Rose Marie Hutches and Fibber McGee
This year the CCA received 21 applications for the Shining Star program. The CCA Shining Star Committee has selected Rose Marie Hutches and her Collie, Fibber McGee as the Shining Star Ambassador Team for 2019.
After adopting Fibber, an untrained, high-energy dog in 2013, Rose provided him with gentle, knowledgeable care and training. Fibber quickly earned several competition obedience and performance titles and was certified as a therapy dog through Therapy Dogs International. Today, Fibber provides comfort and courage to 13 facilities in central Illinois each month including senior assisted care and independent living facilities, a state mental health hospital, a shelter for abused women and their children, and several other facilities including hospital pediatric units, where he provides love and solace to children and their families.
