3/16/14 - A dog treat business operated by the special needs students at the Livingston Educational Service Agency has been getting some help from a local youth leadership program. LESA's Pathway School Adult Classrooms provide vocational, communication, and living skills education for students between 18 and 26 years of age. For about six years, dog trainer Beth Duman and her therapy dog Lacey have been making regular visits to the classrooms. Together, they created the Lacey's Love Dog Biscuit Company, which is owned and operated by the students as a way to learn tangible work skills. In October, the program partnered with students from Leadership Livingston Youth, who have been providing marketing, management, and promotion for the business. Since joining the program last year, the Leadership Livingston Youth students have been working to get the dog biscuits on the shelves of local businesses, obtain better equipment for the LESA students to use in making the treats, and even build a website to market the product. A link is posted below. Schiller says the partnership provides his peers with real-life experience operating and promoting a business, and they enjoy helping out the LESA students as well. (TD)
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