First Posted: 6/4/2014

To celebrate “Be Kind to Animals Week,” A.J., a loveable beagle, recently visited the children at the Trinity Learning Center in Dallas. Dionne Bouzigard, community outreach volunteer coordinator from the SPCA of Luzerne County, brought A.J. for a visit and taught the children about the humane treatment of man’s best friend. The children collected and donated food and other supplies for Bouzigard to take back to the shelter to help support the more than 200 dogs and cats housed there. More than 80 children have participatied in this project in the last 11 years. From left, are Ian English, Teagan Orrson, Josalyn Stolarik, Skylar Haydu, Sydney Haydu and Dionne Bouzigard, holding A.J.