*PAY IT FORWARD* Milk-Bone's Bark It Furward Program for Canine Assistants

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"It’s Good to Give…This Season!" What better way to celebrate the holiday season then through Bark It Furward, a program created to raise awareness and funds for Canine Assistants? This is a non-profit organization that trains and provides service dogs for children and adults with physical disabilities and the Milk-Bone^® brand’s long-time charitable partner since 1997. For nearly 20 years, Canine Assistants has provided 1,000 service dogs to people across the country, giving them the chance to have more independent lifestyles.

Many people in need of a service dog depend on Canine Assistants to pay for the lifelong care of the dog. Without the help of any government funding, Canine Assistants relies on the generosity and private donations made by philanthropic partners, like Milk-Bone^®, to help pay for the training of these special needs dogs. In an effort to help care for and train more assistance dogs for recipients across the country, Milk-Bone^® is asking you to rally around Canine Assistants.

The Bark It Furward was created by the Milk-Bone^® brand to educate others about the inspiring work being conducted by Canine Assistants. By simply making a comment to this post you are a part of the Bark It Furward movement; you can help raise awareness and much needed funds to provide assistance dogs for people with disabilities.

For every comment My Chicago Mommy receives to this post , Milk-Bone^® will donate $1 to Canine Assistants! The blogger with the most comments will be given the opportunity to interview Jennifer Arnold, The New York Times best-selling author and founder of Canine Assistants. The winning blogger will be able to speak to Jennifer about her book, her role in the PBS documentary, “Through a Dog’s Eyes,” the organization, how it was started, her training methods, the matching process, and, of course, the puppies!

The Bark It Furward challenge ends January 4, 2010. So come on My Chicago Mommy Readers, find the comment button to this post, and make a comment! If you are reading this on Facebook, please come directly to the post so that your comment will raise $1 toward the funds!

Thanks Shana for the write up!

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