From the Brockton Enterprise
BRIDGEWATER – Residents can rest assured that the Bridgewater Police Department’s K9 Papi is safe and well protected thanks to the efforts of a teenager from East Bridgwater.
When Mollie Coyne was 9, she made a unique request for her 10th birthday party. Rather than asking for presents, she asked her friends to make donations to Massachusetts Vest-a-Dog, a nonprofit organization that provides bulletproof vests and other safety items to police departments for their four-legged officers.
In the years since, Coyne, 13, – whose slogan is “helping police dogs one paw at a time” – has partnered with the organization to turn her birthday into an annual fundraiser for local police department’s K9 units.