Family nears fundraising goal for service dog
By GAIL KOCH
gkoch@muncie.gannett.com
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MUNCIE -- A month in to a fundraising campaign to raise money for a service dog for son Christopher, the Burrows family is just a few hundred dollars shy of its campaign goal.

Claudia Burrows, Christopher's mother, said the family has raised $13,348 of its $14,000 goal. The family will use the donations to cover the cost of training a service dog from Xena, Ohio-based 4 Paws for Ability.



Burrows suffers from ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease), a fatal condition that makes it difficult to care for Christopher, 10, who is autistic. The family's disabilities make them candidates for a dog that could help them both.

After The Star Press published an update about the family earlier this month, the Burrows received a $10,000 donation from local businesses A.G. Edwards & Sons and Happy, Clean and Smart.
Burrows said she is thankful for all the assistance the family has received from the community. The family still is looking to raise money to cover $3,000 in travel and room-and-board expenses for the two-week-long training they will undergo with the service dog after its training costs have been covered.