{"id":32212264011,"date":"2012-03-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-03-20T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/donate-items-for-a-care-package-to-military-working-dogs-overseas-on-march-27-and-29\/"},"modified":"2012-03-20T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-03-20T04:00:00","slug":"donate-items-for-a-care-package-to-military-working-dogs-overseas-on-march-27-and-29","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/donate-items-for-a-care-package-to-military-working-dogs-overseas-on-march-27-and-29\/","title":{"rendered":"DONATE ITEMS FOR A CARE PACKAGE TO MILITARY WORKING DOGS OVERSEAS ON MARCH 27 AND 29"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text\">Monmouth University Veterans Association will host a care package drive for military working dogs overseas on March 27 and March 29 in the Rebecca Stafford Student Center, 1<sup class=\"sidetext\">st<\/sup> Floor Information Booth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text\">Military Working Dogs (MWD\u2019s) face many of the same dangers as our troops in combat. Handlers and canines patrol together, day after day, linked by a leash and an innate understanding of each other. Military dogs in Afghanistan die as a result of attacks, heat exhaustion, and other causes. Often the role of the MWD goes unrecognized. While their basic needs are met, a care package sends a message that both dog and handler are remembered for their bravery by those of us back home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text\">Members will be collecting care package items for the military working dogs <strong>all day<\/strong> on Tuesday and Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text\">Suggested items include: tennis balls (new or gently used) which are used as a training reward, one-ingredient treats (such as freeze dried liver), Kong toys, Nylabone chews and toys, unscented shampoo with oatmeal added to prevent dry skin, collapsible water bowls, and leather leashes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text\">Monmouth University is located at 400 Cedar Avenue, West Long Branch, NJ. Parking is available in the Larchwood Avenue parking lot. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text\">For more information, call Jeff Hood, coordinator of Veteran Services, at 732-263-5258.<\/p>\n<p class=\"aligncenter keepwidth subhead\" ># # #<\/p>\n<p class=\"text\">Media contact: Petra Ludwig or Rosaly Rivera at 732-571-3526<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monmouth University Veterans Association Hosting Care Package Drive for Military Working Dogs Overseas<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"person":[],"audience":[],"school":[],"program":[],"class_list":["post-32212264011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"squareimage":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32212264011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32212264011"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32212264011\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40802224994,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32212264011\/revisions\/40802224994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32212264011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32212264011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32212264011"},{"taxonomy":"person","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/person?post=32212264011"},{"taxonomy":"audience","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/audience?post=32212264011"},{"taxonomy":"school","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/school?post=32212264011"},{"taxonomy":"program","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/program?post=32212264011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}