Community Service Project - Seattle Humane Society

During the Journey Marathon in March, the girls voted to do work for animals as their community service project. After looking around at what opportunities there are for 10-11 year olds, I found that the Seattle Humane Society was the obvious best fit.  Aside from collecting donations, we will have a tour of the Humane Society in Bellevue before June 7.  If you would like to help coordinate that, or would like to join us, let me know.

At last Friday's meeting, we made kitty blankets out of fleece. The Humane Society gives every cat its own blanket. I also have the supplies to make cat toys which are needed for the cats. The blankets and the toys are very easy to make. The blankets just requite cutting for the fringe, and tying simple knots. Instructions for the cat toys are below - they require a minimal amount of hand sewing.

If your daughter would like to work on either of these at home, let me know and I will put together a kit for her.  I have plenty of supplies to make more.  

I will mention that many of the girls wanted to keep what we are making. Since the troop bought the supplies and this is a community service project, I need to get the finished product back in a reasonable amount of time.  Learning lesson:  Just because it is cute, you don't get to keep it.

ALSO, we are accepting donations for pet food, cat toys and money for the Humane Society.

CAT TOYS:
baby sock
stuffing
1 scoop of catnip

1.  Divide stuffing in half.
2.  Put half of the stuffing into the sock, pushing it down into the toe area.
3.  Put 1 scoop of catnip into the sock.
4.  Put the other half of the stuffing into the sock.
5.  Securely sew the sock closed.