Do you love animals?
Join the Joplin Humane Society’s Shelter Pals and spend quality time reading to adoptable pets!
At the Joplin Humane Society, our story began in back 1948, while many things have changed over the years our love for pets has not.
In 2019, we began a new program here at the shelter: Shelter Pals Reading Program.
The Shelter Pals Reading Program is a mutually beneficial experience designed to help shy, anxious pets feel more comfortable around people by having kids read to them. We want to encourage pets to approach the front of the kennel when visitors and potential adopters
are present, instead of cowering in the corner. Pets that approach the front of the kennel get adopted more quickly, thus
reducing the average length of stay.
For our young volunteers, the Shelter Pals Reading Program helps foster compassion and empathy, while providing a supportive
environment in which to develop their reading skills. In addition, the program allows kids to make a positive impact on the world
by helping animals in need.
Shelter Pals Training Events are a fun training session where our Shelter Pal Readers and their parent/guardian learn the ins and outs of the program, hear a fun story while enjoying a light snack, then read to the shelter pets.
Register for the Shelter Pals Training Event!
Preregistration required: Limited space available.
WHO: Kids ages 6 – 15
WHERE: Joplin Humane Society, Education Room
140 Emperor Lane, Joplin, MO
COST: A donation of $5 per child is appreciated.
WHEN:
Saturday, March 23rd
Thursday, April 11th
Saturday, May 11th
Tuesday, June 4th
Print Your Shelter Pals Reading Program Application Here
For more information about the Shelter Pals Reading Program contact Tianna Fisher, Shelter Services Manager at 417-623-3642 ext 110 or by emailing tianna@joplinhumane.org
Join the Joplin Humane Society’s Shelter Pals and spend quality time reading to adoptable pets!
At the Joplin Humane Society, our story began in back 1948, while many things have changed over the years our love for pets has not.
In 2019, we began a new program here at the shelter: Shelter Pals Reading Program.
The Shelter Pals Reading Program is a mutually beneficial experience designed to help shy, anxious pets feel more comfortable around people by having kids read to them. We want to encourage pets to approach the front of the kennel when visitors and potential adopters
are present, instead of cowering in the corner. Pets that approach the front of the kennel get adopted more quickly, thus
reducing the average length of stay.
For our young volunteers, the Shelter Pals Reading Program helps foster compassion and empathy, while providing a supportive
environment in which to develop their reading skills. In addition, the program allows kids to make a positive impact on the world
by helping animals in need.
Shelter Pals Training Events are a fun training session where our Shelter Pal Readers and their parent/guardian learn the ins and outs of the program, hear a fun story while enjoying a light snack, then read to the shelter pets.
Register for the Shelter Pals Training Event!
Preregistration required: Limited space available.
WHO: Kids ages 6 – 15
WHERE: Joplin Humane Society, Education Room
140 Emperor Lane, Joplin, MO
COST: A donation of $5 per child is appreciated.
WHEN:
Saturday, March 23rd
Thursday, April 11th
Saturday, May 11th
Tuesday, June 4th
Print Your Shelter Pals Reading Program Application Here
For more information about the Shelter Pals Reading Program contact Tianna Fisher, Shelter Services Manager at 417-623-3642 ext 110 or by emailing tianna@joplinhumane.org
