An Auburn school trains for a 5K with comfort dog Luna in mind
Franklin Alternative School staff and students trained three times a week, and 30 of them finished Moxie's Memorial 5K for the nonprofit that provided Luna.
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Staff and students at Franklin Alternative School in Auburn trained together for a 5K, three times a week, because of their comfort dog Luna. The Sun Journal reported on October 10, 2026, that 30 of them ran or walked Moxie's Memorial 5K. The race supported Mission Working Dogs, the nonprofit that gave Luna to the school.
Luna is a comfort dog at the school, not one of the runners. The training was the school's own project, and the 30 people who showed up are the ones who carried it to the finish. The attention of the day went to the group that trains dogs like her.
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