Humane Education

UPDATES FROM HSSC’S HUMANE EDUCATION PROGRAM by Kathy Pecsar

Our dynamic community of youth animal advocates had a wonderful time learning and using their voices to spread the word about compassion for our four-legged friends this past season!

We had two wonderful Afternoon on the Farm classes at the beloved Forget Me Not Farm where kids had the opportunity to enjoy fresh air, farm animals and gardening.

Meanwhile, there was a heartwarming amount of community service happening with our teens! We had students from local high schools and Eagle Scout troops completing projects for us, from making redwood picnic tables to putting on huge pet food drives and making much-needed enrichment toys for our shelter animals. Summer Camp was outstanding! We had so much fun with the campers at both our Santa Rosa and Healdsburg campuses this summer. Our amazing Animal Assisted Therapy teams joined other volunteers and our fantastic staff to teach these caring groups of kids how to take care of animals, translate cat and dog body language, read an x-ray, listen to a cat’s heart and, most of all - more than anything - enjoy and love animals!

Our Winter Camps are coming up and we are READY for our campers to get to know the Humane Society and how we care for our shelter animals! We’ll make yummy dog treats, cozy cat blankets and of course fun toys for our shelter animals, all while learning about taking care of animals!

For more information, please visit: humanesocietysoco.org/humane-education-camps