Youthlinks/RASA and our very own Caitlin Schick make the front cover of the  March 2010 Down East Dog News.

Run-A-Hound Outing Club is a nine week program in which students from Rockland High volunteer to run with shelter dogs. The program is geared for students who are not involved in sports or fitness routines and provides social/emotional bonding with homeless dogs. Students receive community service credit for their time, a requirement for graduation. Well structured civic coordination and corporate funding is successfully pushing Run-A-Hound towards year-round operation.
Caitlin Schick is the Program Manager at Youthlinks, a division of Broadreach Family & Community Services located in Rockland. Through the Rockland After-School Alliance, she develops opportunities for kids ages 11-17 to do community service and take part in recreational activities. Currently, Schick is directly responsible for operating the Run-AHound program. She meets with the humane society staff during the week to discuss which dogs are available for the run. On the day of the run, she picks up the dogs at the shelter and heads to the school to acquaint everyone. After loading six students and three dogs in the van they head off to the day’s location; she distributes equipment and leads the run.

The full story with pictures is at http://www.bluetoad.com/publication/?m=1134&l=1