{"id":17410,"date":"2023-02-14T11:44:34","date_gmt":"2023-02-14T16:44:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/?post_type=press-releases&#038;p=17410"},"modified":"2023-02-14T11:44:35","modified_gmt":"2023-02-14T16:44:35","slug":"sen-ossoff-commends-lauren-fins-for-her-commitment-to-georgias-veterans","status":"publish","type":"press-releases","link":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/sen-ossoff-commends-lauren-fins-for-her-commitment-to-georgias-veterans\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>Sen. Ossoff Commends Lauren Fins for Her Commitment to Georgia\u2019s Veterans<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Savannah, Ga. \u2014&nbsp;<\/strong>U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is recognizing Lauren Fins for her compassionate leadership and commitment to Georgia\u2019s veterans with an Official U.S. Senate Commendation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the last 10 years, Lauren Fins has dedicated her personal time to supporting Georgia\u2019s veterans and other members of the Savannah community who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder or other related illnesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ms. Fins works to train dogs that can help people in need across Savannah, assisting veterans and other individuals with emergency assistance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Please find Sen. Ossoff\u2019s&nbsp;<\/u><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/118\/crec\/2023\/02\/13\/169\/29\/CREC-2023-02-13-pt1-PgS349-2.pdf\"><strong>Official U.S. Senate Commendation<\/strong><\/a><strong><u>&nbsp;to Lauren Fins below:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMs. Lauren Fins has dedicated her time to assisting veterans and other members of her community who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder and other trauma-related illnesses through her organization Fins Animal Training \u2014 fondly earning her the title of \u201chometown heroine\u201d across Coastal Georgia.<strong><u><\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOver the last 10 years, Ms. Fins has committed more than 1,000 hours of her personal time to training service dogs that uplift people in need across Savannah, and she was recognized with the President\u2019s Volunteer Service Award in 2022 for her commitment to this feat.<strong><u><\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn addition to her work with Fins Animal Training, she also trains dogs for SD Gunner Fund, a local non-profit that provides service dogs to people who need them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn many cases, Ms. Fins has helped dogs grow from young pups to loyal companions who can help support individuals\u2019 everyday quality of life, including by helping a person off the floor, pulling a wheelchair, or by picking up a prosthetic limb.<strong><u><\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMr. President, as Georgia\u2019s U.S. Senator, I recognize and commend Lauren Fins for her commitment and dedication to Georgia\u2019s veterans.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Savannah, Ga. \u2014&nbsp;U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is recognizing Lauren Fins for her compassionate leadership and commitment to Georgia\u2019s veterans with an Official U.S. Senate Commendation. Over the last 10 years, Lauren Fins has dedicated her personal time to supporting Georgia\u2019s veterans and other members of the Savannah community who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder or [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17410","press-releases","type-press-releases","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/17410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press-releases"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/17410\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17412,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/17410\/revisions\/17412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}