Discovering

In 2008, I resigned my  position as Director of Discovery Montessori School (www.dmsonline.org). My encore career combines what I am most passionate about, namely philanthropy, travel, photography and children and thus Dog Meets World was born. As I randomly encounter parents, students and teachers they ask for details of what Dr. Lane is up to these days (besides 5’2″). So, I sent out a group email to that community. Montessori classrooms would be a perfect cauldron for a children-helping-children fundraiser (something like Pennies for Pictures) and it would let them see real time kids in other parts of the world with geography lessons as a bonus!

Public Diplomacy at it’s best

Thanks to Naomi Leight, my daughter’s college freshman roommate who is now in the inaugural Public Diplomacy Master’s degree program at USC there is a new way to think of the mission of Dog Meets World. Naomi notes:

You are taking an aspect of Western culture and society and exporting it in a positive way globally, which is in-turn being received positively as well! People-to-people diplomacy is the way diplomacy will be in the 21st century and what your doing is exactly that.  It is such a creative idea and I cannot wait to see the progress you will make on this initiative.

After a number of conversation it is clear that Naomi will really be assisting in strengthening Dog Meets World and helping us publicize it more in terms of receiving donations and support. Welcome aboard Naomi!

Year of the Dog

Happy and healthy New Year to ALL….I don’t care if the Chinese celebrate New Year is on the 26th OR that they think it’s the Year of the Ox…because I KNOW that for me and our charity today begins the THE YEAR OF THE DOG, as in DOG MEETS WORLD!