COLUMBIA, Mo. - The Mizzou baseball team has partnered with the Puppies With Purpose program for the 2015 season in an effort to help raise money for Columbia service dogs. The initiative, dubbed "K's for K9's," will allow fans to pledge a donation amount to be paid per strikeout during the 2015 season.
"I'm a dog lover," head coach Tim Jamieson said. "I've read more and more about dogs and actually researched whether or not there were places in Missouri that train dogs for this purpose and ironically find out that there's one in Columbia and one on Mizzou's campus. So it seemed like it was a really good fit and I introduced it to our players and they are really excited about it." .video-container {position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; padding-top: 30px; height: 0; overflow: hidden;} .video-container iframe, .video-container object, .video-container embed {position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 80%; height: 80%; margin:1em 10%} } @media (max-width: 1023px) { .video-container iframe, .video-container object, .video-container embed {position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 80%; height: 80%; margin:1em 10%} } @media (max-width: 767px) { .video-container iframe, .video-container object, .video-container embed {position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; margin:1em 0} } @media (max-width: 480px) { .story-wrap-right {float:none; display:block; width:80%; margin:1em 10%; text-align:center} .video-container iframe, .video-container object, .video-container embed {position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; margin:1em 0} } @media (max-width: 360px) { .story-wrap-right {float:none; display:block; width:80%; margin:1em 10%; text-align:center} .video-container iframe, .video-container object, .video-container embed {position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;} }
Fans who wish to join the Tigers in this cause can contact Director of Baseball Operations Evan Pratte at prattee@missouri.edu or at (573) 882-1917. For more information on Puppies With Purpose, visit puppieswpurpose.com.
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