Monday, April 18, 2011

A Saturday of Lifting

This weekend the Panthers for Paws group spent some time at the Southwest Humane Society. We put our muscles together to move out a bunch of heavy stuff into a storage unit nearby. We have also started selling our "I love Puppies" shirts this week during lunch at the commons during lunch. The shirts are only FIVE DOLLARS!!! All benefits will go directly to the Southwest Humane Society. And in the following week, we will be helping with Big Dog on Campus!! GET EXCITED!!

Sunday, April 17, 2011

Hola

This weekend me matt and Taylor went to the Humane society to help move a lot of office equipment, printers, fax machines, computers , tv's, you name it but the hardest part was moving a couple if big wood desks which required the help from all of us to get them to their new spot. We also had the company of two dogs which were in their kennels while we moved stuff sadly this two dogs were terrified from all the noice we were making specially when trying to move the desks, also a cat from the staff kept coming to check what we were up to , to later run from the barking for the other two dogs.

on a sad note i saw for the first time someone coming to turn their dog because they could not care for it anymore, the dog was a beautiful bulldog big and strong but at the same time really sweet , it broke my heart seeing the staff take it away and the former owner leaving without any problem. i just cant understand how you can do that but i guess people have their reasons too.
finally i want to encourage everyone to support our cause and try to buy one of our shirts that we are going to be selling soon they are for a good cause and they will look good tooo

Arturo

Friday, April 15, 2011

Happy April!!

Earlier this week I spent some time at the Southwest Humane Society. I met with the staff and started to put the makings of our "Big Dog on Campus Day" together. As of now, the date that we will hold this event will be the Wednesday of April 27th. We will have a couple of dogs from the Southwest Humane Society, and we will have everyone donate spare change to the dog that the feel is the cutest, most adorable dog on campus!! We are very excited to see everyone participate and spend time with the dogs and help support the Southwest Humane Society.

We also have our T-shirts in!! We will be selling them for seven dollars, and we all proceeds will be given to the Humane Society. We are very exciting to see all of our events going into action, and we can not wait to have everyone attend and participate!!

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

'Bout Time

Guess what!? The t-shirts are finally in. we have been talking about these shirts for a long time now and I finally got them. We will be selling them in the commons next week from 11-1 Monday through Wednesday. They will be seven dollars which will be a straight donation to the Humane Society.

We are excited for the month of April because we will finally have time to work at the Humane Society. we struggled through the first few months because of snow and swimming. We will be going on Saturday to help the girls there move into new offices and clean out a new space for some new employees.

Next week, I have a meeting set up with Danita Rafferty, head of volunteers in order to set up our fundraiser here at Drury. Hopefully it all works out and we will be able to raise some insane amounts of money. We really want to provide the Humane Society with a lot this semester becuase they have been so helpful with everything and it has been a great experience. Also, we will continue taking pictures and videos from the shelter to put in our final presentation that is due at the end. We will have a full tour of the society as well as the introduction of some of our favorite animals.

As always, we hope that you will think about adopting some of the cats and dogs at the shelter. they are need of a good home and all of them will make great pets. there is not a single animal there that isn't really cute. we would love to help you make one of these animals a family pet.

earlier this week i participated in a technology fast. I went a whole 24 hours with no technology. i thought this would be no big deal however it was actually really hard. i kept on wanting to check my phone to see what time it was but i didnt have it. it was a good experience but i have to say i would not want to do that again. it really shows you how much we rely on technology throughout the day. i could not use my computer for class or anything. it was really tough but i am glad i did it.

Talk to y'all soon!!!

Month of April

The month of April will be the easiest time for our group with regards to the Humane Society. one of the big challenges that we face as a group was balancing the time between swimming, classes, and the Humane Society. March was probably the busiest month for us since we are preparing for NCAA Nationals. Our group spent a lot of time in the pool preparing for this meet and I am glad to say that the team and everyone in our group did well. But since our swimming commitment is finished, we can devote most of our time to the Humane Society.

Our group is on its way to finalizing our shirt sale and I encourage everyone to contribute and buy one! Also, we are also figuring out a good time for our Dog homecoming where will bring dogs from the Humane Society to the commons and students can put money on the dog that they think is the cutest and hope to generate money which would all be bought for supplies and need of the shelter.

Our group would also ask everyone to spread the word about the shelter because the stray cats and dogs are starting to crowd the shelter. We would like to ask everyone to adopt pets from the shelter instead of breeders and help the dogs have a better life!

This month will be very exciting for our group because of the programs that we are doing for the Humane Society. We finally get the time to be spent not on the pool but for the Humane Society so we can get all the pets adopted! See ya'll soon for our events!

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Another Sunday at the shelter

On Sunday, I went to the Humane Society for my workout since we do not have swimming anymore... :-) It was a lot of fun walking all the dogs at the shelter especially when the weather is cooperating. As soon as I entered the volunteer room, there were two puppies and one of them kept jumping and had a lot of energy. It followed me wherever I went in the room but I had to leave the dog behind so I can walk the other dogs for their daily walk (my workout. haha). It was fun and it gave me joy to be in a different mindset and relax by walking the animals. It was great but there was one problem struck me when I was about to leave. The dogs were taking all the rooms in the shelter including the volunteer area. This is a bad sign because the shelter do not have enough space for all the stray dogs. Also, I saw a couple of dogs that were still in their cages and haven't been adopted. I would request if everyone would tell anyone that is interested in having pets to get them from the Humane Society. A lot of dogs in the shelter are cute and very energetic and it helps these dogs have a better life with responsible owners. It would be a great help if the community would help spread the word about the Humane Society so we can get all the dogs and cats adopted. Thank you very much for your help.