YOU'RE
YOU'RE WATCHING FOX434@ IGHT 10 AN EAST TENNESSEE NONPROFIT DEVOTED TO HELPING WOUNDED
MILITARY VETERANS CUT THE
RIBBON IN LATE 2020 ON A NEW
TRAINING CENTER4@.
IT CONNECTS SERVICE DOGS WITH
VETERANS IN NEED OF PHYSICAL
AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORT, SMOKES
AROUND SERVICE DOGS HOPES TO
NOW DOUBLE THE NUMBER OF
VETERANS IT SERVES.
EVERY YEAR WE'VE GOT OUR FIRST4@
LOOK INSIDE THAT N4@EW TRAINING
CENTER.
BACK IN JULY >>4@4@ I'M REALLY
EXCITED ABOUT SEEING IT COME
TOGETHER4@ A PEACEFUL >>
SANCTUARY FOR MILITARY VETERANS
WITH A LIFE CHANGING PURPOSE IS
UNVEILING MAJOR >> UPGRADES4@.
HOOLIGANS SERVES >> AS THE
AMBASSADOR4@ FOR SMOKY MOUNTAIN
SERVICE DOGS AND SHOWS OFF HIS
TALENTS IN A NEW, BIGGER AND
BETTER TRAINING CENTER >>.
4@TO >> SEE THIS WONDERFUL
BUILDING IT'S GOT AIR
CONDITIONING. 4@4@
IT'S GOT A NICE SURFACE FOR THE
DOGS.
WE'VE GOT SOME MORE SPACE FOR
OUR TRAINERS TO WORK.
WE'VE GOT SOME MORE SPACE FOR OUR TRAINERS TO WORK.4@ THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR THEM.
OUR4@ CURRENT KENNEL YOU SAW WHN
YOU DROVE IN IS SIX DOG KENNEL
FACILITY4@.
THIS IS GOOD 18 DOG KENNEL
FACILITY.
THIS HAS GOT GROOMING AREA
WASHING AREA4@, SEPARATE OFFICES
FOR SOME OF OUR TRAINERS >>.
4@PUPPIES >> GRADUATE FROM POOL
PLAY TO FULL FLEDGED4@ MOBILITY
ASSISTANCE SERVICE DOGS IN
ABOUT TWO YEARS4@ YET THEY KNOW
UPWARDS OF 50 COMMANDS.
THE DOGS ARE A ROUGHLY 25000
UPWARDS OF 50 COMMANDS. THE DOGS ARE A ROUGHLY 250004@ DOLLAR INVESTMENT GIVEN TO
WOUNDED MILITARY VETERANS IN
NEED OF PHYSICAL4@ AND EMOTIONAL
SUPPORT.
>> WELL, I'VE ALWAYS BEEN
SUPPORT. >> WELL, I'VE ALWAYS BEEN4@ PASSIONATE ABOUT VETERANS
BECAUSE I'M A VIETNAM ERA
VETERAN AND WE ALL RECALL HOW
OUR VETERANS WERE TREATED IN
THOSE DAYS4@.
I'VE ALWAYS KIND OF HAD THAT
STUCK HERE IN MY CRAWL
ACTUALLY.
SO WE STARTED WITH ABOUT SIX
PEOPLE SITTING IN OUR LIVING
ROOM4@ IN 2010.
TODAY WE HAVE ABOUT A HUNDRED4@
AND SEVENTY COMMUNITY
VOLUNTEERS JUST NINETY SEVEN
CENTS OF EVERY DOLLAR DONATED
GOES TO WHAT YOU SEE.
>> AND THANKS4@ TO AN INVESTMENT
OF MORE THAN ONE MILLION
DOLLARS FROM DONORS4@, THIS EAST
TENNESSEE BASED CHARI4@TY HOPES
TO DOUBLE THE NUMBER OF DOGS
THEY TRAIN AND PLACE FROM SIX A
YEAR4@ UP TO ALMOST A DOZEN >>.
TO DOUBLE THE NUMBER OF DOGS THEY TRAIN AND PLACE FROM SIX A YEAR4@ UP TO ALMOST A DOZEN >>.@
AND THE ONE THING YOU CAN'T
DESCRIBE IS THE BOND THAT TAKES
PLACE BETWEEN THAT VETERAN4@4@ D
THAT DOG OVER >> THE 10 YEAR
LIFE OF THIS CHARITY4@.
WE4@ HAVE WITNESSED THE
TRANSFORMATIONAL IMPACT OF
THOSE DOGS FIRSTHAND.
THE >> DOG WILL PROVIDE CORIE
BALANCE4@.
HE TENDS TO LOSE HIS BALANCE
AND FALL.
WILL WEAR TELESCOPING4@ MOBILITY
ASSISTANCE HARNESS AND NITRO IS
ABOUT 854@ FOUND SOLID BLACK LAY
UP SO HE'LL PROVIDE COREY WITH4@
A LOT OF STABILITY THAT WILL BE
THE DOG'S MAIN FUNCTION >>.
THIS DOG IS ONE AMAZING DOG4@.
THIS WAS MORE ABOUT TRANING ME
THAN IT WAS4@ TRANING HIM BECAUE
HE ALREADY KNOWS WHAT TO DO.
ALL HE'S LOOKING FOR IS IS IS
FOR ME TO DO THE RIGHT THING.
SOMEONE ASKED ME ONE TIME OH
YOU SPEND 40 HOURS A WEEK OR SO
WORKING WITH SERVICE DOGS ON A
VOLUNTEER BASIS.
I SAY SURE YOU DON'T DO THAT
WITH NO PAY.
THAT'S ALL I GET PAID.
TODAY'S PAYDAY >> FOR MY FAMILY
.
4@THE NEWEST MEMBER OF OUR FAMIY
.
THANK YOU ALL.
4@WE'RE ALMOST THE GIFT OF A NEW
LIFE4@ FOR SOME OF THESE
VETERANS.
I BELIEVE THEM AS THEIR FOUNDER
>> LIKES TO SAY, THESE VETERANS@
MAY LEAVE THE MILITARY
BROTHERHOOD BUT THEY'RE
WELCOMED INTO THE SMOKY
MOUNTAINS SERVICE DOGS FAYOUM
>>4@4@ AGAIN >> THAT STORY FROM
BACK IN JULY ON OUR FORCED4@ TOR
OF A VETERAN TRAINING CENTER
THAT IS FULLY UP AND RUNNING.