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Article: Dog days ahead
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- Progress-Index, The Petersburg, Va.
- Article date:
- July 1, 2006
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COLONIAL HEIGHTS -- Justin Duvall's name is no longer on the
waiting list to receive a service dog to help him out around the
house.
The 20-year-old Hopewell resident -- who has been diagnosed with
cerebral palsy and is confined to a wheelchair -- celebrated that
fact yesterday at the Ukrop's in Colonial Square Shopping Center.
Through a partnership between the grocery store and the Milk-Bone
Canine Heroes Program, Duvall was selected to receive a dog free of
charge from an organization called Canine Assistants based in
Atlanta.
Representatives from Ukrop's corporate offices and Milk-Bone, and
members of Duvall's family came out for the ceremony.
"It's pretty exciting when they get that call ...