At the request of our education partner Youth Community Service (YCS), we recently sponsored a special visit to Barron Park Elementary School in Palo Alto—local science educator John Hale with several of his rescued reptiles. The all-girl audience was thrilled to welcome John and gang, and they were an enthusiastic and well-informed audience. One of…
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May
May
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….
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Apr
Apr
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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Apr
Apr
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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Apr
Apr
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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Apr
Check out the latest addition to our Creative Advocacy projects—a special video gift from Bonzer Productions called “Good Thinking”! This video underscores the forever meaningful message of kindness and concern and opens us up to wondering, “What IS that donkey really telling us?”
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Apr
Apr
The Daily Post has featured our upcoming Zoom session of “Pet Perspectives” (Saturday, April 13, at 3 p.m.) with our own animal behaviorist Jennifer Ott Cameron. Jennifer will discuss the messages in Kendal Shepherd’s book, The Canine Commandments, focusing on fact vs. myth about our pet dogs.
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Apr
Apr
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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Apr
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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Apr
Apr
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