FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday, September 10, 2024
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MEDIA ADVISORY: First Lady Justice to celebrate Friends With Paws therapy dogs at Petersburg Elementary and Davis Thomas Elementary Middle School
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Petersburg Elementary School
WHO: First Lady Cathy Justice, Grant County Schools Superintendent Mitch Webster, Petersburg Elementary School Principal Dwayne Hedrick, Grant County Board of Education Member Ashley Cleaver, Grant County Commissioners Scotty Miley, Kevin Haggerty, and Tyson Riggleman.
WHAT: First Lady Cathy Justice will celebrate the arrival of Joey, a male Labradoodle, who is the 31st therapy dog to be placed as part of her Friends With Paws initiative.
WHEN: Wednesday, September 11, 2024, at 11:00 a.m.
WHERE: Petersburg Elementary School
333 Rig Street, Petersburg, WV 26847
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Davis Thomas Elementary Middle School
WHO: First Lady Cathy Justice, Tucker County Schools Superintendent Alicia Lambert, Davis Thomas Elementary Middle School Principal Cynthia Shaffer, Tucker County School Board Members, local officials.
WHAT: First Lady Cathy Justice will celebrate the arrival of Prim, a female Labrador Retriever, who was the 30th therapy dog to be placed as part of her Friends With Paws initiative.
WHEN: Wednesday, September 11, 2024, at 1:30 p.m.
WHERE: Davis Thomas Elementary Middle School
426 2nd Street, Thomas, WV 26292
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The Friends With Paws program is a partnership between the Governor’s Office, West Virginia Communities In Schools Nonprofit, and the West Virginia Department of Education. Therapy dogs will be placed in CIS program schools where students are disproportionately affected by poverty, substance misuse, or other at-risk situations, and are in the greatest need of a support animal. The dogs will serve as a healthy and friendly outlet for these students to address trauma and other social-emotional issues.
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