As of Sunday evening, 101,924 had clicked “Like” on the Dog Bless You Facebook fan page, meaning the Annenberg Foundation will donate $200,000 toward sending search and rescue dogs to help in Japan with earthquake and tsunami response.
Dog Bless You is a project of the Annenberg Foundation designed to highlight the selfless acts of dogs.
The recipient of the funds, the National Disaster Search Dog Foundation, has already deployed twelve canines with handlers to Japan to begin search and rescue missions in the Ofunato City area on the North East coast where the skills of rescue dogs are critically needed to find people trapped in the rubble. They head out today with teams from Fairfax County, VA Urban Search and Rescue and Los Angeles Search and Rescue providing their “BARK” alerts whenever the dogs sense anyone alive in the rubble.
“Work-life balance” is the elusive panacea. But, experts agree that the first step to creating a balanced life is to assess what we need and want from our whole existence, not just work or home in isolation. Sometimes it’s a change in perception that is required, rather than a change in circumstances, and work is not necessarily the enemy if it is managed correctly.
