Maggie Maxwell (right) and a pal at a Project H.O.P.E. adopt-a-thon
Maggie Maxwell, another Dosomething.org Animal Action Grant winner, amazes me. The 10-year-old Texas native helps organize Project H.O.P.E. (Helping Our Pets through Education). Below is my interview with Maggie. Check in later for my interview with 14-year-old fundraising dynamo Hayden Whitt, and in the meantime, check out Maggie's Project H.O.P.E. page on dosomething.org.
How did your passion for animals start?
When my family got our first dog.
How did you come up with the idea for Project H.O.P.E.?
My Socrates [gifted] class all decided this
was a good idea for a [community service] project and we are all doing the best we can.
What are some obstacles that you have with your project and how do you plan to overcome them?
Money is an issue we need money to help with our project. We could help that with fundraisers. Some of the things that we wanted to change involve our city government and that makes it harder to get things changed. Talking to everyone we can will help change that.
How do you plan to use the Animal Grant from Dosomething.org?
We are going to help to pay the cable TV station to show our public service announcements and we are writing a book and the money will help to buy copies to give to our school library and the public library.
What message would you give anyone who is looking to help animals, but doesn't know where to start?
I would say, "You could visit your local shelter and adopt a dog or even just volunteer. And if your town does not have a shelter you could donate to a website or organization that helps support animal welfare."
How else has Dosomething.org helped your project?
In addition to the grant, Dosomething.org helped advertise our project and maybe inspire people to support their local shelter.
Check out the Project H.O.P.E. blog!
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Teens Saving Pets, part 1: A helping hand for abandoned horses
We are going to help to pay the cable TV station to show our public service announcements and we are writing a book and the money will help to buy copies to give to our school library and the public library.
What message would you give anyone who is looking to help animals, but doesn't know where to start?
I would say, "You could visit your local shelter and adopt a dog or even just volunteer. And if your town does not have a shelter you could donate to a website or organization that helps support animal welfare."
How else has Dosomething.org helped your project?
In addition to the grant, Dosomething.org helped advertise our project and maybe inspire people to support their local shelter.
Check out the Project H.O.P.E. blog!
Project H.O.P.E. members at the Lamar County Humane Association for a pre-Christmas Parade fundraiser. Maggie is at the far right.
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Teens Saving Pets, part 1: A helping hand for abandoned horses
I want to do what ever i can for the animals at any shelter. What ever i can do will make me feel good just knowing that i was helping a poor animal. i just want to tell all of the staff that are working at the shelters that they are doing a great job. Just knowing that there will be one day that there will be an animal that is going to have a home will be the best day anyone can have. All of the staff i look up to and i want to be a doctor when i grow up. Even though i am 15 years old. I either want to be a human doctor or a vet. Everyday is a rewarding day for the doctors and i just want to feel that i did something good for someone or something. To some people superman is there hero but to me you are.
Thank you for everything that you do for everybody.
-Sally Stecz from Tennessee