Nebraska Affiliates
LCC K-9 Comfort Dog Eddie - Peace Lutheran Church - Grand Island, Nebraska
LCC K-9 Comfort Dog Katie - Trinity Lutheran Church - Fremont, Nebraska
LCC K-9 Comfort Dog Priscilla - Trinity Lutheran Church - Lincoln, Nebraska
LCC K-9 Comfort Dog Moses - Christ Lutheran Church – Cairo, Nebraska
LCC K-9 Comfort Dog Nicodemus - The Rock Lutheran Church - Seward, Nebraska
LCC K-9 Comfort Dog Katie - Trinity Lutheran Church - Fremont, Nebraska
LCC K-9 Comfort Dog Priscilla - Trinity Lutheran Church - Lincoln, Nebraska
LCC K-9 Comfort Dog Moses - Christ Lutheran Church – Cairo, Nebraska
LCC K-9 Comfort Dog Nicodemus - The Rock Lutheran Church - Seward, Nebraska
Comfort Dogs are Providing Valuable Service
LCC K-9 Comfort Dog Eddie (Peace Lutheran – Grand Island, Nebraska)
LCC K-9 Comfort Dog Moses (Christ Lutheran – Cairo, Nebraska)
(Thursday, March 8, 2018 – The Grand Island Independent)
LCC K-9 Comfort Dog Eddie (Peace Lutheran – Grand Island, Nebraska)
LCC K-9 Comfort Dog Moses (Christ Lutheran – Cairo, Nebraska)
(Thursday, March 8, 2018 – The Grand Island Independent)
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Nebraska Dogs in “Gentle Ministry” Provide Comfort After Tragedies
LCC K-9 Comfort Dog Nicodemus (The Rock – Seward, Nebraska) (Monday, November 6 2017 – World-Herald / Rick Ruggles, staff writer) Natalia Baca, one of the Las Vegas shooting victims, had a hospital visitor that she will never forget. Nicodemus, or Nico, a golden retriever from Seward, Nebraska, jumped onto her bed, much to her delight. “It was really cool, ’cause I like dogs,” said Baca, 17, of Las Vegas. “When they had to go, he didn’t want to leave.” Nico is one of five Nebraska dogs in the Illinois-based Lutheran Church Charities Comfort Dog program, which has more than 100 golden retrievers in 23 states trained to be stroked, loved, cried upon and held. About 20 of the dogs from around the nation went to Las Vegas after the Oct. 1 shootings that killed 59 people and injured hundreds. The comfort dogs aren’t trained to look for bodies or search for anything other than the pats and hugs of those they encounter. And they get plenty of those. |
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Library Program Benefits Children, Parents
LCC K-9 Comfort Dog Katie (Trinity – Fremont, Nebraska) (Tuesday, October 31, 2017 – Fremont Tribune / Tammy Real-McKeighan, News Editor) Brandon Gerardo didn’t have to be coaxed into reading. The boy smiled and eagerly read aloud a few lines from the children’s book, “Ira Sleeps Over” by Bernard Waber. Brandon was among local youngsters taking part in Prime Time Family Reading Time. The six-week program is designed to help children read better and promote family interaction. It takes place from 6-8 p.m. Mondays at Keene Memorial Library, 1030 N. Broad St. “We target those families whose children struggle with reading,” said Jess Hill, Library Assistant III. At the same time, the program has many children, like Brandon, who clearly excel at reading. “It really works out,” Hill said. “The kids are able to work together and help each other.” Hill has been pleased to see children – who once were frustrated about reading and didn’t like it – enjoy it now. “It is a really beautiful thing,” Hill said. |
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Seward Therapy Dog Comforts Las Vegas Shooting Victims
LCC K-9 Comfort Dog Nicodemus (The Rock – Seward, Nebraska) (Saturday, November 4, 2017 – KLKN-TV ABC 8 Eyewitness News) Nico the comfort dog from The Rock Lutheran Church in Seward recently went to Las Vegas to visit those affected by the Las Vegas Shooting that happened at the Route 91 Harvest music festival October 1st. Nico visited the coroner's office, hospitals, schools, hotels, fire stations, the 911 dispatch office and attended several vigils during his trip. Follow Nico's story on his Facebook Page. Nico and his comfort dog companions have made national headlines, including on ABC. |
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Nebraska Comfort Dog Back from Las Vegas Visit
LCC K-9 Comfort Dog Eddie (Peace Lutheran – Grand Island, Nebraska) (Thursday, November 2, 2017 – NTV ABC / Sydney Edwards) AXTELL, Neb. — One of man's best friends from right here in Central Nebraska is back home after comforting those affected by the horrific shooting in Las Vegas. He is a good boy, doing good deeds. Eddie is a comfort dog with the Peace Lutheran Church in Grand Island and he and his handlers are back from Las Vegas - from a trip they'll never forget. But this isn't their first mission. The program began shortly after Hurricane Katrina. "They noted when FEMA came in that they would save the people but they would leave their pets, and pets, for some people, are as important as a family member, so that's when the idea came so they got a couple of golden retrievers,” said the Top Dog handler Don Moeller. |
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Comfort Dog Handlers Talk About Las Vegas Tragedy- Fremont Tribune/Tammy Real-Mckeighan, News Editor
LCC K-9 Katie - Trinity Lutheran Church It had to be terrible. The young man was among thousands at the Route 91 Country Music Festival when the shooting started. He was shot and couldn’t move his legs. TV news crews would report that Michael Caster’s girlfriend asked six other people to help get him on a table and into a vehicle and he was taken to Sunrise Hospital in Las Vegas. Days later, he was in bed when some four-legged comforters came in his room. A golden retriever named Lois was there. And so was Katie — one of 19 Lutheran Church Charities K-9 Comfort Dogs from throughout the country brought to Las Vegas after the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. History. |
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Eddie Brought Comfort to Houston - Area Residents - The Independent/Jeff Bahr
LCC K-9 Eddie - Peace Lutheran Church One of the people who took Eddie the Comfort Dog to post-hurricane Houston was impressed by the way churches responded to the disaster, and by the way people helped each other. The people of Texas were “taking the bull by the horns” in responding to Hurricane Harvey, said Don Moeller, one of Eddie’s handlers. Moeller was one of four people from Central Nebraska who spent five days in Texas earlier this month. The group visited churches, shelters, schools and a couple of police stations. |
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Family Fun Fest also educational - Julie Blum/Columbus Telegram
LCC K-9 Katie - Trinity Lutheran Church LCC K-9 Comfort Dog Katie was ready and willing to greet each person who walked through the door. Wearing a simple blue vest and what appeared to be a happy smile on her face, she let children and adults run their hands through her hair and even give her a hug. It’s all in a day’s work for a comfort dog. Katie was one of four comfort dogs roaming the halls Saturday at Columbus Family Resource Center during the Healthy Family Fun Fest. She was joined by her four-legged friends LCC K-9 Comfort Dogs Moses (Christ Lutheran – Cairo, Nebraska), Priscilla (Trinity Lutheran – Lincoln, Nebraska) and Eddie (Peace Lutheran – Grand Island, Nebraska). |
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Comfort Dogs Get New Team Members - Rasheeda Kabba/NTV ABC Nebraska.TV
LCC K-9 Eddie - Peace Lutheran Church They say a dog is a man's best friend, but some dogs are a little friendlier. Local comfort dogs have traveled around the nation, getting tummy rubs and putting smiles on people's faces. One dog in particular, LCC Eddie Comfort Dog, seems to be somewhat of a Grand Island celebrity, but he's going to have to share that spotlight with two new friends who were recently added to his team. |
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Comfort Dog's Birthday - 1011 News
LCC K-9 Priscilla - Trinity Lutheran Church |
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Comfort Dogs in Training for LCC - Carol Staab & Roni Lewis/NTV ABC Nebraska.TV
LCC K-9 Eddie - Peace Lutheran Church
Part one and two of the NTV’s Good Life series: Comfort Dogs in Training. NTV’s Good Life co-hosts, Carol Staab and Roni Lewis, interview Don Moeller with LCC K-9 Comfort Dog Eddie (Peace Lutheran - Grand Island, Nebraska) and Jerry Schenck with LCC K-9 Jude (Comfort Dog in Training).
LCC K-9 Eddie - Peace Lutheran Church
Part one and two of the NTV’s Good Life series: Comfort Dogs in Training. NTV’s Good Life co-hosts, Carol Staab and Roni Lewis, interview Don Moeller with LCC K-9 Comfort Dog Eddie (Peace Lutheran - Grand Island, Nebraska) and Jerry Schenck with LCC K-9 Jude (Comfort Dog in Training).
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