The other day one of Leaving Our Mark’s followers, Kids Are Heroes and Gabe O’Neill on Twitter alerted me to a 13-year-old boy in Denver, CO named Mark who has a little brother with Type 1 diabetes. They have a service dog named Red that alerts when Jason’s blood sugar gets too high or too low.

Mark helps other families acquire, train and manage similar dogs for this same situation. He has helped quite a few families across the country and in Canada. Mark and his family started Red Alert Dogs for Diabetics (R.A.D.D.) to help these families.

And now there are two families in particular that Mark and his mom need extra help with:

- Five-year-old Ayla is from Oregon. She has Type 1 diabetes. She and her family are being evicted from their apartment because of their service dog, who is suffering from cancer. Mark’s mother is asking that someone donate a golden retriever puppy to replace this dog.

- A 13-year-old girl named Katie-Jane from Denton, TX, has a German Shepherd that is also a diabetic alert dog. This dog is a natural when it comes to this activity. Unfortunately, it has a severe case of hip displaysia and needs an operation desperately.

You can read more about Ayla and Katie-Jane on Gabe’s blog.

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