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  • Cover of the October 2026 issue of WestEnd Neighbors, showing Adam Smith kneeling beside a German shepherd
    Cover photo: Tracy Spisak, Gallery Portraiture

    WestEnd Neighbors · Cover story

    A Life-Saving Bond Becomes a Mission to Help Others

    October 2026 · By Nikki Swartz · Print edition, pages 6–10

    Adam and our mission were the cover story of the October 2026 issue of WestEnd Neighbors, the community magazine for western Shawnee and Lenexa. The feature tells the story of Adam's 11 years with his service dog, Charlie, and how losing Charlie led him to start Charlie's Call to Duty in his name.

    “Charlie was the primary reason I had this idea.”

    Adam Smith, in WestEnd Neighbors
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About Charlie's Call to Duty

Charlie's Call to Duty is a new nonprofit based in Johnson County, Kansas, on a mission to rescue dogs at risk of euthanasia from Kansas City–area shelters, raise them in trained foster homes, and train them as service and therapy dogs, placed at no cost with people living with disabilities. Dogs who don't become service or therapy dogs are adopted into loving homes.

Founder & Executive Director
Adam Smith
Based in
Johnson County, Kansas, working with shelters across the Kansas City metro
Status
Nonprofit organization. Our application for 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status is pending with the IRS.
Website
charliescalltoduty.org

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