Great News for August!Kids and Kiddies Too Offered Every Wednesday! Our shelter partner Silicon Valley Animal Control Authority (SVACA) will be offering Kids and Kitties Too every August Wednesday from 3:30 to 5:00 p.m. Read aloud to kittens and learn how to socialize and play with them! Hoping to see you there! Click here to…
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Aug
Aug
Young attendees at East Palo Alto’s bilingual (Spanish-English) Apolo Daycare and Preschool enjoyed a special treat as they rounded out their study of desert habitats. They got to meet some real, live, rescued desert reptiles they had already learned about, thanks to John Hale, our reptile rescue educator. These children were eager to ask John…
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Jul
Jul
Our activities in the Barron Park neighborhood of Palo Alto and beyond have been highlighted in the 2024 summer edition of the Barron Park Association Newsletter, just off the press—take a look! Written and edited by the residents of Barron Park—supported by memberships and donations —the Barron Park Association Newsletter is a decades-old quarterly publication. It…
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Jul
Jul
Kids and their parents alike loved meeting Rhea Sampson and her two rescue dogs Shannon and Travis at the Palo Alto Children’s Library the afternoon of July 11. They had a great time sharing information about their own pets and caring for them and learning about service dogs before listening to a reading of Rhea’s…
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Jul
Jul
Join us for our special event at the Palo Alto Children’s Library! Rhea Sampson and her two rescue dogs will present her story. “Saving Travis,” featuring a canine hero and a happy-ending rescue followed by a fun sing-along all about dogs, pet care, and loving our pets! Details: Date—Thursday, July 11 Time—3:30 to 4:30 p.m….
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Jul
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PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT Our concern for pressing local and even more farther-reaching issues and events affecting animals and the environment has spurred us on to write a series of Public Service Announcements (PSAs). Our first PSA highlights the need to attend to our pets’ health and safety during successive heat waves affecting all of us…
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Jun
Jun
Carole Hyde and Leonor Delgado represented the Project HumaneKind team on Sunday, June 23, at Pets In Need’s “Super Pets Day” in Menlo Park. They greeted old friends from partner organizations—Pink Paws For The Cause, Muttville, and Pets In Need—and made new ones. Especially fun was the chance to meet the animals for adoption and…
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Jun
Join us at Pets In Need’s “Super Pets Day”! Visit our table to learn about Project HumaneKind and how you can help us spread the word about humane education. We’re looking forward to meeting you. Sunday, June 23, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Springline Plaza, Menlo Park—1302 El Camino Real More event details here: https://www.petsinneed.org/superpetsday
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May
May
Over the course of two days (May 14 and 16), 40 first-grade students from St. Andrew’s Episcopal School of Saratoga visited us at Silicon Valley Animal Control Authority (SVACA) to learn about cats and kittens. The students and their chaperones learned about the role of the shelter in the greater community and received instruction in…
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May
May
The Palo Alto Post featured our inaugural event, “Plant Kindness,” in a recent article, highlighting our special guests—Palo Alto Mayor Greer Stone, New York Times columnist Verlyn Klinkenborg, and Stanford Professor Emeritus Virginia Walbot.