Utah Pet Partners - Therapy Animal Teams of Utah 

Operational Funds -  2026 Online Auction

              Utah Pet Partners (UPP) volunteers are bringing comfort, love, hope and healing to the people of Utah in                                 partnership with our extraordinary therapy animals. Please look at all our items, enjoy browsing,              maybe make a donation, or sponsor a facility, bid on what appeals to you, and have fun!

We welcome you to our fundraising auction to help support the operational expenses of setting up visits, recruiting new teams, training and mentoring Utah Pet Partners (UPP) Therapy Animals teams in facilities throughout Utah. You can make a donation to Sponsor a team at a local facility near you.

Bidding will start on Wednesday, April 1st, at 12:00 am and close on Thurday, April 30th, at 6:00 pm which is National Therapy Animal Day. 

On National Therapy Animal Day April 30th, head to Red Robin in Murray, Layton, or Provo, all day or Dave's Hot Chicken at 777 E 2100 S in SLC, UT on April 30th and mention you’re there for the Utah Pet Partners Fundraiser. Twenty percent of sales from the event will benefit Utah Pet Partners. Be sure to let them know when you order and again when you pay so your purchase counts toward the UPP Fundraiser. 

If you are ready to bid, just go up to the top right corner of your screen and register - or just click "Bid" on your favorite item and Bidding Owl will walk you through the process. It is easy!

More about our Organization:

Throughout the year UPP teams touch the lives of tens of thousands. Our trained animal-handler teams work with professionals in hospital, health facilities, shelters, schools, assisted living, memory care centers, juvenile courts and more.

What makes animal-assisted therapy unique is that animals, not humans, do the real work. Our animals have created a sense of joy and well-being for the people we serve, and the interactions are mutually beneficial for the animals and their owners/handlers.

Since 1993, UPP has focused on training, mentoring and supporting our animal-handler teams that provide animal-assisted therapy to a variety of clients throughout Utah. In 2024 our teams served over 84,000 clients, using 2400 volunteer hours statewide.

Much of our recruitment, continuing education, and training is through online resources and is also available to interested volunteers. We are working tirelessly to get new handlers trained and ready to bring comfort, love, hope and healing with their therapy animal partners.

Please help support our efforts. Thank you.