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Fun Projects You Can Do To Help!
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Gather bags from local shops, grocery stores, etc. Draw and/or write messages about proper pet care. The bags can be given back to the stores to be distributed into the public to educate them about responsible pet care. |
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Create a list of the animal care agencies in the area. Research animal care options for cats, dogs, lost and found, wild animals and birds, 24 hour veterinary services, animal control situations, etc. Make a list of phone numbers to call for help with animals that are lost, found, hurt of being mistreated or who need homes. Distribute this list to students at schools and other interested people in your neighborhood. Form a neighborhood animal watch group. |
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Learn about and create a list of things to do to help animals, birds and insects, in your own backyard.Learn proper care of animals in emergency situations and post ways to help wildlife in your part of town. Design ways to keep your neighborhood free from litter and other hazardous materials that endanger animals. Make pictures of every animal living in your backyard and neighborhood. Learn about each one and its habits and habitat needs. Tell friends what you discovered. |
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Think about this story: "When Abraham Lincoln made his driver stop so he could put a baby bird back in her nest, his friends made fun of him — but he told them, "I could not have slept tonight if I had left that helpless little creature to perish on the ground." What other famous people have been animal lovers? |
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Write or read a play about an animal getting lost and going to a shelter. Research all the hazards that cats, dogs and other pets face in the outdoors without human care. Design the costumes or borrow them from a costume store. Faces can be painted with makeup or masks. Perform this play and educate the public about responsible pet care ownership. Video this performance to the be shown elsewhere! |
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Decorate a big box with animal pictures and place this box, with permission of the owner, in a store or public area. Make a sign that asks people to donate dog, cat, puppy, kitten, ferret, rabbit, guinea pig, gerbil, hamster, rat, parakeet and horse food to the NHSPCA shelter. Safe Pet toys are also much appreciated. KONGS are always a treat for the dogs, since we put cheese and other food items in the KONGS which reduces anxiety and helps the dogs to relax during their overnight stays. |
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Ask the NHSPCA for their current wish list so that people can help the animals by donating food and supplies. Post it in your school or neighborhood. Collect the donations and bring them to the NHSPCA. |
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Collect pennies in a "PENNIES FOR PETS" (or dimes in "DIMES FOR DOGGIES") event throughout your school, neighborhood, library, scout troop, etc. Go to the bank and ask for penny (dime) rolls or help from the bank to get these pennies (dimes) rolled. Drop off the coins at the NHSPCA with a note letting us know who organized this great project and who participated in helping the animals in this way. Let the NHSPCA staff know what you would like the money to go towards for the animals. |
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Help pet owners become aware of pet safety by making posters/flyers to put on their cars' windshield. A poster about summertime safety could be about not leaving their dog in a hot car. (Ask the NHSPCA for sample posters, such as DON'T PARK THE DOG.) Also, not leaving their dog in a cold car in the wintertime. Another poser or flyer could be to always have your pet wear an identification tag or to help the per overpopulation problem - get your pet spayed or neutered. Inform people about the new dog safety law that protects dogs when they are being transported in a pickup truck. Call the NHSPCA for details on this law. Ask permission to post these posters/flyers at your school and in your neighborhood. |
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Contact Paula Parisi, Education Coordinator about making posters or taking pictures of the pets that need a new home. Distribute these pictures in your school and/or neighborhood to help the animals at the Adoption Center get new homes. |
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