Keeping K-9s in Kevlars

Skagit and Whatcom communities are supporting their four legged officers in a really important way; funding their Kevlar vests.

Keeping K-9s in Kevlar is a Bellingham non-profit charity with a mission, as their name might suggest, to protect their K-9 officers with the Kevlar vests government funds don’t provide.

Cost for each vest is a minimum of $2,426 and many departments just can’t afford it for their dogs, who are so loyal that they’re described as being the first to blindly rush into gunfire. For K-9s without vests, this can often mean an unfortunate end to man’s best friend.

However, Kevlar vests are an excellent supplement to their safety! According to their Facebook page, Keeping K-9s in Kevlar has helped to vest 6 K-9s in Skagit and Whatcom County to date, and are completely run by volunteers,  so all donations benefit the dogs. They describe themselves as different because “Each vest carries a patch in memory of a Fallen Officer. The K-9 handler chooses who their K-9’s Kevlar vest will honor.”

They continue to rely on the community’s donations to save the dogs! They make it remarkably easy to help out with a GoFundMe page, donation jars in many local businesses or by mailing a check. We’ve included that information below.  

You can continue to support their mission by sending a check to:

Keeping K-9s in Kevlar
3901 Airport Way
Bellingham, WA 98225
(Tax donation letter will be sent)

Additional ways you can donate:

1) WECU bank account: Keeping K-9s in Kevlar.
2) Gofundme site:https://www.gofundme.com/keepingk9sinkevlar
3) Donation jars at:
a) Yeagers
b) Fountain Veterinary Clinic
c) Maplewood Animal Hospital
d) Animal Emergency Care
e) Dakota Creek Guns and Outfitting
f) Custer Sportsman Club
g) Fairhaven Toy Garden
h) Hardware Sales

If you’re interested in more information (and cute pictures of K-9 officers in training), consider checking out their Facebook page by clicking here: