{"id":31475,"date":"2017-04-27T20:51:44","date_gmt":"2017-04-28T00:51:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=31475"},"modified":"2017-04-27T20:51:44","modified_gmt":"2017-04-28T00:51:44","slug":"k9-mex-needs-new-supplies-keep-safe-duty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=31475","title":{"rendered":"K9 Mex needs new supplies to keep him safe during duty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youcaring.com\/fundraiser-widget.aspx?frid=765830\" width=\"335\" height=\"454\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Whitehall, PA <strong>\u2013 The <\/strong>K9 Kop Project is working with the community to raise funds for Mex. Mex and his handler Officer Apgar would like to purchase \u00a0a new heating\/cooling system for his car while on duty. Mex is currently the only K9 Officer working with the Whitehall Police Department.<\/p>\n<p>Sarah Mangano from Kutztown University along with Vickie Richards the projects manager is leading the Fundraiser. Richards comes to the project with a history of business development and operations, a former US Army Air Traffic Controller as well as philanthropist, dedicated to helping animals. She has a passion for sharing her experiences and helping out these organizations with her internship programs with local colleges and universities.<\/p>\n<p>Vickie and her team are looking for support from local businesses and private citizens to help achieve their goal of $900.00 to help Mex gain the supplies he needs. Look for donation jars in local diners and restaurants in the Lehigh Valley. A list of locations can be found on the projects Facebook page:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/K9KopProject\/\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/K9KopProject\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Internet donations can also be accepted on our YouCaring page at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youcaring.com\/mexthek9unitdogandwhitehallpolicedepartment-765830\">https:\/\/www.youcaring.com\/mexthek9unitdogandwhitehallpolicedepartment-765830<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The K9 Kop Project encourages everyone to support in any way they can, even spreading the word about the fundraiser will help Mex gain the supplies he needs. 100% of all donations received is helping the Whitehall Police Department and K9 Mex.<\/p>\n<p>K9 Kop team members can be reached at K9kopproject@gmail.com<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Whitehall, PA \u2013 The K9 Kop Project is working with the community to raise funds for Mex. Mex and his handler Officer Apgar would like to purchase \u00a0a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=31475\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">K9 Mex needs new supplies to keep him safe during duty<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":31476,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/whitehall-k9.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31475"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31475"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31475\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/31476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}