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Want To Help
Homeless Animals?
Helping homeless animals is a rewarding
and valuable experience. The Gloucester-Mathews
Humane Society believes that there is no age
limit when it comes to making a difference in
the lives of animals. You can support and help
the animals at our shelter and those in the
community in several different ways.
Volunteer –To become a GMHS volunteer
you must be 14 years of age or older. If you are
under the age of 14, you can still volunteer but
you have to have a parent or guardian with you
at all times. To download a volunteer
application,
click here .
Join Cliff’s Club- Having a birthday
party? Instead of your guests bringing you gifts
ask them to bring items from the
GMHS wish list. The generous birthday girl
or boy will receive a free t-shirt and their
picture in the local paper. This club is
for children 13 years old and younger.
Organize a fundraiser - Hold a bake
sale, car wash, yard sale, or other fundraiser
to benefit homeless animals
Start donation drive - Collect items
from our wish list and bring them to our shelter
Make homemade treats for our animals-
Our animals love homemade treats and making them
is fun. Ask an adult to help you find a recipe.
Collect money for shelter animals- A
fun way to do this is to make two containers and
title one “Cats Rule” and the other “Dogs
Drool”. Make sure you include information about
what you are raising money for then ask local
businesses and organizations if they will help
by allowing you to place your containers there.
When you are done collecting, count the money
and see who won; cats or dogs.
Save your spare change- Decorate a
container and put your spare change in it. When
you have filled it up, donate the money to help
homeless animals.
Shop at Food Lion- Ask your parents to
sign up for the Food Lion’s Shop & Share
Program. Visit
foodlion.com to sign up and make sure you
select Gloucester-Mathews Humane Society as the
organization you wish to help.
Volunteer to help an elderly or sick
person- You can feed, walk or bathe their
dog, or change kitty litter. Your help may allow
them to keep their pet rather than have to find
the pet a new home.
Spread the word - If you know somebody
who wants a pet, tell them about adopting from
Gloucester-Mathews Humane Society.
Take your cause to school-
- Make your next report or presentation
for your class about the pet overpopulation
problem, responsible pet care,
spaying/neutering, or animal abuse.
- Volunteer to help younger students with
their reading. Help them read stories about
people helping animals.
- Start an animal club at your school!
Contact Amy Steele at 695-0108 or
amysteele.gmhs@yahoo.com for further
information.
- Make a bulletin board about
overpopulation, spay/neuter, adoption, or
other pet care topic.
- Tell your teacher about KIND News, a
classroom newsletter for kids kindergarten
through 5th grade,
http://www.kindnews.org/
- Ask your librarian to select books about
animals to be displayed during Be Kind to
Animals Week. It’s always the first full
week in May.
- Arrange for our humane educator to come
to your school.
- Ask a school representative if you can
organize a coin drive.
Be Creative and
Have Fun! |
Kind Kids In Action
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Girl Scout
Brownie Troop 1427 recently
sponsored an evening of "Spread
the Biscuits" and "Operation
Happy Socks" to benefit the
Gloucester-Mathews Humane
Society. Members of Daisy Troop
4602 and Cadette Troop 1143 also
participated in baking homemade
dog biscuits and stuffing cat
toys.
Pictured, front from left,
Kayleigh Brown, Emma Ziegenfus,
Emma Cirillo, Alyssa O'Beirne;
second row, Linnea Hornung, Cara
O'Beirne, Madison Dent, Nicole
Shannon, Isabella Donoflio-Shier;
third row, McKenzie Hasty, Katie
McSweeney, Caroline Perkins.
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The SCA of T.C.
Walker Elementary spent an
afternoon learning how to make
toys for pets out of recycled
materials. Patty, a dog from
GMHS, attended the event to test
the products and gave them a
“paws up”.
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Elly Olson of
Gloucester County wanted to give
the animals of GMHS something
special this holiday season. She
made over 20 cozy fleece
blankets and toys for the
animals . Elly hand delivered
the blankets and toys and was
able to see first hand how much
the animals enjoyed her
generousity. Thank you Elly!
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Brownie,
Jr. Brownie and Daisy Troop 1039
of Mathews County raised money
for the GMHS through their
annual Fall Fundraiser. The
animals and staff of the GMHS
send out a big "Thank You" to
this wonderful group of young
girls.
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The boy
scouts of Pack 1 collected items
from the GMHS wish list as part
of a community service project.
The animals
and staff of the GMHS will truly
benefit from their generosity.
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The Peasley
Field Hockey team raised money
for the GMHS by asking others
to sponsor their Goals and
Saves. The money raised was
used to purchase a brick in
honor of their team.
Thank You
Peasley Field Hockey Team
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