Jun 17, 2013 1 min read

Liesa Collier will be joining the nationwide nonprofit Dogs Deserve Better in its 2013 Chain Off Campaign, which advocates for chained dogs by having people chained to doghouses each summer to raise awareness.

Collier and Team Pennsylvania will hold a Chain Off from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 7 at the Veterans Memorial, Second and Cook streets, Fayette City.

Chain Off has been held annually around the Fourth of July since 2004 to show that while Americans are celebrating their own freedom, there are tens of thousands of dogs that continue to be chained and penned.

The event has evolved from one woman chaining herself to a doghouse in 2004 for 33 hours to more than 50 people throughout the country chaining themselves to raise awareness for chained dogs.