St. Louise students raise funds to help save pets

Traditionally, the students have assisted the Bellevue Fire Department by collecting teddy bears to offer children during times of trauma. This year they turned their four-legged friends in emergencies by raising funds for special resuscitation kits to revive pets during an emergency.

April 6, 2012 7:11 pm
Capt. Chuck Heitz of the Bellevue Fire Department shows students at St. Louise Parish School how a pet resuscitation kit works.
Capt. Chuck Heitz of the Bellevue Fire Department shows students at St. Louise Parish School how a pet resuscitation kit works.

The service project for kindergarten students at St. Louise Parish School went to the dogs this year.

Traditionally, the students have assisted the Bellevue Fire Department by collecting teddy bears to offer children during times of trauma.

This year they turned their four-legged friends in emergencies by raising funds for special resuscitation kits to revive pets during an emergency. Each kit runs between $60-80 and are new on the market.

Capt. Chuck Heitz of the Bellevue Fire Department came the school recently to demonstrate the kits on his canine friend, Max. The Bellevue Fire Department has saved many animals in the past with devices adapted from human equipment, but the new kits are designed especially for pets.

St. Louise School is a Catholic school located in the Crossroads area of Bellevue, near the Microsoft campus. St. Louise School provides an excellent education with a Roman Catholic-based foundation for students in grades PreK-8.  For more information about St. Louise School, please visit their website at www.stlouiseschool.org .