Northern Tier Search & Rescue spent Monday 3/2/26 reading to Galeton School District Students to kick off “Read Across America”.

Local Galeton resident Louise Sztenderowicz with K9 Hank and Jordan Leete with K9 havoc from Coudersport are a part of the Northern Tier Search and Rescue team based out of Morris, PA.

Lousie was glad to read a book about all types of working dogs, while Jordan led Hand and Havoc to greet the kids with paws. Kids from grades pre-school to first grade were thrilled to learn about what Hank and Havoc do when looking for lost people. Louise stated “Our K9’s loved all the attention and high fives and it was a great opportunity to share and teach the kids about what we do and most importantly what to do if they are lost”. We are grateful for the invite from Galeton School District Principal Mrs. Sarah Graber and look forward to doing this again.