On Oct. 6, the Furry Friends Food Relief Program visited the K-5 after school program at Mary Casey Black Elementary School in Brentwood to talk animal safety and what to do when you find a animal.
According to Erin Pina of Furry Friends Food Relief, its never too early to educate kids about animals, in fact, the earlier the better.
“Start now, while they are young, with their whole lives ahead of them and they have the potential to change the world for the rest of us and future generations” says Pina of Furry Friends Food relief.
She explained that if you can educate the youth about spay and neuter, animal safety and what to do when you find or lose an animal, it will help make an impact on our shelters. She noted that it’s important to not only educated adults but also reach out to children about these kinds of things.
The kids were treated to Goliath, the programs mascot a 9 year old Rottweiler Rhodesian mix who is “canine good citizen”.
Goliath helps keep the kids engaged, while Pina educates.
The programs goal is to reduce euthanasia numbers in shelters by educating school age children as well as providing free pet food once a month to struggling families, offering low cost vaccinations and are in the works of developing a free spay and neuter program for low income households and veterans.
While the program partnered with Antioch Animals Services in 2014, the euthanasia numbers were reduced by 13%. Furry friend Food relief is proud to say they help achieve that number alongside other programs and other volunteers.
Pina says “If I can change one life, save one dog, prevent one litter, I have done my job “ .
To get more information about Furry Friends Food relief please visit there Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/FurryFriendFoodReliefProgram?fref=ts
