{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"The News Journal","provider_url":"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net","title":"Corbin Primary recruiting volunteers for 'DOGs' program &ndash; The News Journal","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"43D54p2jw2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net\/corbin-primary-recruiting-volunteers-dogs-program\/\">Corbin Primary recruiting volunteers for &#8216;DOGs&#8217; program<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net\/corbin-primary-recruiting-volunteers-dogs-program\/embed\/#?secret=43D54p2jw2\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Corbin Primary recruiting volunteers for &#8216;DOGs&#8217; program&#8221; &#8212; The News Journal\" data-secret=\"43D54p2jw2\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Corbin-schools.jpg","thumbnail_width":126,"thumbnail_height":157,"description":"Corbin Primary School is recruiting volunteer watch DOGs for the school. The school\u2019s Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) has initiated the Dads On Guard (DOGs) program to bring father and father figures into the school and interact with the students. \u201cWe want them to volunteer to come into the building and have a presence,\u201d said Assistant Principal Tonya Proffitt, noting the faculty and staff at the K-2 school is primarily female. Proffitt said many of the more than 600 students lack a strong, positive male role model. \u201cThese dads can be that for them,\u201d Proffitt said. The dads and other family members will undergo a background check through the school\u2019s Family Resource Center, just as any volunteer at the school that will come into contact with the students. \u201cThe DOG volunteers need to be listed on a student\u2019s emergency card,\u201d Proffitt said, adding that there have been between 15 and 20 men who have already volunteered. The volunteers will walk the halls of the school, be in the lunchroom and out on the playground during recess. Proffitt said the goal is to have three or four of the volunteers on duty at a time so as not to overwhelm or distract to the students. \u201cI don\u2019t want the purpose to sound like security,\u201d Proffitt said. \u201cIt is not that the students don\u2019t feel safe but when there is a positive male figure present, they feel different.\u201d Proffitt emphasized that the volunteers would not be carrying firearms while at the school. In addition to being present Proffitt said there may be opportunities for the volunteers to share their stories or experiences with the students, noting the second grade students do a career studies program. \u201cThey may also be guest readers in the kindergarten and first grade classes,\u201d Proffitt said. Proffitt said the idea for the program came from PTO Vice-President Kevin Spencer. \u201cWe don\u2019t want this to be anything super formal,\u201d Proffitt said, adding that the goal is to have first volunteers at the school by mid-September."}