{"id":23999,"date":"2013-06-07T14:38:34","date_gmt":"2013-06-07T18:38:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=23999"},"modified":"2013-06-07T14:38:34","modified_gmt":"2013-06-07T18:38:34","slug":"volunteers-needed-to-walk-dogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2013\/06\/volunteers-needed-to-walk-dogs\/","title":{"rendered":"Volunteers Needed to Walk Dogs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-24000\" title=\"Dog-Walking-Volunteers\" src=\"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Dog-Walking-Volunteers.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"171\" \/>Lee County Domestic Animal Services is in need of energetic, committed individuals to walk and exercise dogs at the shelter.\u00a0 Anyone interested should attend a brief meeting at the shelter on Saturday, June 15th\u00a0at 10:30 am.<\/p>\n<p>Attendees will get a brief overview of the program and have a chance to observe current volunteers during their daily interactions with the dogs.\u00a0 Dog walkers also assist potential adopters in selecting the pet that best suits their lifestyle.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe medium to large-size dogs desperately need interaction to relieve boredom and allow them a chance to play and exercise,\u201d says Ria Brown, Volunteer Coordinator.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s a tough job but one\u2019s that\u2019s as rewarding for the volunteer as it is for the dogs,\u201d she adds.<\/p>\n<p>The shelter is located at 5600 Banner Drive, Fort Myers, off Six Mile Cypress Parkway, next to the Lee County Sheriff\u2019s Office.\u00a0 Please enter through the Lost and Found Pet Center (orange bldg. entrance).\u00a0 To review more details about the program prior to the meeting, go to\u00a0<a title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"http:\/\/www.leelostpets.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.LeeLostPets.com<\/a>\u00a0and click on the Volunteer tab at the top of the page.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lee County Domestic Animal Services is in need of energetic, committed individuals to walk and exercise dogs at the shelter.\u00a0 Anyone interested should attend a brief meeting at the shelter&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23999"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23999"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23999\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}