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Local dog providing stress relief to elderly during pandemic

4/1/2020

 
LCC K-9 Comfort Dog Nicodemus
(The Rock Lutheran Church - Seward, Nebraska)
 
Sunday, March 29, 2020
KOLN-TV/Jared Austin

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Interview with Joan Eliason, handler for LCC K-9 Comfort Dog Eddie

2/26/2020

 
LCC K-9 Comfort Dog Eddie
(Peace Lutheran - Grand Island, Nebraska)
 
Monday, February 17, 2020
The Jay Thomas Show

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Easing pain through enthusiastic loving, comfort dogs visit St. Francis

2/4/2020

 
LCC K-9 Comfort Dog Moses
(Christ Lutheran - Cairo, Nebraska)
 
Wednesday, January 29, 2020
The Grand Island Independent / Carissa Soukup

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Trinity Lutheran Church employs golden retriever to provide communities comfort

1/14/2020

 
LCC K-9 Comfort Dog Priscilla
(Trinity Lutheran - Lincoln, Nebraska)
 
Tuesday, January 14, 2020
The Daily Nebraskan / Jenna Thompson

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Eddie the Comfort Dog makes a trip to the state fair

9/5/2019

 
LCC K-9 Comfort Dog Eddie
(Peace Lutheran - Grand Island, Nebraska)
 
Wednesday, August 28, 2019
FOX42 / KHGI

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Comfort dog from Lincoln spends time with El Paso community following shooting

8/22/2019

 
LCC K-9 Comfort Dog Joanna
Christ Lutheran - Lincoln, Nebraska
 
Wednesday, August 14, 2019
KLKN-TV ABC Channel 8 Eyewitness News
Joe Harris

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"Raise the Woof" fundraiser kicks off in Grand Island

8/22/2019

 
LCC K-9 Comfort Dogs

 Wednesday, August 14, 2019
NTV ABC

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Area Churches Reach Out a Hand to Spread God’s Word, Love

4/23/2019

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

(Wednesday, April 17, 2019 – The Independent / Josh Salmon)

The Bible reads: “Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God — this is your true and proper worship.” — Romans 12:1.

One way to do such worship is to offer ministry via community outreach. Many area churches offer ways of spreading the gospel beyond attendance on Sunday mornings.

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Training Comfort Dogs A Rewarding Experience

3/25/2019

 
LCC K-9 Comfort Dogs in Training

(Sunday, March 25, 2019 – The Grand Island Independent / Julie Blum)
Carol Deardorff never trained dogs before she started volunteering with the Lutheran Church Charities Comfort Dog Ministries.

Growing up, she was always around farm dogs, but never worked with a K-9 teaching it commands.
“I didn’t really have experience training dogs. We never even had a dog in our married life,” Deardorff said of herself and husband Richard.
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Christ Lincoln Welcomes Comfort Dog

3/25/2019

 
LCC K-9 Comfort Dog Joanna (Christ Lincoln – Lincoln, Nebraska)

(Saturday, March 23, 2019 – Lincoln Journal Star / Mark Schwaninger)
The Central Campus of Christ Lincoln Church, 4325 Sumner St., held a Passing of the Vest ceremony March 3 to celebrate the arrival of its Lutheran Church Charities (LCC) K-9 comfort dog Joanna.
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