Campaign beings for 10-acre site

Putnam Service Dogs is launching a capital campaign to construct a 10-acre site for kennels, training areas, recipient dorms and a caretaker’s apartment. It hopes to raise $3.5 million and purchase a site by 2019. A match for up to $100,000 is in effect until Dec. 1.

Nancy Teague, shown with Amy, is the founder of Putnam Service Dogs (Photo provided)

The non-profit organization provides free service dogs to people with physical disabilities other than blindness. See putnamservicedogs.org or call 917-449-5359.

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