Everyday Heroes
August 2026
KATU reporter Wesleigh Ogle featured Project POOCH on Everyday Heroes in August 2026. The video features our Dog Wash, and includes one of POOCH’s most famous alums, Klondike, along with his adopters.
Everday Heroes spotlight of Project POOCH, featuring video both from our 2026 Dog Wash and of POOCH dogs and youth on campus.
AM Northwest
August 2026
POOCH pup Annie had the opportunity to be featured on AM Northwest while Executive Director Sarah Bradham shared how the youth at Project POOCH learn job and life skills through working with the dogs at the Project POOCH kennel at Maclaren Youth Correctional Facility.
KATU’s AM Northwest hosted Project POOCH’s Executive Director Sarah Bradham and POOCH pup Annie in August 2026.
The Cost of Redemption
A Special Report on Youth Incarceration in Oregon
November 2025
Project POOCH Executive Director Sarah Bradham was interviewed as part of a larger story on youth incarceration in Oregon and Project POOCH’s impact on the youth who participate at POOCH. A quote from one of the youth, “The amount of adaptability that I see in the dogs, and the amount of change that I see in them as we work with them, I also reflect can be done with myself,” said Andrew and youth at McLaren who works full time at Project Pooch.
Watch the video of Executive Director discussing the impact of Project POOCH with KATU in November 2025.
OPB Story
Oregon Program Helps Incarcerated Youth and Adoptable Dogs Alike
It’s Called Project POOCH
September 13, 2024
“On a warm day in August, a group of young men ran around an indoor training center in Woodburn, laughing and cheering as they encouraged a roughly 4-year-old Siberian Husky named Klondike to chart the agility course. They were focused, taking turns to instruct the dog and reward good behaviors with treats.”
Read and listen to the full story (note: the audio and text story are a bit different so we recommend reading and listening)
NPR Story
Oregon Program Helps Incarcerated Youth and Adoptable Dogs Alike
It’s Called Project POOCH
October 2024
“Who doesn't love a story about second chances? Put in some puppies - we've got a real winner here. Oregon Public Broadcasting's Natalie Pate on a program that offers incarcerated young people the chance to develop job skills as dog trainers. It's called Project POOCH.”