(**title is a quote from Mahatma Ghandi)
You can smell it in the air and feel it on your skin during our Wednesday Night Hikes. You can see it as you walk through our cat adoption area. Change. Yes, great things are happening at Baltimore Humane Society. I’ve only officially been a part of this organization for a month, but the strides I’ve seen in that time have been huge. Most animal shelters focus on one basic thing: adopting out animals. But at BMore Humane the goal is much larger. Together with my dedicated and knowledgeable co-workers, we’ve been able to begin laying the foundation for some exciting new programs.
The most exciting, perhaps, is an educational program geared towards children and teenagers. The program will teach the importance of humane treatment and care of animals, explain why spaying and neutering is important, show just how a shelter operates and offer the chance to interact with shelter animals. Educating tomorrow’s pet owners about humane treatment today, how refreshing.
Other programs in the works are a summer camp, similar to the educational program; Sgt. Stubby’s Fierce 5K (SF5), a challenging 5K race through the trails of BMore Humane set for March 28, 2010; Trainable Tuesdays, a program designed to offer training and build the social skills of our shelter pit bulls; summer movie nights and a “Woof Wellness” clinic focused on vaccinating and offering spay/neuter options and educational information to Baltimore’s inner city pit bulls and their owners. We’ve also implemented a new volunteer program that will allow our volunteers to reach multiple levels through more focused training.
I love my job. I’m so grateful to be able to honestly say that. I get to be a part of positively influencing something I believe in and I come home from work everyday knowing I’m making a difference. It doesn’t get much better than that. I know the staff at BMore Humane feels the same way.
Why not let the positive energy from BMore Humane seep into your life too? Join us on a Wednesday night for a great hike through the grounds. You can bring your own dog or sign up to walk one of ours. Stop in to see the adoptable animals or challenge yourself to SF5, there’s still plenty of time to train for it. I promise you won’t be disappointed. But don’t take my word for it, come see for yourself.
http://www.baltimorehumane.org/
Tracy shares her Baltimore City home with her husband, two tail-wagging pit bulls, a mutt mix named Wolverine and four very tolerant cats. She loves combining her love of animal welfare with her passion for writing. She can usually be found cheering on the Orioles at Camden Yards, running with her dogs in Carroll Park and generally enjoying city life.
You can smell it in the air and feel it on your skin during our Wednesday Night Hikes. You can see it as you walk through our cat adoption area. Change. Yes, great things are happening at Baltimore Humane Society. I’ve only officially been a part of this organization for a month, but the strides I’ve seen in that time have been huge. Most animal shelters focus on one basic thing: adopting out animals. But at BMore Humane the goal is much larger. Together with my dedicated and knowledgeable co-workers, we’ve been able to begin laying the foundation for some exciting new programs.
The most exciting, perhaps, is an educational program geared towards children and teenagers. The program will teach the importance of humane treatment and care of animals, explain why spaying and neutering is important, show just how a shelter operates and offer the chance to interact with shelter animals. Educating tomorrow’s pet owners about humane treatment today, how refreshing.
Other programs in the works are a summer camp, similar to the educational program; Sgt. Stubby’s Fierce 5K (SF5), a challenging 5K race through the trails of BMore Humane set for March 28, 2010; Trainable Tuesdays, a program designed to offer training and build the social skills of our shelter pit bulls; summer movie nights and a “Woof Wellness” clinic focused on vaccinating and offering spay/neuter options and educational information to Baltimore’s inner city pit bulls and their owners. We’ve also implemented a new volunteer program that will allow our volunteers to reach multiple levels through more focused training.
I love my job. I’m so grateful to be able to honestly say that. I get to be a part of positively influencing something I believe in and I come home from work everyday knowing I’m making a difference. It doesn’t get much better than that. I know the staff at BMore Humane feels the same way.
Why not let the positive energy from BMore Humane seep into your life too? Join us on a Wednesday night for a great hike through the grounds. You can bring your own dog or sign up to walk one of ours. Stop in to see the adoptable animals or challenge yourself to SF5, there’s still plenty of time to train for it. I promise you won’t be disappointed. But don’t take my word for it, come see for yourself.
http://www.baltimorehumane.org/
Tracy shares her Baltimore City home with her husband, two tail-wagging pit bulls, a mutt mix named Wolverine and four very tolerant cats. She loves combining her love of animal welfare with her passion for writing. She can usually be found cheering on the Orioles at Camden Yards, running with her dogs in Carroll Park and generally enjoying city life.
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This is great! I think education is so important--a friend of mine just announced yet another litter of kittens, and this is the fourth litter she's struggling to find homes for. Now she's giving the mama cat away to a farmer so it can just "live out its days on the farm"...unspayed. Oy! Be part of the solution people!
Thank you very much for this essay, Tracy. It has inspired me to volunteer for the Animal Advocates of Howard County, which has a facility near my home. - Lora
Lora, I'm so glad you've decided to volunteer! You'll find it very rewarding :)
Tracy, my neighbor wants to get a dog and was asking me about dog breeds. I told her to check out the hikes and adopt a dog from the shelter instead. Hopefully, you'll be seeing her soon.
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