Pictured at Paragon Medical’s Stuff the Bus event for the Animal Welfare League of Kosciusko County are in the front, from left, Kristen Connors, Kirstie Sheets, Byran Rogers and Teri Urhausen, all of Paragon; and Jayme Staner and Jordan Good, both of AWL. Back row: James Poe, Wil Boren, Dan Blum and Greg Hall, all of Paragon; and Ely Wendt and John Lantz, both of AWL. Photo provided.

News Release

PIERCETON — The pet-loving employees at Paragon Medical recently held a three-day “Stuff the Bus” donation event for the nonprofit Animal Welfare League of Kosciusko County.

The three-day event included Paragon’s Fall Family Festival on Saturday, Oct. 14, which included hot dogs, ice cream, hayrides, games for kids and AWL shelter pets. Two dogs were adopted at the Saturday event.

A busload of donations, including cat and dog food, laundry detergent and a large variety pet supplies, were donated by the workers. Paragon employees also noticed a bad tire on the AWL bus while it was at their campus and had a new tire put on and also filled the gas tank.

“We’ve experienced 14 weeks in a row with over 400 pets in our care. As you can imagine this takes a toll on our budget. AWL must fund-raise to support our nonprofit shelter that many cats and dogs of Kosciusko County temporarily call home” said AWL Executive Director Tonya Blanchard. “The Stuff the Bus program is a wonderful way for a business to help us out with the supplies we need to keep going. Paragon Medical’s Stuff the Bus event brought in an amazing amount of donations for our furry family. We can’t begin to thank them enough!”

“The Animal Welfare League offers an amazing service to our community. The passion of their team, to support the many animals that depend on their services, is inspiring to say the least, in which our Paragon Medical family was equally excited to support,” said Dan Blum, vice president and general manager of Paragon Medical

“We are so very thankful to the amazing group at Paragon Medical for their kind and generous hearts supporting the shelter pets at AWL,” said John Lantz, AWL board president “We were also grateful that we were included at their Fall Family Festival. What a wonderful partnership to have.”