There was a group of four girls that came in last night when we were there. 'When people come in they're in various states of emotional distress but they see the dogs and they go right for the dogs and their moods change. 'This is a horrible thing that happened and we're all trying to process the grief and the emotions and the anger,' Williams said. Williams, who volunteers with Buddy’s PALS Pet Assisted Learning, which provides time with therapy and comfort dogs, watched as students came in, sat down on the floor with Bear, and began talking with him about where they were and what they were doing when the active shooting started Monday night.ĭogs can be so much easier to talk to than people, Williams said. Heidi Williams, director of Ingham County Aminal Control & Shelter, and her dog Bear, a 13-month-old Lab and Australian Shepherd mix, spent some of Tuesday with MSU students at Hannah Community Center in East Lansing.

Spending time with his family has helped him relax and 'given me people I feel comfortable around to talk to about it.' Monday's mass shooting was traumatizing for Daly and so many others.

'They're kind of stuck in it, and I think being able to go home or not have to worry about a meal is helping them to take some of the stress off.'ĭaly left on a flight Wednesday morning and will stay with family until the end of the week, before catching a flight back to Michigan on Sunday. 'A lot of them are just riding that wave of anxiety and stress, kind of just trying to calm down but also, they're being asked about this all the time,' she said. Students can email her at using their MSU email account if they need help, Reser said. Her efforts started with an offer made through a Facebook post that's since been shared more than 2,000 times. Since Tuesday morning Reser, 30, an East Lansing resident who graduated from MSU in 2016, has helped connect nearly 100 of the university's students with volunteers who have helped provide them with food, gas money, rides, and travel accommodations to get home.

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