Health & Fitness
The Big Idea
It's great having BIG IDEAS that help make someone's life better. My sister and I recently had a big idea to go to Save-A-Pet to
BIG Ideas come from people of all sizes. Recently my daughters, Kayla and Ava, and their friends Bella, Alex and Olivia, became concerned about the dogs and cats over at Save-A-Pet. This was prompted to some extent by the recent deaths of their own pets. The children decided to have an art show and on their own raise money for Save-A-Pet. The article they wrote for our blog follows below. The Big Idea It’s great having BIG IDEAS that help make someone’s life better.
My sister and I recently had a big idea to go to Save-A-Pet to donate money we raised selling pictures of animals we drew with our friends. We sold them in a local park to people walking their dogs who bought drawings and duct tape bags to hold dog treats. We raised over $47!!!
The people at Save-A-Pet were really happy we came. They are all volunteers who care about helping homeless animals find a forever home. They said for five dollars a day we could help feed and care for a pet. That means we helped nine pets with our donation!
They gave us a tour of the shelter and let us meet some of the pets that are waiting to be adopted.
Some of the animals were surrendered because their owners couldn't keep them any more. Others came from hording houses or puppy mills, which are both really bad places for dogs and cats to live.
When Save-A-Pet takes dogs from puppy mills they take up to 30 at a time. The volunteers hold them and pet them because they were never held or played with before. The volunteers want all the pets to be well socialized before they go to their new homes.
They also take dogs and cats from high kills shelters where the pets are killed if they aren't adopted. That makes us really sad.
Save-A-Pet can only take in so many pets at a time. They said the best thing that could happen to them would be if they were put out of business, then there would be no more homeless pets.
Some of our friends have donated money they received as birthday gifts, or ran lemonade stands to raise money for Save-A-Pet. One of our teachers, Mrs. Martin, runs a tie-dye day to help out. You can even be a Junior volunteer.
What we learned is that most BIG IDEAS start very small, generous, caring people make them grow. To read more of our big ideas visit www.gswmu.com
The Great Story World Mix-Up is a children’s chapter book series co-written by Laura Hill Timpanaro and her daughters Kayla and Ava Timpanaro. For more information about our children’s books, author visits, thrillers for adults and young adults please visit us on the web www.gswmu.com, www.laurahillbooks.com.
