Compassion in Action
Kids Helping Animals
Everyone can make a difference in the lives of animals, including kids! Here are just some of our wonderful local youngsters who are making valuable contributions to the Marin Humane Society.
Donations Instead of Birthday Gifts
When Kate invited her friends to her 9th birthday party, she asked them to bring donations for the Marin Humane Society instead of presents for herself. On the day of her birthday, January 11, 2012, Kate brought her donations to the Marin Humane Society for the animals to enjoy. Thanks Kate!
MHS Volunteer Rachel Blackman Honored
Rachel Blackman (third from left pictured with other honorees) received the Youth Volunteer of the Year award for outstanding achievement at the Center for Volunteer and Nonprofit Leadership Heart of Marin Awards January 5, 2012!
Rachel began volunteering with the Marin Humane Society several years ago, starting as a Girl Scout and continuing through the years in many different ways. From helping prepare for Animal Care Camp and serving as a counselor to raising donations for the SHARE program and helping assemble holiday care packages for its clients. She has created and led tours specifically for Daisy troops for her Silver Award, distributing special event flyers and postcards, proposing a partnership with Drake High School to provide stress-relieving Animal Assisted Therapy sessions during finals week and designing a new Animal Assisted Therapy program for children on the autism spectrum to do agility with dogs, for her Girl Scout Gold Award.
Rachel has made countless contributions and for her hundreds of hours of dedicated service, we nominated Rachel to receive this prestigious award.
Over 700 people attended this event, hosted by Jan Wahl, to celebrate all of the amazing volunteers and resources in Marin County.
The Girl Who Supports Enzo
Kacey Rhinehart (pictured above playing with Enzo) continues to show us compassion in action! It began when she attended the MHS summer camp over the summer. She learned that being compassionate toward animals involved more than people think!
Kacey took a particular liking to Enzo, a cat who had been available for adoption for about 2 months. Wanting to help him, but unable to adopt him, she wrote him a sweet and touching letter just before Christmas.
Shortly after the New Year, she came back to give Enzo a catnip toy that she had made herself. She also shared that she had started a foundation benefitting MHS—The Enzo Foundation. That weekend, Enzo was adopted and went to his forever home!
Three cheers for Kasey! We admire her excitement to show compassion in action!
Compassion despite allergies
Eight year old Kennedy Sullivan of Novato may be allergic to cats, but that hasn’t stopped her from dedicating a part of her allowance to purchase several items from the MHS Wish List! So far Kennedy has contributed $40 of her allowance to MHS. She starts 3rd grade next week.
When life gives you lemonade, make a donation!
Charlie, Eva & Ali Smith of San Rafael decided to have a lemonade stand over the weekend. They made $25 and then donated it Marin Humane Society. We appreciate their generosity and love to see the Compassion in Action!
Bake Sale Donation
Casey Laret & Daisy Dalzell-Piper held a bake sale and lemonade stand with all proceeds donated to Marin Humane Society. They set up shop at Blackie's Pasture in Tiburon. A few hours later they arrived at the shelter with $84 in hand to donate! This idea stemmed from Daisy's family adopting their kitten here, and Casey attending our Summer Camp the week prior. We love to see Compassion in Action!
SHARE a Book Graduation
Students from Good Shepherd Lutheran School in Novato, assisted with the training of volunteer teams to become a part of the SHARE a Book program. They attend 2 weeks of classes to give the dogs practice time with real kids and also help with the graduation ceremony.Thanks to these wonderful students, and their families, we are able to train more volunteer teams to be a part of the SHARE a Book program!
SOS
Students of Service
Team SOS from Bel Aire Elementary School visited Marin Humane Society to donate newspapers and other items that they collected for help the shelter animals. They also made a list of ways that you can help Marin Humane Society.
- Have a lemonade stand or bake sale and donate the money made
- Bring in your used books, CDs, DVDs to donate to The Book Nook
- Have your next birthday party here
- Instead of gifts for you, your friends can bring dog, cat or rabbit toys for the animals.
- Remind people to NEVER leave their dog or cat in a hot car
- Donate Pet Food to the SHARE program
- Sign up to participate in one of their events
Watch the video they made capturing their visit!
Quilt Raffle Benefit
Every school year, Laura Honda’s 3rd grade class at Manor Elementary School in Fairfax, along with the help of school volunteer, Harriette Greene, makes a quilt. The goal is to raffle the quilt and donate the proceeds to a local organization that helps either animals or the environment.
After the class chooses the organization they want to benefit, each student takes home a panel and creates a unique piece of art featuring that cause. This year, Mrs. Honda’s class chose the Marin Humane Society. When the quilt is completed, it will be raffled off, proceeds benefitting the Marin Humane Society.
Mrs. Honda’s class has come to our Novato campus to tour the shelter and had special in-class presentations to learn more about MHS and animal care. They have had spirited discussions about the importance of proper animal care, particularly regarding indoor cats. They even got to plant cat grass to take home (clay pots generously donated by Sloat Garden Center)!
If you are interested in purchasing raffle tickets to win the quilt, they can be purchased through the class and through Laura Honda (454.7284). The raffle will take place in January 2012.
Alexandra Weitman
My name is Alexandra and I’m a freshman at Terra Linda High School. For my community service project, I decided to raise money for the Marin Humane Society by babysitting and pet sitting for neighbors. To do this, I sent out a newsletter around the neighborhood to inform neighbors about my project. This method surprisingly was very successful. I received many phone calls and emails requesting my service. I raised around $230 for MHS, and I still receive jobs. I am doing community service for a leadership group that I am part of called the National Leadership Council. In this leadership group I work towards The Congressional Award, an award based on setting and reaching goals. By working on this project, I have accomplished the first of six levels in the Congressional Award. I chose The Humane Society because I love animals and I have gotten two cats from there as well, so I wanted to support their organization.
Roots & Shoots May Dog Wash
In May, the Roots & Shoots club hosted a dog wash and bake sale here at the Marin Humane Society. They raised $400 for the shelter! To learn more about the Roots & Shoots Club and other opportunities for all ages click here!
