| |
Kids Who Care
There is so much you can do to help the helpless animals in your community. You've just taken the first step in doing so... If you wish to volunteer for Animal Advocates of Howard County,
please contact us at aadvocates@hotmail.com
Visit www.humaneteen.org which is run by
The Humane Society of The United States.
PARTICIPATE IN OUR RECYCLING INK CARTRIDGE PROGRAM...
TURN YOUR TRASH INTO CASH WHILE HELPING THE ENVIRONMENT TOO! The Animal Advocates Recycling-Fundraiser Program
- Collect empty inkjet and laser cartridges (and digital cell phones)
- Animal Advocates receives up to $4 for each inkjet cartridge ($2 for most styles), $1-12 for each laser cartridge, and $2.50 for each digital cell phone (working or not)
- There are over 200 different cartridges on the market. Almost all are accepted by this program; however cartridges made by Epson or for Epson printers cannot be accepted.
- Use the postage-paid envelope to send in your inkjet cartridges. Please email for information about how to recycle laser cartridges and cell phones at aadvocates@hotmail.com (mark the email with Attn: Cindy S.)
- For larger quantities: additional mailing envelopes and pre-paid boxes that hold 12-20 cartridges are available. Please email to request them.
- Students: if you're interested in organizing cartridge collections at your school, please contact us for information to get you started. Your effort will benefit your community as well as the environment
DOWNLOAD A FLYER HERE
Meet Extraordinary Kids Who Have Made a Huge Difference 
For my 13th birthday, my parents
threw me a surprise party.
But earlier, they asked me that if I had a
party, what would I like to do?
I told them that instead of
receiving gifts that I would like to collect donations to give to an
animal shelter.
BIG THANK YOU TO THE STUDENTS AT
WILDE LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL
Not
only did the school collect a bunch of food, treats, and other great
stuff for the animals, some of the students crafted hand-made toys for
the dogs. Thanks so much to Ms. Warner and Wilde Lake Middle School
for caring enough to do this special project for homeless animals! 
 On March 27th, my husband and I had the pleasure of attending the Bat Mitzvah of the daughter of two of our good friends. We have seen Thuy grow up to be a loving and compassionate young woman. Needless to say, her thank you speech to her family and friends got the attention of everyone in the audience and brought tears to their eyes. I would like to share with everyone her feelings about her rescue dog, Griffin, and why it is so important to adopt a homeless pet.
Thuy's word-
"Before we leave, I would like to make one more thank you. I would like to thank my rescue dog Griffin, he has comforted me whenever I was really stressed out, a dog really is a human's best friend. For my Bat Mitzvah project I decided to volunteer at the Pet Rescue of Maryland. I adopted my Griffin from that organization. Many people don't realize that there are animals in shelters that need homes, and if you are the type of person that prefers pure breed dogs, there are pure breed dogs in rescue shelters. These animals have faced traumatic things in their young and old age. In my experience, this makes these animals love more, because they have faced terrible things, things that we are to disgusted to even think about. They love more, because even just a small amount of love means the world to them. Please, before you decide to adopt a pet, think of the rescue shelters. And think of those animals that need to be shown that the whole world isn't terrible.
Thanks to all of you for coming to my Bat Mitzvah!
Thank you Thuy for spreading the word that it's better to adopt than shop.
Ann S.
Elizabeth (pictured second from left) contacted us about making a donation to the shelter. She and her fourth grade friends at a school in Clarksville had undertaken a service project to gather items from their friends and family. It was quite a collection. There were bags and bags for the homeless animals. 
Madeline chose to receive donations for the shelter at her 8th birthday party this month. It's so nice when young people reach out to help the innocent and homeless animals in our local shelters.
As part of the Voices of the Youth event held at Wilde Lake Middle School, 20 students were hand selected by their 7th grade peers to present speeches they wrote on current issues facing our country. The students planned the event and presented speeches to raise money for the charity of their choice, the Animal Advocates of Howard County. The students sold snacks and drinks as well as held a flea market at the event. 
Dylan and Cierra along with fellow student Hannah chose the topic of animal abuse. Mya spoke about puppy mills and Isabella, animal experimentation. Each student did an outstanding job reseraching and presenting their topic.
Animal Advocates is grateful to all the students for the funds they raised to help us in our efforts on behalf of the innocent animals.
In celebrating Carla’s 8th Birthday, she asked her Birthday Guests if they would make donations to the Howard County Animal Control & Adoption Center. We had a wonderful response from her guests. Thank you ALL for your generosity. We, as a family, will continue this tradition. ~Parents of Carla
Meet Lily
Lily created this slideshow for her birthday charity. Thanks and Great Job Lily! Click here to view slideshow.
Meet More
TOP
| |
