Midterms week at SC4 gets very cute and fuzzy with the Pizza and Pups event. Certified therapy dogs gather with their handlers on campus to give the students a bit of stress relief… and pizza doesn’t hurt either.
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Cooper Goetz- With midterms coming up at SC4, what better way to melt away the stress than with pizza and four-legged friends?
Kirsten Kessler- So our duty as student council we would love to bring the students together. We are representatives for the students, and this is how we do it. We bring these events for everyone.
Benjamin Rodriguez- uh, we have an event called Pizza on Pups. um it’s a good stress relief is this midterms week, so I think like today as is a good stress breaker.
Gail MacGregor Today we’re doing a stress breaker um for the college students. We brought the dogs in for some fun. They are therapy dogs, so we come out, and just they’re our own pets, we bring them out for some loving and everything.
Cathie Deland- This is Finn. Finn is my third therapy dog. I have two that have passed he is my third. I have a fourth and a fifth at home that do this, and we go to schools and nursing homes, and hospitals, and we do many events um sharing love, sharing our dogs and and just for our mental health um you know, people in nursing homes need it uh sometimes they don’t have their dog, and they’re sad, and we walk in and they get to see the dog. In schools, it’s really important that the kids can come out and see unconditional love, and they’re able to pet the dog and lay on the dog.
Brandon Wayburn- I I actually I didn’t really know too much about this and then I was finished taking my last test and my instructor came up with a pizza he’s like you got to get down there having a bunch of fun they got a bunch of dogs gave a couple some pets it actually helped a lot uh yeah so right now we’re just doing they have a little event just set for anybody it’s a nice they do it as a nice day help get away with the students cuz they got midterms this week so got therapy dogs here they come on down give them a pet you know kind of relieve some stress however you feel and then they got some pizza and some water all set for the students so they’re nice you know nice and filled up for those fun tests we all have.
Benjamin Rodriguez- Having pizza and pups out is a big stress relief is I know myself it’s being stressed out. This is a big relief today, and I feel a lot less stressed out.
Brandon Wayburn- it absolutely helped with all the stress of college. it’s really it’s a good get-away. It’s a lot of fun with all the dogs they have here. you’re definitely not going to feel too left out with everything they’ve got going on here, so it’s a great experience, and I highly advise anybody to come on out and give it a shot.
Kirsten Kessler- So student council is bring together more events in the future, like we’re going to have a fall bash to bring all the students to some nice holiday get-together, so every holiday we’ll try to bring together some kind of event or any recommendations we will take just to bring the students together
Cathie Deland- We love doing it, and we love sharing our dog. what a what a what a great way to share our dog!
Cooper Goetz- What a fun way to de-stress during the midterms here at SC4 from Thumb Coast TV. I’m Cooper Goetz.
