She has the 'support' of her classroom at school - but her students are toddlers and up until this point have filled her jar with LOTS of pennies.
You may or may not know that our sweet dogs were rescued by the Humane Society of Missouri from a nasty hoarding situation. They were the last two left in their litter of 9 - with only two that did not survive. They were a week old and the mother had already died when officials went in to the property.
The Humane society is pretty awesome - as are all of the pet rescue and adoption shelters in
St Louis! (and the country).
Not only do these caring people advocate for animals (through community education, legislative pressure, etc) but they also walk the walk by caring for these animals! Stray Rescue of St Louis will even take in pit bulls -
Here are some of my favorite animal protection sites:
http://www.hsmo.org/ - Humane society of Missouri
http://www.aspca.org/ - American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
http://www.strayrescue.org/ - Stray Rescue of St Louis
http://www.idausa.org/ - In defense of Animals
http://www.maal.org/ - Missouri Alliance for Animal Legislation
There are many others - the APA - is one I forgot!
So - give them your money! :)
Here is a link to my sister's donation site - please help if you can. You can donate online in a pretty simple manner -
In case you need to look for her name:
Stefanie Hammond
http://member.hsmo.org/site/TR/Events/General?px=1522905&pg=personal&fr_id=1040
