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Let a Dog Teach Reading

admin — Tue, 28 Jul 2020 16:29:48 +0000

Have you heard about “Listening Dogs”? It’s a simple, yet effective, concept. Back in 1999, R.E.A.D. (Reading Education Assistance Dogs) came to be. They train

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This is a Win-Win-Wag Situation

admin — Mon, 30 Jul 2018 15:53:04 +0000

Picture row after row of shy, anxious, unwanted dogs in their little shelter cubicles. Enter a group of children bearing books. They scope out the

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Pass it On

admin — Sat, 24 Feb 2018 17:58:00 +0000

Pass on your magazine or newspaper to someone else as you leave a coffee shop or anywhere people wait for services—bus stop, barber, office, etc. It

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For My Readers

admin — Sat, 30 Dec 2017 17:02:05 +0000

I won’t be signing on again until Jan. 2, so let me take this opportunity to wish all of my readers a happy, healthy, peaceful,

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Kids Get a Haircut, Read, Save Money All at Once

admin — Mon, 17 Oct 2016 18:22:30 +0000

This goes into the “wish-I’d-thought-of-that” file. A barber in Mich. specializes in kids’ cuts, like mohawks with zigzags. While he cuts, he fosters literacy. He

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