Pay it 4Ward: Local artist paints portraits to honor K-9 officers

TAKE A TRIP TO MUST SAY WE'RE A GROUP OF ARTISTS MEET EVERY TUESDAY FOR AN ART CLASS. AND ON THIS PARTICULAR TUESDAY, WE WERE THERE TO SURPRISE ONE OF THEM. JOIN ME IN FIRST FIDELITY BANK. >> AS WE PAY IT FORWARD. >> IT'S A GOD GIVEN I GIVE HIM ALL THE PRAISE. TO GET THAT I HAVE. ROSE DOBBINS IS A NATURAL. HER PARENTS ON THAT FROM AN EARLY EVER SINCE I WAS ABOUT 5 YEARS OLD. I'VE BEEN DRAWING HER WORKS NOT ONLY INCLUDE PORTRAITS OF PEOPLE, BUT ALSO MAN'S BEST FRIEND CAN BE SEEN ON THE WALLS OF POLICE DEPARTMENTS AND THE HOMES OF LAW ENFORCEMENT ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.

I HAVE A NEIGHBOR. >> WAS A CANINE OFFICER. >> AND HIS DOG WAS RETIRED, WASN'T AND I DID A PAINTING OF HER FOR HIM. AND THEN I FOUND OUT THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF CANINES AND DOGS OR SOMETHING THAT I DO A LOT OF. THAT ARE KILLED. ANNUALLY. WE LOSE ABOUT 25 CAIN ON DOGS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES IN A YEAR. >> ROWE SIGNED UP TO GET ALERTS WHEN A CANINE OFFICER IS LOST IN THE LINE OF DUTY. SHE THEN CONTACTS THE DEPARTMENT GETS A PICTURE OF THE DOG AND THEN SENDS THEM A BEAUTIFUL PAINTING TO REMEMBER THE FALLEN K 9 OFFICER ROWE SHARES HER TALENTS WITH SO MANY, INCLUDING HERE AT THE MUSTANG SENIOR CENTER WHERE DONALD CARTER MET THIS TALENTED WOMAN AND NOMINATED HER FOR PAY IT FORWARD TO NOW ON BEHALF OF FIRST FIDELITY BANK, WE WANT TO GIVE YOU $400 PAY IT FORWARD TO ROSE.

>> I KNOW THAT SHE'S DOING A LOT OF THINGS TO GIVE COMFORT TO THOSE OFFICERS THAT HAVE LOST THEIR DOGS AND WE'RE SO THANKFULLY NOMINATED HER. AND HERE IS $400 FOR YOU TO PAY IT FORWARD. DONALD MADE QUITE THE STORY TO GET EVERYBODY HERE. CLASS. THERE'S SOMETHING THAT I MUST TELL YOU. >> I LIKE EVERYONE, IF YOU TO GET YOU HERE FOR A SPECIAL REASON. ROSE. I NOMINATED YOU. >> WORD FOR ALL OF THE WORK. >> PRO BONO WORK TO DO FOR ALL THE POLICE OFFICERS, THE PEOPLE OF I YOU. >> IT WAS >> HE'S SO BUT WE HAD TO I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER BEEN. SO THE ROSE MAY PAY IT FORWARD BY GENEROUSLY SHARING HER TALENTS. SHE'S EQUALLY TOUCHED BY GRACIOUSLY THE FEEDBACK THAT I GET FROM THE DEPARTMENT SAYS UNBELIEVABLE. I ACTUALLY GOT PERSONALLY DELIVER ONE IN TEXAS AND HE STARTED CRYING. HE WAS, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE HE JUST RECENTLY. >> IT IS JUST REWARDED BIG TIME.

>> SHE IS SO TALENTED AND THAT WAS QUITE THE STORY THEY MADE UP TO GET THAT THAT THEY SAID THEIR LIFE IN THE MAYOR WAS GOING TO BE THERE AND THEY'RE TRYING TO SAVE THE PROGRAM. WHAT'S IT WAS PRETTY BUT IT ROSE HAS EVEN MORE EXAMPLES OF HER WORK ON HER WEBSITE ROSE AND OFTEN STOP WHAT UNIQUE PASSION SHE HAS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS TO BE SO APPRECIATIVE.

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