Kids Helping Canines: Orono Boys Join Forces to Find Homes for Senior Dogs
Lukas van Dyck and Scott Gorsuch are turning their love for dogs into a difference-making crusade.
Two 12-year-olds, Lukas and Nena, played together at an Orono home recently. They get along great. The main difference between them? Lukas is a boy and Nena is a dog. Lukas van Dyck and classmate Scott Gorsuch are joining forces to help senior dogs like Nena. “I love dogs, and I want to help them find a home,” says Gorsuch, who was looking for a way to satisfy a community service requirement for his social studies class at Orono Middle School. He persuaded van Dyck to join him. This fall, the boys approached John Bradford, director of programs and development at Top Dog Foundation. Top Dog Foundation provides homes for older dogs that have been passed by for adoption due to age or medical issues. “In most shelters, folks aren’t adopting …
