 With the season of giving upon us, special education students in Pequot Lakes are getting into the holiday spirit by baking dog treats for the Babinski Foundation. Sarah Winkelman has more. Flour, eggs, water and most importantly peanut butter fill the kitchen at the Babinski Foundation as fifth through eleventh grade special education students made dog treats. You know the kids have done a wonderful job. They just have an opportunity to come out here do this but it's such an enjoyment for us to be able to watch them and see how they can progress from their skills. What started off as a class project to make dog treats to sell to parents and family members turned into a day at the shelter baking for the dogs. You know we work on job skills and we work on you know functional reading and math and all of those things and we get to incorporate all of that into this project and so for the kids to be able to branch out into the community is a really big deal and they love animals so really it's just a double bonus for them. With the holiday season just around the corner dogs at the Babinski Foundation will have a Christmas themed treat. There's such good treats too they're good healthy treats made all from scratch and they're with peanut butter and most of the dogs love peanut butter. Even though the students will continue to make the treats for the shelter on a monthly basis today was all about giving. I feel like it's they appreciate it so it's more fun to make it for things that need it. It was a day of fun and treats for all involved. It feels so great inside because I mean as much as we try to get every dog attention it's so awesome to see that they're able to also give them so much more attention. Benefiting both the dogs and the students. These kids are so bright and so well behaved and they know exactly what they're doing they've got this right down to an art. The students were all smiles as Sadie enjoyed the finished product. Reporting in Pequot Lakes Sarah Winkleman Lakeland News. All the treats made today were donated and will be shared among all the dogs at the shelter. If you've enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News please consider making a tax deductible contribution to Lakeland Public Television.