{"id":6110,"date":"2019-10-29T10:32:52","date_gmt":"2019-10-29T14:32:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/?p=6110"},"modified":"2019-10-29T10:32:52","modified_gmt":"2019-10-29T14:32:52","slug":"nease-students-plan-veterans-day-race-to-benefit-k9s-for-warriors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/creekline-st-johns\/nease-students-plan-veterans-day-race-to-benefit-k9s-for-warriors\/","title":{"rendered":"Nease students plan Veterans Day race to benefit K9s for Warriors"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Cassy Fiano-Chesser<\/span>
\n<\/span>mail@floridanewsline.com<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Students at Nease High School are launching a fundraiser for wounded warriors that will have a direct impact right here on the First Coast. The Fun Run and 5K for K9s will take place on Nov. 11 \u2014 Veterans Day \u2014 and raise money and awareness for K9s for Warriors, a local non-profit organization that has grown into the largest provider in the country of service dogs for disabled American veterans. According to one of the student sponsors, Anna Hampton, the race will be run in and around the grounds of Nease High School and will include booths set up from sponsors and K9s for Warriors.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Nease International Baccalaureate (IB) students reached out to K9s for Warriors when they began planning the event, which was perfect for K9s for Warriors: Veterans Day is one of the most significant days of the year for them. The K9s for Warriors program is 100 percent free for veterans, and in addition to a service dog, provides them services for the rest of their lives.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe provide service dogs for veterans with PTSD, Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBIs), or military sexual trauma,\u201d Elizabeth Reeser, community relations coordinator for K9s for Warriors, said. \u201cWe use 90 percent rescued service dogs, so we\u2019re actually saving two lives.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The dogs they train are taken from kill shelters to work with veterans, and get a second chance at a new life \u2014 just like the veterans they serve.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe go to places all over Florida, all over the country, and then they\u2019re transported to Ponte Vedra to begin their training,\u201d Reeser said. \u201cWe actually just opened a new campus in San Antonio, Texas, and our goal there is to bring in rescue dogs. We won\u2019t have any warriors going to that location; we\u2019re just bringing the dogs to that location, vetting them, and getting them ready to go to Ponte Vedra to be there for the warriors.\u201d<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Dogs are trained to help with issues typical to the veteran community, like anxiety, depression, and hypervigilance.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThey learn to alert their warrior if someone is coming up behind them, so they can go out in public without constantly checking over their shoulder and scanning their surroundings,\u201d Reeser said. \u201cAnother big thing our service dogs do is be motivating; if you want to lay in bed all day because you\u2019re struggling with depression due to your PTSD, you can\u2019t, because you have to get up to let your dog out and feed them and take care of them \u2014 so that\u2019s a motivator. And it\u2019s someone that\u2019s not ever going to judge you or turn away, so it\u2019s kind of a constant companion.\u201d <\/span>
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\n<\/span>In addition to the emotional support they provide, the service dogs learn several physical commands as well.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThey learn one called \u2018brace,\u2019 where they help a warrior, say, stand up from a chair because they\u2019re feeling dizzy because of their TBI; they can brace on their dog so they don\u2019t fall over,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd there\u2019s a command we teach all our dogs called \u2018bi-lap,\u2019 where they literally just put their front two paws up on your lap when you\u2019re sitting in a chair, and put all their weight and pressure down on you to give you that calming sense, like a weighted blanket.\u201d<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The fun run, which will take place at Nease High School at 7 a.m. on Nov. 11, will give all proceeds to K9s for Warriors, and medals will be awarded for different age groups. And according to Reeser, events like this are extremely beneficial for them.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe could not do what we do without the support that we have,\u201d she said. \u201cAside from raising funds, which is a great part of it, it gets the awareness out there in the community. It gets our name out there so we can get more supporters, more volunteers, and more people who might not know about us and need a service dog, which could change their life. Everyone isn\u2019t aware of the epidemic of veteran PTSD and veteran suicide, so we think it\u2019s important to just get the word out there about PTSD and about suicide, and the rates in which they persist among veterans. It\u2019s not going to change if people don\u2019t know that it\u2019s happening, so that awareness is crucial.\u201d<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

The Fun Run and 5K for K9s will begin at 7 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 11 at Allen D. Nease High School, 10550 Ray Road in Ponte Vedra. Medals will be awarded for different age groups, but this is not a time chip event. The event is run entirely by Nease High School students and all proceeds will benefit K9s for Warriors. Visit <\/span><\/i>www.5kfork9sforwarriors.com<\/span><\/i><\/a> to register.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Photo courtesy Anna Hampton<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Nease students Elkhan Bagirov, Virginia Peery, Anna Hampton, Lindy Gostage, and Taylor Hampson organized the Fun Run and 5K for K9s.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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