McCall Primary's Pet Rescue Club

Monarchs to the Rescue is an after school club for kindergartners and first graders. Our mission is to find homes for animals in the Homeless Pets Foundation shelter in Marietta and to educate club members about animal issues. Club members are also given the opportunity for community involvement and service.

Sunday, March 13, 2011

Pictures

The children have learned a lot about pet care and pet rescue during our first three meetings.  We've had 2 very special guests visit us for our February and March meetings (for more information about the first meeting please see our previous post).  In February, Rhonda Sykes from South Cobb High School talked with the children about proper treatment of pets (i.e. how to pet an animal).  Rhonda started the first pet club in Cobb County Schools at South Cobb and is a volunteer with the homeless pets organization.  She also brought Lexi along with her, so the children could meet our next sponsor pet.  In March, veterinarian Dr. Toby Carmichael came in to discuss how to keep your pet healthy, including amounts to feed and proper toys for large vs. small breeds.  We've taken many pictures from our first three meetings!  Please check out a few below:

New Sponsor Dogs

After the excitement of getting Bingo adopted so quickly, we have decided to sponsor two pets who are looking for homes.  Lexi and Tomasina are hoping to find their forever homes soon!  Please see below for information about both:

Thursday, January 20, 2011

Bingo Adopted!!

Great news!!!  Thanks to everyone's hard work Bingo, our club's first sponsor dog, has been adopted!  Bingo was adopted over the weekend by a lovely family.  He is enjoying his new life with his new forever family!  We appreciate everyone's hard work and dedication in helping Bingo find his new forever home!  

Stay tuned for information about our next sponsor pet.

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Our First Meeting

Our first meeting of Monarchs to the Rescue was on January 7th.  It was a hit!!  We had several different guests, including two four legged friends!  Veterinarian Dr. Michael Good was one of our guest speakers.  Dr. Good, who established the Homeless Pets Foundation, spoke with the children about pet needs and good pet ownership.  The children very much enjoyed the guest that Dr. Good brought with him!  BINGO!!!  Bingo is our first sponsor dog.  Please see the flyer below for more information about Bingo.  Mr. Tom Farrell, principal at McCall Primary, also spoke with the children about adopting.  He told the children how much happiness Ed, his recently adopted dog, has brought to him and his family.  Ed was also in attendance!!  The children loved seeing and interacting with the two dogs!!  Pictures will be posted soon, so please keep checking back.  

Click on the link below to view a video from our first meeting:

If are interested in having your child attend Monarchs to the Rescue meetings, please let your child’s teacher know and they will get you into contact with the right person.  You may also email on of the sponsors:
Heather Simon                  Heather.Simon@cobbk12.org
Tricia Wehr                       Patricia.Wehr@cobbk12.org
Dawn Hightower               Dawn.Hightower@cobbk12.org
Erin Tompkins                   Erin.O'brien-Tompkins@cobbk12.org


About our club

Monarchs to the Rescue is an after school club for kindergartners and first graders.  Our mission is to find homes for animals in the Homeless Pets Foundation shelter and to educate club members about animal issues.  Our club will be sponsoring a pet that is currently up for adoption at the Homeless Pets Foundation shelter until it is adopted.  The children will be given fliers to pass out and post.  We hope to have a new sponsor pet each month.  The more pets that are adopted, the more pets we can save!

There are four teacher sponsors to the club:  Heather Simon, Tricia Wehr, Dawn Hightower, and Erin Tompkins.  Meetings will be held on the first Friday of every month through the end of the school year.  Dues for the club are $5, which will go toward our club mission and goals.  Monarchs to the Rescue will have their very own t-shirt that the children can wear to club meetings.  T-shirts are $9.50 per shirt and money is due on Friday, February 21st.  See below for the t-shirt logo. 






If you have any questions about our club, please e-mail one of our sponsors:
Heather Simon                       Heather.Simon@cobbk12.org
Tricia Wehr                           Patricia.Wehr@cobbk12.org
Dawn Hightower                   Dawn.Hightower@cobbk12.org
Erin Tompkins                       Erin.O'brien-Tompkins@cobbk12.org