll meet the artists themselves when you visit because our very own staff created all of the fanciful tiling.
THSD’s Training Building & Visitors Center is not your everyday industrial dog training warehouse. This is a piece of our hearts built with attention to individuality and warmth in addition to dimensions, air conditioning capacity and plumbing.
The Visitors Center is available for rental for children’s birthday parties, conferences and other events. Featuring 3600 square feet in the main area, it boasts a state-of-the-art audio visual system including a 14 foot screen and ceiling mounted projector. It can run everything from movies to Power Point presentations to music to a website. It also has a kitchen area for light catering.
Tours
THSD offers tours to students and other groups. Tours include a video presentation, meeting the trainers and a tour of the kennels.
Minimum group – 10 people
Price: $4/child; $6/adult
For inquiries, contact Debbie Randall at Debbie@servicedogs.org
Rental Rates
Texas Hearing & Service Dogs' new Training Building and Visitors Center may be rented for private events. Features:
Saturday and Sunday
Partial Day - $210
Full Day - $420
Over 10 hours - case by case
Each of the 5 hour slots listed below rent for $210; If your event spans more than one of these slots, regardless of the time length of your event, it is considered a full day and the rental rate is $420/day.
If your event is over 10 hours long, the rental rate will be set on a case by case basis.
Hours: 8:00 AM - 1:00 PM $210
1:00 PM - 6:00 PM $210
6:00 PM - 11:00 PM $210
Monday - Friday
Hours: 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM $180
6:00 PM - 11:00 PM $200
Full Day $500
Please contact Sheri Soltes with inquiries at Sheri@servicedogs.org
