Our group joined with other local service organizations and nonprofits at East Palo Alto Academy’s service fair on November 16. The fair, sponsored by Youth Community Service, was well attended, and interested students and staff met with us to learn about service opportunities. Visit our Programs page to learn how you can earn community service…
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Our table at the November 12 showing of The Smell of Money at the Palo Alto Art Center drew visitors interested in learning about our organization. We thank SolPods Inc. and Acterra: Action for a Healthy Planet for inviting us to this event. The film was an eye-opener revealing the struggle to eliminate factory farming…
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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…
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Project HumaneKind visited Centennial Montessori school in San Mateo as part of our Animals Galore! classroom program. The students had a lesson from our Mow Wow curriculum on caring for pets and safety around dogs. The highlight for everyone was a visit from friendly rescue dog, Dakota! The students got to practice their safety skills…
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Our new ABC (Animals, Behavior, Compassion) Forum took off Wednesday, October 3 at the Mitchell Park Library. This partnership program is intended for community discussion on animal- and pet-related issues. Check out the flyer below for information on this bi-monthly program. Don’t miss—join in the conversation!
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We partner with Silicon Valley Animal Control Authority to offer this program to kids who want to read aloud to friendly cats and kittens and learn how best to socialize them. Reading aloud to a nonjudgmental feline audience gives young readers a chance to practice their skills without worrying. A special visit on October 4…
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Project HumaneKind joined with Youth Community Service to honor National Day of Service 2023, which commemorates the attacks on September 11, 2001. Project HumaneKind honored the memory of the canine search animals, many of whom died in the rescue operation as they accompanied rescue workers. The 17 young YCS participants learned about this life-saving service…
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Excitement was high at Montalvo Art Center in July, when kids met kittens! Six furry felines visited from the Silicon Valley Animal Control shelter in partnership with our Pet Painter program.
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Kasper Halevy, senior at St. Francis High School, has joined Project HumaneKind as youth advisor. Kasper, an animal advocate and Eagle Scout, organized a drive for essential items to aid the displaced and abandoned dogs in Ukraine; here are some photos showing supplies reaching the Polish border, on their way to Ukraine. Read more about…
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Kids of all ages, and their parents, are having fun meeting adoptable cats and kittens at Silicon Valley Animal Control Authority, our program partner, in Santa Clara. Visitors to date have included school groups and Scouts. Reading aloud to these adoptables is a fun activity that creates a calm atmosphere for all, prompting the kitties…