Kid’s Korner

Kid’s Korner features stories about SPCA “juniors” and their activities and contributions, which benefit the SPCA pet community. These youngsters have been extremely generous and are greatly appreciated.

The Pendleton Church Mice 4H Club dropped by to visit today. The club members are Alanna, Kate, Alissa, Dana, Jeff, Lisa, Emily, Justin and Josh!! They brought the animals some pet food, treats and cutest little homemade catnip mice!! (They even grew their own catnip to put inside the mice!!!) We really appreciate their hard work and kind gifts for our animals!!          2/27/10

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Meet Nina Livesay! Nina, and her camera shy brother Noah, read about our new doggie arrivals and wanted to help. They went right to their piggie banks and brought in a donation to help feed those many hungry canines!! We thank them very much for their kindness!!!                                                     2/20/10

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Girl Scout Troop #70910 from Niagara Falls kindly dropped by the shelter today and brought goodies for all the animals!!! Thanks girls, you are great!!!                                 2/20/10

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These special youngsters are the Girl Scout of WNY Daisy Troop #141. They raised money by reading to the residents of the Northgate Nursing Home and chose our SPCA animals to receive what they had raised. Not only did they brighten the day of the elderly folks at Northgate but they brought some "sunshine" to our homeless pets!!

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We were pleased to meet 9 year old Patrick Sheelar of Middleport. He recently visited our shelter with food donations for the animals. We appreciate his kindness!!!

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Above is another amazing young lady who asked her birthday attendees to bring gifts for our SPCA animal instead of gifts for herself on her birthday. Ashley Jane Ann Broderick turned nine years old this past November. She stopped by today to deliver them and to visit with the animals. What a wonderful gesture Ashley!!!
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Pictured above are the St. Onge's: 6 year old Mackenzie, 10 year old Hailey and 13 year old Celsey. They stopped
by today with many gifts for our animals, including soft fleece blankets to help keep our critters comfy and warm!!
Thanks so much girls!!!
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These girls are the Daisy/Brownie Troop #70133 of the Niagara Falls Service Unit. They came to our SPCA and were
treated to a talk and tour with our agent Bob. They also came with many gifts for the animals and the shelter. We appreciate their visit and hope to see them again soon!!!                                                          2/9/10
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Inside our Mascot costumes above are two area students, Justin Leathers, a 10th grade student who attends Niagara Catholic, and Christopher Boryk, an 8th grade student who attends St. Andrews. They chose to fulfill a school project by generating donations for the SPCA in front of Sam's Club. They were a huge hit and collected a considerable amount for the SPCA animals!! What a great idea guys!!!                                           1/18/10

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Meet Sara and Kayla. They are 6 years and 4 years and were kind enough to come visit our animals and to bring a donation, also!! We really appreciate your visit and you kindness!!!

Meet Samantha Scrivano. She organized an extremely successful collection drive at the Wilson Middle/High School for our SPCA. Students, teachers, family and friends worked together and collected a tremendous amount of food, biscuits, treats and toys for our furry friends. Samantha (and the SPCA) would like to say thanks to all who helped make this collection drive a success. Great job Samantha!!!!!                                                                                                  12/09
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A special group of youngsters came to visit this Christmas and brought special gifts for our dogs. They worked hard to decorate and fill over twenty bags with delicious doggie bones for our homeless pups. That's was a lot of hard work for these 4 year old pre-school children, who are from the Pre-K After School Program at Desales Catholic School!! We thank them for the effort extended and the time they spent to make our doggie's Christmas a better one!!!! I'm sure Santa is awfully proud of them also!!!                                                                                                                       12/09

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This is Aliyah. She recently celebrated her 8th birthday with a very kind act. She asked her birthday guests to bring presents for our shelter animals instead of gifts for herself. Our critters appreciate her kindness!!                        12/16/09

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Generosity and a love for animals must run in this family. Above is Justin and he celebrated his 5th birthday by asking his guests to bring items for the SPCA animals in lieu of birthday gifts for him. In September his sister had asked her birthday attendees to do the same. What a wonderful gesture!!!                                12/14/09                 

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Stop by our front page to see Troop # 151. They stopped by 11/16/09 for a tour and talk. They brought many items greatly needed and appreciated by us!!! Thanks girls!!!

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We would like to extend our congratulations to the middle-schoolers at Dr. Martin Luther King Multicultural Institute in Buffalo. They were involved in the Hip Hop for Hounds contest sponsored by the Humane Society of the United States. The contest asked for people to write and perform their own rap song. The catch? The rap had to speak up for dogs-against dogfighting. The above children wrote a rap titled "Unite". It's from the point of view of a dog named Plato:

Playful Plato he likes to run
Treat me nice without a gun
No bleeding and teasing
Just make it fun
We can all work as one
Do it right and it all can be done.

Great job kids!!!! Visit humanesociety.org/kids for more news of children helping animals!!!

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Check out what Jenna brought our animals! For her seventh birthday Jenna asked her birthday guests to please
bring items for the shelter animals instead of gifts for her. Our animals received food, toys and supplies, thanks
to Jenna's kindness and love for animals.                                                             9/22/09
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Here is another generous young girl who recently turned nine. Aurora Klaus asked her to friends to bring donation items from our wishlist instead of birthday gifts for her. It takes a really special personality to be so selfless, (and looking through Kids Korner you can see how many wonderful kids have done this)!!! Thank you so very much Aurora. The animals and staff can sure use the many items you brought to us!!!                                                                                                                              8/17/09
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Look what 9 year old Samantha Cirrito brought us!!! She celebrated her ninth birthday and decided to donate items to the SPCA instead of receiving gifts for herself. We received a much needed swimming pool for our dogs to use in the play yard, along with food, treats and toys. Thank you for your kindness Samantha!!!                                                      6/30/09
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6/26/09: A representative of the students and families of the pre K through 6th grade children from G.J. Mann Elementary School dropped by our shelter today. The children were involved in a school project, and a collection was taken up for items to benefit the SPCA animals. The project was a great success and our critters received many new toys, bags of food and tasty treats!! Thanks so much to all of you for keeping our furry friends in your minds and hearts!!   
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Above is a caring young man named Brandon Maggiore. He recently had his First Communion and used the monetary gifts he received to purchase some MUCH needed kitten food for our homeless baby kitties!! Thanks so much Brandon, that really helps us out!!!
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Girl Scout Troop #849 visited our shelter today and put together two very beautiful planters for us!! Thank you so much for your time and effort, girls!! These flowers will be enjoyed by our visitors for months to come!!!                                 5/30/09
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The two youngsters pictured above are Anna and Sarah Yeager. (They are pictured with Shelley Richards). These animal loving girls, and their brother Matt, were kind enough to donate their hard-earned chore money to the animals at our shelter. $49.25!! That's a lot of chores kids!! Thanks so much to all of you!!                                                             5/30/09
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Meet Becky Dobrasz and her sister Susie. (Becky is to the left, in green). Instead of requesting gifts for her tenth birthday party Becky decided to ask her birthday guests to donate to our SPCA animals instead. Her gifts amounted to $450, WOW!!! What a special girl Becky is to have given up her birthday gifts for the benefit of these animals in need!!! Way to go Becky!!!!

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Anna Briganti celebrated her ninth birthday by requesting her guests bring presents for the SPCA animals instead of gifts for her. She is pictured above with the gifts she had received for the homeless pets that end up at our shelter. What a kind and generous gesture from such a thoughtful young lady!!
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Eleven year old Audrey Wagner stopped by and brought our lucky pets some Valentine presents. She also made the most wonderful handmade card, as seen below. Thank you so much Audrey!!                                                                      2/7/09

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Katie Jastrzab, 11 years old, decided  her New Years Resolution would be to raise and donate money to the homeless pets at the SPCA. Katie raised $87.00 all on her own for our animals. What a great accomplishment Katie!!                           2/7/09
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