Friday, October 29, 2010

GET YOUR T-SHIRTS!!!!!

Hey yall! within the next week or so, the Panthers for Paws group will be selling t-shirts outside the commons at Drury University.  The shirts will be around seven dollars so they will be fairly cheap. All the money that will be made from the shirts will go towards buying cleaning supplies and doggy treats, as well as kitty toys and much more!! Plus the t-shirts are really cool. Who would't want to walk around campus with a shirt saying, "i heart puppies"? There will be other shirt designs as well, so if you are around the commons during the week, help out the puppies and kitties and buy an awesome shirt! You know you want to....

-Taylor Westby

Good day at the Humane Society

Hey everyone,

I had a pretty good day at the humane society.  I went by myself today in between classes for about an hour.  It was nice to go and see all the new cats and dogs, as well as the old ones.  There are a lot of dogs and cats up and ready for adoption that want a good home.  Today I walked all the little dogs.  It's a nice change for once to walk the small dogs because you can take more than one of them out at a time.  They have had some dog fights between the bigger dogs so they only let us take one at a time.  I was taking out two or three dogs at a time so it was fun for them all to play together.  I only stayed for an hour or so but it was a good trip.  Last time I went, Ryan and i took pictures of all the dogs and they are posted to the side.

We will be doing a fundraiser at Drury next week by selling t-shirts around campus.  We hope to sell fifty shirts or more and donate the profits to the Humane society. We will hopefully be able to buy a bunch of necessities that are constantly needed such as Lysol wipes, dog food, paper towels, etc.

So far this year has been pretty good volunteering.  We have gotten a lot of work done and the staff have been very appreciative of our work. We hope to keep it up.

--Matt

Monday, October 18, 2010

Another Good Weekend at the Humane Society

Hey everyone, sorry for the delayed post. It was another good day for me yesterday at the Humane Society. A lot of the dogs that Matt and I walked the previous week is already gone yesterday (October 17). I saw a lot of new dogs that are up for adoption but sadly my camera ran out of battery so I never had the chance to take their pictures. The best part was when I was walking the last dog for the day, as I was going to put her in her cage, a family came in and wanted to see her. The family was very interested in adopting the dog but the Humane Society is closed on Sundays so they had to wait until today (Monday). Because they were so excited to see the dog (Lala), they already filled out the application for the adoption. I am fortunate to see a dog getting adopted specially that I was the one who was playing with the dog. It's a great feeling to see those dogs get adopted and I am sure Lala will have a great place and family to live in!

Sunday, October 10, 2010

Cats for Adoption now in our Blog!

I'm happy to inform everyone that the cats that are up for adoption are now posted on our blog. Just Remember: NAMES GO FIRST, THEN THE CAT! Have fun watching all the adorable pets! :-)

10-10-10: Amazing day for the Pets!





Today, Matt and I went to the Humane Society for our volunteer work. We walked a lot of dogs today, big and small. We also saw a lot of new cats and dogs which is somewhat a sad part because that means that more pets are being abandoned... but we are happy to walk and play with all of them today! The most important part of our day is taking picture of all the cats and dogs that are ready for adoption. The dogs that are ready for adoption are already up on our blog with their names and breed. The Cats will be up soon. Hopefully this will encourage people not only from Drury but all across Springfield to visit the Humane Society of Southwest Missouri and look for cats and dogs to adopt.