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Honorable Mayor and Council
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My name is Kirsten Coleman and I am a 16-year-old sophomore at South Sumter High
~~ School in Bushnell, Florida. Although I am very active at school with cheerleading and Future
Farmers of America, I still find time to fit in volunteering within my community. Since I feel
very strongly about youth involvement through volunteer programs, I created an organization
named `Puppy Love'. Puppy Love is anon-profit organization, which focuses on promoting
therapy dog awareness and inspires young people into volunteering action! ~~~
I fell in love with the idea of therapy dogs after my father had a stroke when I was
younger. I saw how animals helped people heal and decided to join the national organization
Therapy Dogs, Inc. as well as the local chapter of Happy Tails. I have now been active with
those associations for the past three years. Within the last year, I have organized and held
several events to further educate and increase the awareness of therapy dogs and their
therapeutic benefits to the public. I had a great sense of accomplishment, during a recent
event, when our local American Cancer Society-Relay of Life event coordinators allowed a
PUPPY LOVE TEAM with therapy dogs, to attend the event for the first time.
I need your assistance to expand the awareness of therapy dogs from a local level to a
statewide level. It is my goal to have all 412 municipalities within the State of Florida ~~~.
Proclaim May 10t'', 2008 as Therapy Dog Awareness Day. With this Proclamation you and
your municipality would be joining with others to honor those working therapy dogs that give
unconditional love and therapeutic assistance to people of all ages.
have enclosed a Proclamation for your convenience. If you could forward this
Proclamation through the proper process or inform me as to what I need to do to expedite
this Proclamation, I would greatly appreciate it. If you would like to make arrangements for
Roxy and I to make an appearance and accept the Proclamation I would be willing to
schedule an appearance.
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Thank you for taking the time to assist me in my endeavor.
Contact Information: (Mother) Joy Coleman
352-552-8789
~~~, 971 CR 478A, Webster, FI 33597
Pugpylove?552(c~aol.com
Kirsten Coleman
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