Submitted by Ashland University
ASHLAND When Brooke Young was growing up, she found some of her most meaningful relationships were formed in nursing homes.
Those facilities aren’t the kinds of places you often see the youngest generation. Young would like to change that.
The Ashland University senior has made intergenerational interactions her platform as she prepares for the Miss Ohio pageant in June. But she’s also made it the theme of her children’s book, “Murray’s Miraculous Mission,” which is available for pre-order now and scheduled for a wide release in February.
The mission of the “Mission” is to recount some of the experiences Young had during the five years she spent in nursing facilities with her therapy dog, Molly, a golden retriever she worked with her grandfather to train. “The memories are very close to my heart,” Young said, adding that the book is dedicated to the memory of her grandfather Larry Volz, who died in 2018.