A local volunteer community service group, whose mission is to provide service dogs to assist veterans in need, last week donated $12,700 to America’s Vet Dogs—sponsoring two more service dogs.

Friends of America’s Vet Dogs started in 2015 and has successfully sponsored 31 highly trained service dogs for veterans since.  The group carefully names each dog to honor an unsung hero of our military, to honor someone who brought great credit to our military, or to recognize someone who significantly helped veterans in need.

Their most recent donation enabled the sponsoring of service dogs Tammy and Kyle.  In 2016, the group sponsored and named service dog Sully, who went on to serve President George W. Bush.  Sully now continues to serve wounded veterans at Walter Reed Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md.

Friends of America’s Vet Dogs will hold their primary annual fundraiser, a walk-through style Chinese auction, in Sayville, on April 15.   To support their mission or for information regarding the Chinese auction event, contact group co-founders Cliff Miller or Patricia Summers at (631) 567-9493 or write to Friends of America’s Vet Dogs, Attention Cliff Miller, PO Box 18, Bohemia, NY 11716-0018.  Any checks should be made payable to America’s Vet Dogs, which is a 501(c)3 nonprofit corporation.