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title: "Volunteer Spotlight: Richie Patton!"
description: Meet Richie Patton, one of our amazing volunteers. Read about his work and how he helps us train service dogs to make a difference.
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# [Volunteer Spotlight: Richie Patton!](https://project2heal.org/blog/volunteer-spotlight-richie-patton)

 Written by [Project 2 Heal](https://project2heal.org/blog/author/project-2-heal) | Sep 29, 2022, 3:27:00 PM

Meet our volunteer Richie Patton, one of the newest members of our Project 2 Heal family! Like many of our volunteers, Richie enjoys spending time with our puppies and helping to exercise the older dogs. As he stated early in our discussion, Richie is a former veterinarian's kennel boy... 72 years ago! Additionally, as a former Medic in the U.S. Army, Richie has a certain empathy for veterans struggling with PTSD and physical disability.

> "Especially toward those who have been wounded either physically or mentally and need a service dog... I really feel the situation for them."

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