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Media Inquiries

Point of Contact for Press and Media Inquiries

For all media inquiries contact Development Director, KaLynn Clark.
Phone: 937-944-3580 
Email: kalynnclark@4pawsforability.org
207 Dayton Avenue | Xenia, Ohio | 45385

For the Press

National Press

4 Paws has received national media attention on MSNBC, Dateline NBC, NBC Nightly News, Animal Planet, Good Morning America, CNN, Fox & Friends, and in The New York Times, The Washington Post, People Magazine, USA Today, Time Magazine, Family Circle, and Parent’s Magazine. 4 Paws can also be seen in Episode 1 of “Dogs” on Netflix. The book, The Underdogs, by Melissa Fay Greene is also about 4 Paws. Karen Shirk, founder of 4 Paws, has been recognized as a 2008 CNN Hero, a 2009 DIRECTV Hometown Hero, and received a star on the Morgan’s Wonderful Walk of Fame, the only theme park designed for special needs individuals, in 2013. In 2014, 4 Paws was the recipient of one of Toyota’s 100 Cars for Good, and Senior Trainer, Jennifer Lutes, was selected as a Pandora Hearts of Today winner.