Kyle Field Day

Kyle Field Day

Kyle Field Day is a free service event located inside the concourse of Kyle Field in which students, families and Bryan/College Station residents can participate in 50+ creative, interactive booths set up by various on and off campus organizations to benefit their respective causes.

IMG_0082

Kyle Field Day is hosted by Memorial Student Center Freshmen in Service and Hosting (MSC FISH), a freshmen leadership organization  at Texas A&M University.  Our two K9s4KIDs K9s, K9 Tyson and K9 Jackie, at Texas A&M University were even able to stop by!

IMG_0083

Our service project at Kyle Field Day was to paint a dog house and….

IMG_0097

THUMB-thing special! U Paint-It! here in College Station was so generous to donate the ceramic dog bowls for us to “paint” at the event. Every person that came by the K9s4COPs booth left their thumbprint on a dog bowl. We had over 1,000 people stop by!

Want one of these awesome dog bowls or dog house for yourself?! Good news, they will be auctioned off at our gala on October 10th! Stay tuned for more details!!

Mays Business School Supports K9s4COPs

As the semester comes to an end, the Strategic Philanthropy class at Mays Business School has been been busy deciding on how to distribute $62,500 in grant funding.

39159360431_b57f8996d6_o

The students in the class evaluated 43 nonprofit applications from Bryan and College Station. K9s4COPs is so excited to announce we are one of the five nonprofits to receive funding. We are so grateful for the support from The Philanthropy Lab and a newfound partnership with the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library Foundation’s Community Grant Program, Texas A&M University, and Mays Business School. The $12,500 grant we received will go to purchase a K9 officer!

39159345911_a1a110dcf5_o

39129283772_95ccf8b25c_o

Cyber Monday is PAWsome!

 

Cyber Monday is PAWsome!

Cyber Monday is here! Make sure you stock up on K9s4COPs swag! Even our K9s love to wear it!

SHOP HERE: http://bit.ly/k9s4copsswag

Help give back when shopping and #BacktheBlue! When you shop on Amazon, a portion of your purchase price can be donated to K9s4COPs.org. Amazon Smile will give 0.5% of your total purchases of qualifying items to us, at no extra cost to you!
Thank you for supporting us and happy shopping!
Order your K9s4COPs license plate today!

You can support K9 officers while you drive and spread the word! For a nominal fee of $30 ($22 goes straight to K9s4COPs) you can support K9 officers in Texas!

ORDER HERE: http://bit.ly/k9splate

Giving Tuesday is right around the corner!

K9s4COPs is so excited to participate in #GivingTuesday! We need your help to continue on our mission – to provide K9s to communities and schools. A K9 can easily pay for itself by taking one big bust off the street. K9 partners help officers do their jobs safer, faster, and in many cases have saved their lives.

Every single dollar has impact on providing these amazing K9s! Please consider making a donation below.

DONATE HERE: www.k9s4cops.org/donate

We truly appreciate each and everyone one of you for your loyal support of K9s4COPs!

Houstonian to be honored on ‘Steve Harvey’ show

Congrats to K9s4COPs’ founder Kristi Schiller, who is being honored as a “Harvey’s Hero” Thursday on the “Steve Harvey Show.” The talk show airs at 3 p.m. on KRIV, Fox 26.

In 2010 Schiller founded the nonprofit group that supplies crime-fighting dogs to police departments around the country.

“In Houston alone,” she tells Harvey, “our K9s have resulted in over 400 arrests and taken $3.5 million worth of cash and over 85 weapons off the streets. We had one dog, in one night, do a $23 million bust. Why would you not want that for your department?”

Tight law enforcement budgets are to blame, she knows. That’s why she decided to step in with private funds.

“At K9s4COPs,” she tells the TV audience, “we feel that your safety shouldn’t be hindered, your streets should not be less safe, because of a budget cut.”

To date, Schiller and her organization have given 89 trained dogs to law enforcement agencies in 19 states. Of the eight officers who appear on stage to thank Schiller for her work, one is Ted Dahlin, an investigator for Harris County Constable Precinct 4.

Schiller was inspired to start K9s4Cops when she learned that Dahlin’s police dog, Blek, was killed in the line of duty. Without her help, Dahlin would have had to raise $10,000 to $15,000 to buy a new police dog.

Source: http://www.chron.com/entertainment/tv/article/Houstonian-to-be-honored-on-Steve-Harvey-show-6217604.php