Officer Jason Giallorenzo of the Adams Township Police Department has been working with Kiko since June. The pair may appear at an event later this summer.

Mars residents showed their support for the Adams Township Police Department's new K-9 program at Monday's Adams Township Board of Supervisors meeting, when Fran Martinelli presented a check for $2,550 on behalf of Mars Agway to benefit the ongoing initiative to acquire and train a police dog.

The funds were raised at the Mars Agway Open House on June 19 through a gift basket raffle.

“I would like to thank Mars Agway and all those who were involved with this fundraiser,” Martinelli said.

The Mars Agway chooses a different cause each year and donates the raffle funds to it, Martinelli said, and this year's fundraiser for the K-9 unit was its second most successful raffle ever.

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