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Local Students Named Winners Of Dog-Naming Contest

For The American Military Hero Dog Monument

Philanthropist Lois Pope Awards Winners $2,500 Each,

Plus $2,500 For The Two Winning Schools In Veterans Day Ceremony

N represents Navy. That’s why I think Caman is the best fur. And it is a teaching tool – to educate people, from
name for this hero dog monument.” elected officials to the general population, that heroes
Ashcraft chose the name Valor, explaining in her video come at both ends of the leash.”
entry that, “valor means having great courage in the face Pope explained that military working dogs do so much,
of danger, especially in battle” and that “all the military from carrying out lifesaving missions and detecting
dogs who have helped in America’s wars and battles have explosive devices, to searching areas that their human
loyalty, bravery, companionship, and most of all, valor.” handlers cannot get to and providing companionship, not
In a ceremony on Veterans Day, Nov. 11 at the Tri- just in the cauldron of war but long after the battle is over.
County Animal Rescue, the site of the monument, the two “A great way to show them respect was to give the
winners were saluted by philanthropist and nationally- dog on this monument a name deserving of the service
recognized disabled veterans advocate Lois Pope of and sacrifice they have made. So the dog’s name will be
Manalapan. Caman Valor.”
Tyler LeClair, Lois Pope, Aurora Ashcraft Pope, who conceived and commissioned the creation The dog-naming contest, which was open to all
of the monument in partnership with American Humane, elementary and middle school students in the Palm Beach
Aurora Ashcraft, a fifth-grader at Jupiter Elementary and then created the contest in conjunction with the Palm County Public School District, received 125 entries.
School in Jupiter, and Tyler LeClair, a seventh-grader at Beach County School District, presented each winner with The judges were Lois Pope; monument sculptor Austin
Eagles Landing Middle School in Boca Raton, have been a check for $2,500. The students’ schools were also each Weishel; Robert C. Miller, a board member of the Lois
selected as the winners of the dog-naming contest for the presented with a $2,500 check. Pope LIFE Foundation; Dr. Robin Ganzert, president and
American Military Hero Dog Monument. “This monument represents the unbreakable bond CEO of American Humane; and Diana Fedderman, the
LeClair picked the name Caman, explaining in his video between the courageous canines and the valiant warriors school district’s assistant superintendent for teaching and
entry that “each letter of the name represents a branch of who have served alongside each other in our Armed learning.
the Armed Forces: C represents Coast Guard, A represents Forces,” Pope said. “It is also a celebration of heroes –
Air Force, M represents Marines, A represents Army, and those on two and four legs, those with hair and those with Photo by Capehart

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