BAYTOWN
HUMANE SOCIETY
P. O. Box 2772 * Baytown, TX 77522-2772
AVID Donates for the Animals
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P. O. Box 2772 * Baytown, TX 77522-2772 AVID Donates for the Animals |
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AVID Is At It Again!
For the third consecutive
year, Ross S. Sterling High School students attending Mrs. Robin Richards'
AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination) class have collected pet
food, toys, collars, leashes and money for the animals that Baytown Humane
Society works with daily.
  
This year these enterprising,
determined, and resourceful young people collected an astonishing $900
and an entire truckload of items for animals. We (BHS) distributed the
items among the animals in our program, and the animals at two area
shelters that work with and hold the same philosophy as Baytown Humane
Society in regard to rescue, rehabilitation and rehoming of domesticated
animals. All totaled that's more than 165 homeless animals who
benefited immediately from this act of kindness of these special high
school students.
The monetary donation will go a
long way towards veterinarian services for sick and injured animals, or to
simply provide lifesaving vaccinations and spay/neuter surgeries for
otherwise healthy animals coming into the BHS rescue program.
Marilyn Kinney, Chairman of
BHS, (at left) receives the symbolic check from
Robin Richards, Sterling
High's AVID teacher and motivator.
The students of this 2007 AVID
class and Mrs. Richards (second from left, standing) should all be very
proud of their accomplishment and anyone who knows members of this class
should take a moment to congratulate them for what they have done. It is
a grand show of teamwork and achievement that will help many animals
become cherished members of the grateful families who adopt them.
BHS sends a collective
"Thank You," to Mrs. Richards and every single AVID student at Ross S.
Sterling High! You are an outstanding group of young achievers who are
showing others how it can be done!
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AVID 2006 Donation
Ross
Sterling High in Baytown has a wonderful group of students who are members
of AVID (Advancement via Individual Determination). These special young
women and men have once again chosen to work in support of Baytown Humane
Society and collected and donated a mountain of pet food, toys, beds to be
distributed to animals in need.
Additionally, they produced a donation of over $690 in their fundraising efforts of just one week! One AVID member
even donated a large fiberglass dog house to help with our goal of
providing shelter to dogs who have
been relegated to living outdoors.
This energetic and
goal-oriented group is led by their teacher, Mrs. Robin Richards, (4th
from left below) who should receive special recognition for her remarkable
work with these students.
Through the AVID program, Mrs.
Richards is instilling values and goal-achievement principles that will
serve these young people well throughout life! And they are exhibiting a
maturity and responsiveness that would make any parent proud.
Thank you AVID members for your
continued support of Baytown Humane Society and for making such a
difference in the lives and futures of countless homeless animals in the
area.
You are to be commended!
Marilyn Kinney, Chairman
Baytown Humane Society
AVID 2005 Donation Ross Sterling High has a very noteworthy group of students who are members of an organization called AVID (Advancement via Individual Determination). These energetic and determined few decided that they wanted do something to help the animal victims of the recent hurricanes, and under direction of AVID Coordinator & Sterling High teacher, Mrs. Robin Richards, they did just that!
First, they collected pet foods and supplies to help out with the influx of Louisiana animal victims in the area. They donated an entire truck load of these much needed provisions. BHS distributed this and several other loads of food to those who needed it here and then to Beaumont and points east of there to help the hurricane-weary shelters maintain their animals.
Then, AVID raised over $550 to further assist by replenishing vaccines lost during the storms and helping out with expenses that dramatically increased due to the rising number of animals in need of medical attention.
What a wonderful group of young people! So many
animals were left behind during evacuations, and they suffered terribly.
With compassion, AVID reached out to those animals through Baytown Humane
Society, and gave them much needed assistance to become healthy and happy
again.
Ross Sterling's AVID members and their
leader, Robin Richards, deserve accolades from the Community for their
outstanding efforts to help those most in need during such a trying time.
Thank you all,
Marilyn Kinney, Chairman
Baytown Humane Society
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