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Training Comfort Dogs in Grand Island with Lutheran Church Charities

1/7/2019

LCC K-9 Comfort Dog Ministry – Nebraska Training Facility

(Friday, January 4, 2019 – NTVabc / Brian Gnuse)

Every Thursday Lutheran Church Charities Apprentice Trainers travel locally and from across the state to Grand Island to work with the dogs.

These trainers help prepare the dogs to get them ready to be sent out to Lutheran churches across the country.

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Eddie the Comfort Dog Helps Provide Smiles Everyday

1/7/2019

LCC K-9 Comfort Dog Eddie (Peace Lutheran – Grand Island, Nebraska)

(Thursday, January 3, 2019 – NTVabc / Brian Gnuse)

The Lutheran Church Charities K–9 Comfort Dog ministry began eight years ago in Chicago.

Today nationwide there are more than 120 dogs in the program.

Between many local stops and various nationwide deployments across the nation, Eddie as you know is a busy dog.

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Comfort Dog Finds Home with Charleston Church

1/7/2019

LCC K-9 Comfort Dog Rachel (Immanuel – Charleston, Illinois)

(Friday, December 28, 2018 – Journal Gazette and Times-Courier / Jared Jarmon)

A more fluffy, four-legged member was added to the Immanuel Lutheran Church earlier this month.

Rachel, a 19-month-old golden retriever, has finally made her way down to Charleston to serve as the star in the church's comfort dog ministry.

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New Comfort Dog on the Block

1/7/2019

LCC K-9 Comfort Dog Rachel (Immanuel – Charleston, Illinois)

(Friday, January 4, 2019 – WCIA 3 News / Erick Payne)

Immanuel Lutheran Church in Charleston is now home to Rachel the Comfort Dog. The church has been working for years to bring her there. They started the process in 2015 to get a comfort dog from Lutheran Church Charities.

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CHS PRESS: Beloved Guidance Counselor Retiring

1/7/2019

LCC K-9 Comfort Dogs (Immanuel – Charleston, Illinois)

(Friday, December 21, 2018 – Journal Gazette & Times-Courier / Shayla Taylor, CHS Press)

Guidance counselor Joelyn Akers is retiring upon the end of the first semester. However, retiring may be a little misleading.

Mrs. Akers will become the “Top Dog” of Emmanuel Lutheran’s Comfort Dog Program. Emmanuel Lutheran just received a comfort dog about a month ago. The dog, eighteen-month-old Rachel, is from Lutheran Church Charities’ K-9 Comfort Dog Ministry.

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Training Comfort Dogs in Grand Island with Lutheran Church Charities

Eddie the Comfort Dog Helps Provide Smiles Everyday

Comfort Dog Finds Home with Charleston Church

New Comfort Dog on the Block

CHS PRESS: Beloved Guidance Counselor Retiring

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