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The Humane Society of Huron Valley would like to thank all of the fantastic kids who go above and beyond in their fundraising for the homeless pets here at HSHV. We thank them for their generosity and compassion.
 6-30-09
Lauren and Cailin POP up to help!
Our friends at the Dixboro General Store had a large sale last weekend and two very generous kids wanted to sell popcorn during the sale for donations. What a great idea and even better, Lauren and Cailin wanted to make sure that they helped the homeless pets just down the street at the Humane Society of Huron Valley.
The sale was a huge success and people must have loved the popcorn too because Lauren and Cailin raised over $200! We thank them both for giving their time and for setting an example for their friends on how important it is to give back to your community. The pets at HSHV wish to extend a furry paw in gratitude!
Thank you, Lauren and Cailin!
 6-24-09
FURday Party Helps HSHV!
Kennedy celebrated her 11th birthday in a very generous manner. Instead of having her friends buy gifts for her, Kennedy asked that donations be made to the Humane Society of Huron Valley. Her friends donated money and also bought items listed on the HSHV Wish List.
Kennedy was inspired because she adopted her bunny, Claire from HSHV and she thought it would be her chance to let her friends know that they should adopted a pet.
On behalf of the staff, volunteers and all the animals at HSHV, we thank Kennedy.
6-12-09
Sarah and her Friends Make a Difference!
Sarah recently celebrated her 9th birthday with her friends. A few weeks earlier her family adopted Nova. It was difficult for her to see all the shelter animals without homes.
Sarah’s family discussed the differences between “need” and “want”. She understood that she really has everything she needs (and many things she wants), but the animals at the shelter do not. She asked her friends to bring items for the shelter and its programs instead of birthday presents.
A few of the girls held a lemonade stand with all of the proceeds being donated to HSHV. In total the girls raised over $60, received multiple bags and cans of cat food and a Petco gift card. When Sarah was asked how she felt giving up her presents, she said “The animals need it more than I do”.
HSHV thanks you all!
6-10-09
Giving Back for Lent
This year Kailyn and Joseph decided to not only give something up but to also give something back for Lent. When mom and dad offered the opportunity to earn a little money by helping out with extra chores, the two jumped at the chance. The pair earned a total of $50 which they generously donated to help the animals at HSHV. Thank you, Kailyn and Joseph!!
4-14-09
Hooray for Emilia!
Emilia visited our shelter and brought a basket of goodies and donations with her! Emilia told us that she collected these items for her birthday, instead of asking for gifts for herself.
We thank Emilia for sharing her birthday with our shelter animals. Our cats and dogs, like Marci (pictured here with Emilia), say “thank you” (although it sounds like “Meow” and “Woof Woof”).
3-24-09
Jaelyn Shares Her Celebration with Homeless Pets
Jaelyn recently celebrated her birthday. Instead of birthday presents, she asked her guests to bring donations for our shelter animals. Jaelyn’s guests were very generous – they brought treats, bones, blankets, and toys. She also collected over $150.00 in donations. What a big help!
We thank Jaelyn, and all of her birthday guests, for their generosity towards our shelter pets!
2-19-09
Julia and Olivia Make a Mark!
Last spring, Julia (in blue) and Olivia had a great idea! They made wonderful crafts, held two "Miniature Market" sales, invited their friends and neighbors, and raised more than $100. They donated all of the proceeds to HSHV to help animals in need.
Olivia and Julia both love animals and have pets of their own at home! Julia has 2 dogs named Boo and Carmen. Olivia has 3 cats named Pierogi, Sasha and Martin.
We thank them for their efforts and generosity to our shelter pets.
2-13-09
Every Dollar Makes a Difference
It's always inspirational for us to see kids that work hard for a little extra spending money. What's more impressive is when those kids make the sacrifice and decide to donate that hard-earned money to the Humane Society to help care for homeless animals.
We thank, Lea, Paige, Ethan and Regan for their generosity and for stopping by HSHV to donate the money they earned. We know they love pets and we thank them.
Lea, Paige, Ethan and Regan hope that other kids will read their story and consider making donations to HSHV when they have a little money they can spare. The pets really do appreciate it and so do we.
Thank you!
2-4-09
Jess loves all animals!
As soon as you meet Jess Norris her enthusiasm for animals is the first thing you notice. She adores cats, dogs, rabbits and and every other pet at the humane society, and she really wants them all to find good homes!
Jess understands that each person needs to do what they can so this year when she invited her friends to her 8th Birthday Celebration, she asked that they bring donations from the HSHV Wish List.
The Norri's car was filled with food, toys, treats and shelter supplies that we really needed when they visited HSHV.
Thank you to Jess and all of her friends for being so generous to the homeless animals.
Jess said she would see us again next year if not before because she intends to keep raising money and donations for HSHV.
Keep up the important work, Jess!
2-3-09
Pennies "Reilly" Add Up!
Philip Reilly collected every penny he could get his hands on and started putting them in penny rolls. He wanted to donate every penny he found to help care for the animals at the Humane Society of Huron Valley.
Phillip stopped by and dropped off 950 pennies!
Thank you very much Phillip for thinking of the pets that need new homes.
1-21-09
Quinton Goes Bowling for Cat Chow and Dog Bones!
When Quinton Sproull celebrated his birthday, he invited his friends to a bowling party but also asked that they bring along an item from the HSHV Wish List. The alley was knee high in special items for the homeless animals at HSHV.
We thank Quinton, who is a 6th grader at Rudolf Steiner School in Ann Arbor, for his support and we thank his 28 friends that donated the much needed items in honor of Quinton's birthday.
In our eyes Quinton throws a strike every time!
Thank You!
1-20-09
McKinley Garcia Helps Homeless Pets
McKinley celebrated his birthday by sending out invitations to his party that included the HSHV Wish List.
20 of McKinley's friends helped homeless animals at our shelter by purchasing an item from our wish list. We know that made McKinley very happy and it also made the adoptable pets very happy as well.
We are proud of McKinley's enthusiasm for animal welfare and we celebrate his birthday with a very big - THANK YOU!
1-17-09
Kailyn Bondoni - Hard at Work for the Animals Again
Kailyn Bondoni, who previously donated hand-made cat beds and money raised by crafting and selling greeting cards, has again been working on behalf of our animals, this time with her friend Samantha Cantie. Samantha and Kailyn recently teamed-up to design, make, and sell bracelets. Through their hard work and sales ability, the girls raised a total of $36.50 to help the animals at HSHV!!
Way to go, Samantha and Kailyn!!
Thank you!!
12-1-08
Audrey and Emily Timberlake and friends donated a ton of items for the homeless animals at the Humane Society of Huron Valley.
Just look at this list:
- 2 Aluminum roasting pans
- 32.5 lb. of dry cat food
- 14 blankets and towels
- 14 cans of tuna fish
- 26 cans of cat food
- 4 cans of spray cheese
- 15 lbs. of cat litter
- 14 puppy training pads
- 5 Eight ounce jars of peanut butter
- 18 cans of dog food
- A big stack of newspapers
- $50 in cash donations!
Thank you!
11-01-08
Lucas Loves His Dogs!
Lucas loves his two dogs, Sully and Watson, both adopted from HSHV. Lucas turned six on October 26th and sent out invitations to his birthday party which encouraged friends and family to make a small donation to the homeless animals at HSHV. We thank Lucas for his generosity and we thank all the the wonderful people that helped make Lucas's birthday a great success for him and the animals at HSHV. To see Lucas's invitation click here!
8-14-08
Team Work and a Good Idea Benefits HSHV!
Cheers for Cori Brandimore, Jacque Brandimore, Kristi Erikson, Katie Erikson, David Erikson, and Phoebe Routledge! These fantastic kids held a garage sale with all proceeds going to HSHV. They thought of the idea after seeing a TV commercial about helping homeless animals. In addition to the generous donation, they gave HSHV clean towels, sheets, and hamster cages.
Thanks for all your hard work and for supporting HSHV!
8-12-08
Kailyn Bondoni - Caring and Talented!
Nine year old Kailyn Bondoni recently turned her concern for animals to action with HSHV just one of the local area shelters to benefit from her handiwork. During her summer break, Kailyn raised donation money by making and selling "Critter Cards".
She also crafted beautiful fleece beds to comfort the animals awaiting adoption. To maintain the integrity of girl or boy cats, she designed them with pink on one side and blue on the other.
The beds were quite welcome as you can see from this photo of just one of the animals to benefit from Kailyn's generous gift of time and love.
Thank you, Kailyn!
7-23-08
Katie the Cat Lover!
Katie Portz will be entering 4th grade at Wynes Elementary this fall and we're sure she'll be an excellent student. Katie has already shown that she can take the initiative to make a difference in her community. Her love of cats and her enthusiasm for all homeless animals led her to organize a lemonade stand this summer to support the Humane Society of Huron Valley.
Katie also donated much needed can cat food when she visited us to bring in the proceeds from her successful lemonade stand.
We raise our cups to Katie! Thank you!
Thank You!
Ian Campbell and Joana Henkin both asked their friends and family to donate dog food to HSHV instead of buying them birthday gifts. Their carload of food was delivered to HSHV on July 15th! We thank them for making the needs of homeless animals a priority on their birthdays.
Thank you, Ian & Joana!
Hurray for Kate!!
We’d like to give a giant THANKS to Kate Moss, who asked her friends to donate to HSHV in lieu of birthday gifts. Kate raised over $200 in contributions! Kate asked for donations because she wanted to help animals at HSHV. She has both a puppy and a cat at home.
Thanks, Kate, for thinking of us on your birthday!
Stephen Brandell - He RULES!
Stephen Brandell made his own birthday invitations and told his friends and family that he preferred they bring an item off of the HSHV "Wish List" instead of gifts for him. That was so generous and caring! Thank you, Stephen!
To see the invitation that Stephen made, click here.
Unfortunately our staff could not find a camera when Stephen came in to drop off his donations. We're hoping his family will see this and send us a picture or call so we can get more information. (734) 662-5585 x125
Gaby Lorey - A Saline Superstar!
We can't thank Gaby enough for deciding to hold a lemonade stand to help the homeless animals in her community. Gaby could have used the money from her successful lemonade stand to buy toys, MP3 music downloads, or a host of other things to have fun with this summer, but she was more concerned for the welfare of the animals at HSHV. Gaby and her family have two cats and understand the unconditional love of a pet.
We raise our lemonade glasses in a toast to Gaby!
Mickie Dobrusin - A True Animal Hero 
When Mickie was getting ready for her Bat Mitzvah, she wanted to make sure that donations were made to HSHV and Operation Smile. Mickie loves animals and she doesn't think that people give enough donations to animal shelters. She wanted to help the animals and sent invitations saying that she’d be honored to have donations made to HSHV or Operation Smile for her Bat Mitzvah. Mickie has two cats (Ozzie and Spot) and a dog (Benny, a yellow lab). Benny is an alumni of HSHV! Mickie feels really good about the $2,934 in donations that came into HSHV in honor of her Bat Mitzvah.
Thank you, Mickie!
Rachel Vandermade - Gold Medal Winner
We can't thank Rachel Vandermade, member of Girl Scout Group 2198, enough for donating two hand-crafted benches to the Humane Society of Huron Valley. Rachel took on the project of making these benches herself and will be awarded a Girl Scout Gold Medal on May 13, 2008 for her efforts. One of the benches adorns our shelter lobby and is simply beautiful.
We congratulate, Rachel on her Gold Medal and sincerely thank her!
Mia - A Champion for Pets!
Mia's affection for animals is contagious! Since Mia was very little, she has been an animal lover and concerned citizen for the humane treatment and welfare of all animals. She is particularly fond of dogs, all breeds. Mia is the proud owner of "Otto," a black and tan, miniature Pinscher, and her latest adoption of an Australian Cattle Dog, "Harriett."
Mia longs for the day when she will be old enough to volunteer her time at the shelter. Until then, she contributes what she can by creating her own flyers for her "donation drives," requesting items from the HSHV Wish List.
Mia began with her first collection of donations in the summer of 2006. Since she had such great success with contributions from her family and friends, she decided to have another "donation drive" in September 2007. She was once again, able to deliver a considerable amount of needed items to the shelter.
We estimate her total donated items have equaled well over $400 for the two years, and she's not done.
Thank you, Mia for all you do!
Book List - A great selection of animal related books
 for young children
Go Home!: The True Story of James the Cat - by Libby Phillips Meggs
A handsome black cat has been wandering through the neighborhood. He's lost, hungry and on the lookout for a place he can call home. When the cat meets a nice family, he's sure his troubles are over--but they think that he must belong to someone else, and send him away. As months go by, the cat gets weaker and weaker--and then one fateful day, he comes face to face with a very angry, very large dog.... To find out what happens, you'll have to check out the book.
My Dog Toby -
by Andrea Zimmerman and David Clemesha
Toby the basset hound, star of the book "My Dog Toby," is having a little trouble learning how to do tricks. Some members of his human family aren't being so supportive. The girl in the book is very sad because Toby cannot do tricks, and she tried everything to make him sit. Her brother even said that Toby is dumb. Will Toby prove them all wrong and learn to sit like a real pooch pro? It is a very funny story!
Rabbits, Rabbits and More Rabbits - by Gail Gibbons
Kids who like rabbits will love this book. Filled with facts about wild and domestic rabbits and suggestions for caring for your pet rabbit.
Great information on domestic rabbits, wild rabbits, and hares written for a young audience with lots of pictures. Three pages on pet-rabbit care for kids.
'Let's Get a Pup!' Said Kate - by Bob Graham
Kate and her parents visit an animal shelter and adopt a puppy, but find it hard to leave an older charming dog behind.
Kate and her parents go off to the animal shelter, where they adopt a puppy named Dave and reluctantly leave behind a large, older dog named Rosy. After a sleepless night, they all go back to the animal shelter to bring Rosy home.
Angel Cat - by Michael Garland
A touching story about a family grieving the death of their beloved cat.
This thoughtful book emphasizes how different family members respond in their own way to the sad passing of their favorite cat.
Other books on grieving the death of a pet:
I’ll Always Love You - by Hans Wilhem
Cat Heaven - by Cynthia Rylant
Dog Heaven - by Cynthia Rylant
For Every Dog An Angel - by Christine Davis
For Every Cat An Angel - by Christine Davis
Click here for a coloring page with tips for kids ...
Visit the ASPCA's Animaland for more fun information!
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