Our Sponsors

Shortly before she passed away in 2006, Mary Jane Meng wrote a check for $100,000 to Capital K9s in order to purchase a fourth police dog and to better equip the still newly forming K9 Unit. When she presented the check she also handed Police Chief Noble Wray $5 and said, “For the dog license for your new dog.”

Along with a kind hearted sense of humor, Mary Jane deeply appreciated the characteristics and quality of life in Madison both during her tenure as an assistant professor of physical therapy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and after her retirement. She also loved dogs, in fact, even at 82 years old, she had a golden retriever of her own. She was passionate about the importance of a good police force to the health of the city and she was an admirer of Madison Police Chief Noble Wray.

Capital K9s was almost unable to tell you about Mary Jane and her incredible generosity because she was reluctant to let us publicize her donation. She told Carol Grob, who was then the president of Capital K9s, “You can use my name if you tell them my donation was made to encourage others to give to Capital K9′s.”

Capital K9s and the Madison Police Department K9 Unit would not be what it is today without the generosity of our many supporters.