P&G Pet Care is once again providing matching funds to help animal shelters in their Friends for Life network to bring a high quality humane education program to their communities.
For the last twelve years, P&G Pet Care/Iams has supported the Operation Outreach-USA literacy and humane education program in elementary schools. Operation Outreach-USA is an effective way to reach children with a “be kind to animals” message, since the program uses books about animals and the environment to foster a love of reading while teaching compassion and respect for pets, people, and all living things. And the children get to keep the books, so their families benefit as well.
For the second year, a portion of P&G’s annual grant to Operation Outreach-USA will be used to match funds that Friends for Life shelters raise, thus multiplying the number of children served in their communities.
Shelters view this as an opportunity to invest in future adopters, employees and donors, while meeting their mission to create a more humane community and animal-conscious citizens.
Friends for Life shelters were sent a mailing with details of this program. If you are affiliated with a P&G Friends for Life shelter, but did not receive the information, please click here and we will email it to you.
Success Stories from the 2008 School Year
Humane societies and animal shelters, large and small, have raised matching funds to provide the Operation Outreach-USA program to schools in their communities.
Animal Concern and The Calcasieu Parish Police Jury raised enough money to supply the program’s books and materials to every third grade student in Lake Charles, Louisiana, a total of 2,662 children in 33 schools.
Six classrooms of students at West End Primary School on Grand Bahama Island received the program, thanks to the efforts of the Humane Society of Grand Bahama.
The Western Pennsylvania Humane Society gave the books and lessons to all students at West Liberty Elementary School.
All fourth graders at three schools in Tennessee received the program with funds raised by the Loudon County Humane Society, matched by P&G Pet Care.
The Friends of the Keokuk Animal Shelter raised matching funds to provide the program to all students at two Iowa elementary schools.
Two classes of kindergarteners at the Berrian School in Illinois took home books and life-long humane lessons thanks to the Quincy Humane Society.
Fourth and fifth graders at Ajo Unified Schools received the program thanks to the generosity of Pima County Animal Care.
The Mackinac Animal Aid Association generously donated the matching funds to supply the program to all first and second graders at St. Ignace Elementary School in Michigan.