Meet Max and Jackie, the mine-busters
A pack of six dogs, gifted by the US are undergoing rigorous training along with their handlers at the Sri Lanka School of Military Engineering at Embilipitiya.
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Seven Lakes HS Students & Community Raise $20,000 for Landmine Detection Dog
A German Shepherd named Spartacus will soon ship out to Sri Lanka to sniff out landmines, thanks to the fundraising efforts of Seven Lake High School students.
Members of the school's Interact Club worked throughout this past school year to raise $20,000 to pay for the dog's training....< read
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Seven Lakes students sponsor landmine-detection dog
With just a few days left in the school year, the Seven Lakes High School Interact Club announced that they have reached their goal of raising $20,000 to sponsor a landmine detection dog for the Children Against Mines Program (CHAMPS) organization.
Seven Lakes HS Interact Club members have been working hard throughout the year to create fundraising activities
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Philadelphia Eagles Support Unique Partnership with Wister Elementary School Students
Philadelphia, PA – The Philadelphia Eagles and Eagles Youth Partnership (EYP) kicked off a unique joint venture with John Wister School and Marshall Legacy Institute's CHAMPS Program. Fifth and sixth grade students from Wister Elementary will adopt a Shepherd that will be trained, courtesy of the Philadelphia Eagles, to detect landmines in war zones. Eager Wister students have already named the dog ""Little Swoop"" after the Eagles' mascot. They will be following Little read more >
Interview with Lauren Demeter
Below is an interview conducted by Matthew Cassoli with Lauren Demeter, a representative from the Marshall Legacy Institute. The function of the program is to train dogs to sniff out mines. The bolded lines are Matthew's questions and the non-bolded type are Ms. Demeter's responses. read more >
The Brave Belgian Malinois, Lil' Swoop
Perry Baltimore, President of the Marshall Legacy Institute stopped by our Green Room this morning with Lil' Swoop.
Lil' Swoop is Belgian Malinois by breed and his job is to sniff out landmines.
Here are some facts you need to know about this impressive dog: read more >
'Wick Senior Brings Message of CHAMPS
In the Community with Texas Dogs and Cats Magazine! Local High-Schoolers Present Dog Days of Spring Fundraiser to Sponsor Landmine Detecting Dog! We learned of this great group from our friends at Texas Dogs and Cats Magazine, who are always out and about learning about great people in our community doing great things for animals and the people who love them! These kids are driven and passionate and I find it so inspiring to see these teens striving to make a difference. Let's help them reach their goal and show them that their efforts are appreciated! read more >
'Wick Senior Brings Message of CHAMPS
Benjy Levy, a senior at Brunswick School, has grown up with and loved dogs his entire life. As president of the after-school community service club, CHAMPS (Children Against Mines Program), Benjy is eager for classmates to learn more about the powerful services trained dogs can do to sniff out landmines in war torn villages around the world. ...< read more >
Spartans raise funds to train dog to detect landmines
As Kimberly McCasland, director of Children Against Mines Program, spoke, the audience at Seven Lakes High School grew quiet.
McCasland said she had heard recently from the uncle and grandmother of a Bosnian girl. They said the girl just wanted to do what girls do — put on a sun dress and twirl - but she was afraid she'd never be able to do it...< read more > <original article here>
Wister Elementary reaches out to victims of war
Students at Wister Elementary School have joined forces with the Philadelphia Eagles and the Eagles Youth Partnership to help better the lives of kids living in war torn countries. Fifth and sixth grade students from Wister adopted a Shepherd dog through the Marshall Legacy Institute and CHAMPS program that will be trained, courtesy of the Philadelphia Eagles, to detect landmines in war zones. < read more > <original article here>
Students to Assist in Saving Lives Half a World Away Katy ISD Campuses Working to Sponsor CHAMPS Landmine Detection Dogs
Students at Katy HS, Morton Ranch HS and Seven Lakes HS met a very special canine named Utsi last week during a presentation from the CHAMPS (CHildren Against Mines Program ) organization. CHAMPS trains dogs to find landmines in mine contaminated countries around the globe < read more > <original article here>
July 15, 2010, Houston, TX
"Utsi the Mine Sniffing Dog Shows Off Her Skills at TCU"
Kimberly McCasland (CHAMPS Director) and MDD Utsi (Canine Ambassador) visited Texas Christian University to perform a simulated minefield demonstration to area high school Advanced Placement teachers. Kimberly and Utsi will be all over the country this summer spreading the word about CHAMPS!
"TU's Summer Teacher Workshop Features Mine-Sniffing Dog"
Kimberly McCasland (CHAMPS Director) and MDD Utsi (Canine Ambassador) visited the University of Tulsa to perform a simulated minefield demonstration to area high school Advanced Placement teachers. The reporters got some great photos of Kimberly and Utsi in action! <Check out the article here!>
"Keen Canine Gives Tulsa Teachers Lesson in Landmines"
Kimberly McCasland (CHAMPS Director) and MDD Utsi (Canine Ambassador) visited Tulsa to perform a simulated minefield demonstration to area high school teachers. The CW's local Tulsa TV news captured all the action on video < see it here!>
" 'Texas' gets ready to help troops in Iraq"
What a way to end senior year at The Woodlands High School – a trip to the Global Training Academy to pick out a long-awaited, mine-detecting dog.
Shelby Howard, 18, and Billy Furay, also 18, visited ...
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April 27, 2010,
"Children Against Mines Program to Present at GHS" - By Michelle Socher
On Thursday, April 29th, some Greenwich High School students will attend one of two presentations given by speakers from the Marshall Legacy Institute (MLI) and its school-outreach program, Children Against Mines Program (CHAMPS)....< read more >
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"Laps for Lives" TWHS students raise money to sponsor land mine detection dog
The powerful and potentially debilitating — or deadly — blast of a land mine is not something germane to The Woodlands.
But after a visit by a land mine detection dog to The Woodlands High School earlier this year, students are ready to help those who are affected by the mines. ...< read
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"Dog Trained to Identify Landmines"
HOUSTON - They're the dogs that go on the front lines to keep people safe. K-9's that help sniff out land mines around the world.
Students at Memorial High School got the chance to see first hand how the dogs work and how they can help prevent the deaths and injuries of twelve thousand people a year....< read more >
Southwest Christian School students are launching efforts to sponsor a landmine detection dog
Looking for landmines is dangerous, painstaking work, Perry Baltimore III said.
In a day, a person can clear land equal to maybe 5 yards from sideline to sideline on a football field, 20 yards if he has a metal detector. But a detection dog like Utsi can clear the entire field.....< read more >
Carraige Towne News (New Hampshire) Oct 16, 2008
KINGSTON – The Children Against Mines Program - New Hampshire will host a “Strut Your Mutt” fundraiser to raise money for a mine sniffing dog ...< read more >
US Department of State, Safe Passage November 2008, Vol. 2, Issue 14
Vermont Girl Scouts are CHAMPS
At its annual Clearing the Path Gala in Washington, D.C., the
Marshall Legacy Institute recently honored two Girl Scout Troops
for their fundraising efforts. Through the Marshall Legacy Institute’s
Children Against Mines Program, 20 4th graders...< read more >
The Seacoast Online (New Hampshire) Oct 3, 2008
KINGSTON — Get ready to make a difference on the other side of the world with CHAMPS, the Children Against Mines Program, during "Strut Your Mutt" on Saturday, Oct. 18.
The event, which will take place on ...< read more >
Girl Scouts Do A World Of Good
Friday was a night of celebration and fundraising for Girl Scout troop 125 from Essex Junction and troop 820 from Williston. The two troops are trying to raise $6,000 to buy a prosthetic leg for a girl they've never even met.
"Anita in Bosnia and when she was eleven she stepped on a landmine and lost her leg," explains 12-year-old Maria Mignano...< read more >
Local Girl Scout Troops Sponsor Mine-Sniffing Dog and Sarajevo Landmine Victim
Not all Vermont’s Girl Scouts are out selling Thin Mints. The 11- and 12-year-olds in troops 820 and 125 — in Williston and Essex Junction, respectively — wanted to know what life would be like for someone hurt by a landmine. Troop leaders Jennifer Mignano and Chandelle Trahan came up with a fitting assignment: Have them make fleece blankets for local emergency.....< read more >
Local school may sponsor
mine-sniffing dog
STAMFORD — Perry Baltimore III, president of the Marshall Legacy Institute, knelt before a room of 60 elementary school students at Grace Christian School in Stamford, holding up a small, flat canister about the size of a coaster. The top of it resembled a big, flat button....< read more >
Sanborn schools keep up Bosnian connections
What started as a fourth-grade project to adopt a mine-sniffing dog has grown to encompass the entire Sanborn school district community and students in Bosnia.....< read more >
DG Marie and Exeter Rotarians welcomes the
Marshall Legacy Institute...
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Berkner students tackle explosive issue Richardson: Group hopes to raise $40,000 for mine-detecting dogs
The faceless, silent enemy sits in a strange land thousands of miles away. But students in Richardson's Berkner High School CHAMPS program are doing their part to eliminate the deadly adversary. They're raising money to train and deploy land mine-detecting dogs to Bosnia and other countries ravaged by war....< read more >
Washington Tecnology Magazine,
Picture This:
Good Girl
The Marshall Legacy Institute and Qwest Communications announced Feb. 1 their expanded partnership to provide landmine-detection dogs in war-torn countries, with plans to involve Arizona...< read more >
Pritzker Military Library, live webcast, 
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2006
Today at the Pritzker Military Library:
MARSHALL LEGACY INSTITUTE Mine Detection Dog Partnership Program (MDDPP) Children Against Mines Program (CHAMPS)
The Marshall Legacy Institute (MLI) was founded in 1997, the 50th Anniversary year of the Marshall Plan, to celebrate the work of General George C. Marshall, and to extend his vision and legacy to address 21 st Century problems. The charter of the organization is to build local capacity to help alleviate human suffering, restore hope and nurture stability in post-conflict societies. Since landmines...< read more >
US Department of State, Safe Passage newsletter, Spring 2006, Vol. 1, Issue 8
Marshall Legacy Institute Promotes CHAMPS in Arizona and California
The Marshall Legacy Institute (MLI) took its CHildren Against Mines Program (CHAMPS) to Phoenix, Arizona, in February to promote the landmine issue and foster a spirit of global citizenship among local schoolchildren. The CHAMPS Team ...< read more >
Dogs sniff out threatening landmines
Innocent people in more than 60 nations around the world face a major barrier to economic recovery, because of landmines buried by insurgent military forces, and thousands of people have been killed or maimed by these hidden menaces. Now, however, a U.S.-formed corps of more than 700 highly trained dogs holds out hope that these landmines will be....< read more >
In the News: Dog Rescue Workers
Did you know that dogs can be much more than family pets? Rescue dogs are working all over the country and around the world to sniff out danger! A dog's nose is at least one thousand times more sensitive than a human's, so dogs can detect smells....< read more >
Man and dog provide land-mine education
SOUTH HADLEY - An effort by a local high school girl to raise $20,000 to train a land-mine sniffing dog to be named "South Hadley" and to work with the Children Against Mines Program overseas got an assist from former Clinton Administration National Security Advisor Anthony Lake during a recent assembly at Mosier Elementary School. "We're going to introduce you to a hero who has saved more lives ....< read more >
Dog Defenders
Across the country and around the world, pooches are on patrol to keep people safe A dog named Wyoming spends many mornings walking in fields with her nose to the ground. She may look like she's searching for a toy, but she's working to save lives. Wyoming works with CHAMPS (Children Against Mines Program), an organization that teaches kids about the dangers of land mines in countries ....< read more >
Norwich Leaders Join Campaign to Sniff Out Landmines
On April 29, 2005, Vermont Governor
Jim Douglas, former National Security
Advisor Anthony Lake, and Marcelle
Leahy joined Norwich University
Chairman of the Board General Gordon
R. Sullivan ’59 and President Richard
Schneider to launch a statewide landmine
awareness campaign that will
provide Vermont schoolchildren with
an opportunity to help children in
nations where deadly landmines
remain buried. The star of the kick-off
was Rosa, an 11-year-old Belgian ....< read more >
Exhibit puts landmines in Loop
Demonstration in Block 37 kicks off conference raising awareness of problem
.An empty water bottle stuck on a tree branch in Block 37 Thursday was the only marker to show Kristen Neria that she was within 2 feet of a deactivated land mine. "Whoa," said Neria, 33, after searching the ground in the vacant Loop lot and spotting the buried dummy, a tiny piece of...< read more >
Teen on a mission : Chelsea Fernandes is on her way to raising $20K for the purchase of a mine sniffing dog
SOUTH HADLEY -
South Hadley High School student Chelsea Fernandes is on a mission to save lives.
She'll utilize the help of man's best friend to accomplish that goal. The SHHS junior is a quarter of the way through her campaign to raise $20,000 to fund the adoption and training of a mine-detecting dog. Fernandes is working with the Marshall Legacy Institute, which sponsors the Children Against Mines Program (CHAMPS). CHAMPS educates children about the threat of land mines and helps them raise money to adopt a dog....< read more >
Effort started for landmine dog
The mine detection dogs are trained to sniff out 11 different odors.
NORTHAMPTON - A statewide effort to raise $20,000 to sponsor a landmine detection dog began in City Hall here today with living proof a canine's nose is a vital part of ridding the world of those explosive devices. ....< read more >
Eagle
Tribune (New
Hampshire) May
3, 2005 On the road to 'America'
Their backpacks jingling with spare change found between sofa cushions,
saved in piggy banks, and given to them by their parents, students at
DJ Bakie Elementary School lined up to empty their donations into a fund
that might someday improve life for people living thousands of miles
away from this small New Hampshire community.....
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Daily
Hampshire Gazette (New Hampshire) May 5, 2005 Students learn of work dismantling tool of war
SOUTH HADLEY - The dog named Rosa has talents far beyond those of the
average pooch. She can detect the odors of 11 distinct types of explosives.
South Hadley elementary students, who watched Rosa in action this week,
also learned she has another talent.
The dog understands Dutch. ....< read more >