Animal Shelter Service Learning Katie Kemp

Lowndes County Animal Shelter They serve as a shelter to homeless animals of all types in the Lowndes County area Their main goals are to protect the public from stray or dangerous animals and to prevent animal cruelty They show their devotion to the prevention of cruelty to animals by investigating animal cruelty cases and educating the public about owner responsibilities

Animal Shelter Services Enforcing Animal Control Ordinances Investigating animal abuse and cruelty complaints Humanely capturing distressed, nuisance, or dangerous animals Sheltering stray and owned pets Accept unwanted pets for possible adoption Officer healthy pets for adoption Humanely euthanizing elderly and ill animals at the owner's request Offer Annual Rabies and Microchip Clinics to the Public Offer refuge to pets during disaster evacuations, accidents involving the owner and pet, eviction, and while the owner is detained or incarcerated

Why I Chose the Animal Shelter I wanted to volunteer at the animal shelter because I like animals and wanted to contribute to help stray animals have a place to live and possibly get adopted I have pets at home and miss them so I liked spending time with other dogs

Dog Cages I was assigned to the dog cages

Walking the Dogs First I had to take the dogs for a walk outside in the yard

Cleaning the cages All the debris in the cages had to be sprayed down a drain with a water hose Then I sprayed the cages with sanitizer

Scrubbing the cages To make sure the cages were clean I had to scrub the floor and walls

Drying the cages To get rid of all the water I squeeged the floors

Cleaning the Dishes The last steps to cleaning the cages were cleaning the food and water dishes then refilling them with fresh food and water

Clean Cages= Happy Dogs After cleaning the cages I released the dogs so they could enjoy their new clean environment

American Red Cross Every two seconds someone in America needs blood Blood is needed for emergencies and for people who have cancer, blood disorders, sickle cell, anemia and other illnesses. Some people need regular blood transfusions to live. The Red Cross serves as the bridge between over 4 million generous blood donors and millions of patients in need each year

Blazin’ Blood Drive To contribute to the American Red Cross I gave a pint of blood at the 3 rd annual Blazin’ Blood Drive held by Valdosta State’s football team

After Finishing Service Learning Completing service learning left me with a positive attitude I felt good about contributing to the community Cleaning the dog cages gave homeless dogs a sanitary place to live with food and water and a chance for adoption Giving blood helped save lives of those who need blood