At the request of Youth Community Service (YCS), our clinical animal behaviorist Jennifer Ott Cameron visited three Palo Alto middle schools—Ellen Fletcher, Greene, and Jane Lathrop Stanford—for lunchtime discussion sessions about human and dog interaction. Students learned how, just like we humans, dogs are individuals with individual reactions to different kinds of situations and stimuli….
Category Archives: Events
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As we close out April, aka “Earth Month,” we are pleased to add two new projects to our Creative Advocacy program. These are two reports that are most appropriate to the concerns of environmental advocates and supporters of environmental change.
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Click here to register for our joint event with Clorofil, our sanctuary and education partner! We’re looking forward to seeing you there. A little bit about Skye—she’s a dog rescued with her puppies from a dog meat farm in South Korea, and she currently resides at Clorofil, a micro-sanctuary in Los Altos. Attendees will hear…
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Can you believe it? We’re only 9 days away from our highly anticipated “Plant Kindness” Launch Celebration for Project HumaneKind! Get ready to immerse yourself in a celebration of inspiration and excitement as we come together to sow the seeds of kindness. Here’s a quick reminder of what’s in store: Date & Time: Thursday, April…
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Members of Cub Scout Pack 32 from Santa Clara enjoyed meeting kittens at Kids and Kitties Too at Silicon Valley Animal Control Authority (SVACA), our shelter partner’s animal care center. Three babies on a short vacation from foster care provided the perfect audience for our readers and quickly joined them at play. Older kitten Hanz…
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Pet Perspectives is a special online book club offered by the Palo Alto Library. On Saturday, April 13, from 3 to 4 p.m., Jennifer Ott Cameron from Project HumaneKind will lead a discussion on Zoom based on the book The Canine Commandments by Kendal Shepherd.
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Silicon Valley Animal Control Authority’s (SVACA’s) Outreach Coordinator Francesca Fioresi and Project HumaneKind’s advisor Leonor Delgado visited Stevenson Elementary in Mountain View
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The combined Animal Welfare and Environmental Clubs at Saint Francis High School in Mountain View welcomed John Hale and several of his rescued reptiles to two sessions focusing on the exotic pet trade and emphasizing the needs and care of reptiles saved from that trade.
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Carole Hyde and Leonor Delgado met up with old friends and community partners at the Youth Community Service-sponsored Martin Luther King Day celebration at Mitchell Park Community Center in Palo Alto. Representatives from the Oshman Family JCC, Avenidas, Youth Community Service (YCS), and Palo Alto city government, among others, stopped by our table to greet…
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Students, teachers, and parents from Booksin Elementary School in Willow Glen (San Jose) joined us at Kids and Kitties Too at Silicon Valley Animal Control Authority (SVACA) the afternoon of Wednesday, November 1. We learned all about the shelter, read a book about keeping cats safely indoors (KokoCat, Inside and Out), and helped socialize cats…