Dexter Rotary Club has been providing comfort dogs to Dexter Community Schools since 2011.  Currently, Kota is working at Mill Creek Middle School and Maisie is working at Creekside Intermediate School.  They are housed and cared for by Marianne Mutschler and Cali McKenney, respectively.  The dogs were purchased from the Leader Dogs for the Blind based in Rochester, MI. Kota and Maisie came very close to completing their training but in the end, were unable to graduate as leader dogs. Now they serve the children, staff and family in our schools.  We are especially grateful for the generosity of Dexter Mill for providing Maisie and Kota with their nutritional needs and to Village Animal Clinic for Kota’s veterinary needs. 

We are asking our community if a veterinarian is available to provide for Maisie’s health care.  These special creatures could also use some loving care if anyone knows of a groomer who would be willing to donate their services to keep Kota and Maisie styling.     

Here you see both dogs on the job with their new harnesses provided by Dexter Rotary; Kota with Marianne Mutschler and Maisie with Kate Whitcher and Kenna Oesterle.  

An Ann Arbor resident, Justin Aiken, is the Volunteer-Director of Outreach & Advocacy for the Boys and Girls Club of Rosebud.  At one of our morning meetings in September Justin shared with us about his club’s programs on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota.  The Rosebud Indian Reservation is home to the Sicangu Lakota Oyate, a vibrant and resilient nation. Yet like many tribal communities, youth face unique challenges —educational barriers, food insecurity, limited economic opportunity.  For more information: https://www.rosebudbgc.org/get-involved#SupportOurMission  and www.facebook.com/rosebudbgc 

The Dexter Forum, sponsored by the Dexter Rotary Club, meets on first and third Saturdays at the Dexter Senior Center from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m.  A recent meeting moderated by Rotarians Karl Fink and Caryl Burke and attended by our Congress member, Debbie Dingell, as well as state representatives, local officials and other people worth meeting.

Come to meet and discuss local issues with your neighbors and elected officials, hear stump speeches by candidates for public office and voice your opinions and concerns. DexterForum.com has more information