The St. Joseph School District received on Tuesday a grant to support a therapy dog program for local students. The local Rotary International district, which is composed of three clubs, presented the grant valued at just under $2,500 to support the Behavior Animals Rescuing Kids (BARK) program focused at Coleman Elementary and Mark Twain School. The dog training program is designed to promote student social and emotional wellbeing, and presents key health benefits. Donald Gladhart, Rotary district governor, said research shows that young students often suffer from hypertension. In a given class room, more than 25% of kids might register elevated blood pressure driven by stress.
You can check out the coverage their project received in the links below.
TV ABC - several links at https://www.kq2.com/ content/news/Therapy-dogs- give-St-Joseph-students-new- ways-to-cope-with-trauma- 572586681.html
TV Newpressnow - Fox. CBS, NBC - video: https://www. newspressnow.com/multimedia/ newscast_videos/grant-funds- therapy-dogs-for-sjsd/video_ e454ff44-5a04-5ffc-aeed- 18446ac2eec3.html
St Joseph News Press newspaper - https://www.newspressnow.com/ news/local_news/education/ rotary-grant-program-funds- therapy-dogs/article_d4572d52- 029c-11eb-8e44-57168b8fa02c. html
St Joseph Post - https://stjosephpost.com/ posts/ca929660-2ce7-4ed2-91c7- bccd8c74c39c?fbclid= IwAR3xHtiOF7eW_ N8nAT1Lu3vfBOgs96cruvaJC9aNTaO 0FAYtyIxGpd7PxqY