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Spring Break Critter Camp!
Join us for a week of fun!
March 12 through March 16, 2012
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Child Care from 8-9 AM and 3-4 PM available for an additional fee
$125 for five days of camp, $80 for second camper from family
10% discount for members of Kauai Humane Society
For students in Kindergarten through Sixth Grade
Time with Animals! Dog Training! Crafts! Games!
Have fun while helping animals!
or stop by Kauai Humane Society and register in person. Spaces are limited. Registration required.
CRITTER CAMP ALL SUMMER LONG! PLAN NOW!
· May 28-June 1, 2012 Animal Interaction, Crafts and Games, K-6
· June 4-8, 2012 Veterinary Science Camp, Grades 4-10
· June 11-15, 2012 Animal Interaction, Crafts and Games, K-6
· June 18-22, 2012 Creating Stories and Books about Animals, K-6
· June 25-29 2012 Animals and Art, K-6
· July 9-13, 2012 Crafts, Games, Animals K-6
· July 16-20, 2012 Acting Animals, writing and performing a play, K-6
· July 23-27, 2012 Looking forward to a GRRReat school year, K-6
Questions? Call Mele at 632-0610, ext. 103, or 634-8837
Humane Education's On-going Programs
Check Us Out!
With the exception of Critter Camp, all of these programs are free. Please call Mele at (808) 632-0610, ext. 103
Tours
Bring your class, your after-school groups, your adult groups, Boy and Girl Scout troop for an exciting tour of our facility in Puhi. Animal interaction is the hallmark of these tours. We often work with groups on various community service projects.
Classroom Presentations
Can’t bring your students to us? We can bring our humane lessons to you! We can bring our humane and character education lessons to your educational setting! It’s free, so take advantage of this great resource today. Click on this link to access a list of available programs.
Critter Camps
Spend a week during school breaks and summer vacation learning about and interacting with our animals. It’s a lot of fun! Look on our events calendar for the next camp. Registration forms can be obtained at our shelter or on the website a month before the camp.
Community Speakers
Would your club or group like to hear about the work of the humane society? We have excellent speakers willing to come out and share our work with you. These presentations are interesting and interactive. Use this link for a list of programs.
Service Learning Projects
Would you like your group or students to be involved with a service learning project? This enables participants to help the humane society fulfill its mission while learning a job skill and preparing for real life. Painting, cleaning, walking dogs, and office work are just some of the options.
Junior Volunteers
Our Junior Volunteer program involves youth of ages 10-13 in the work of the shelter. We meet one Saturday a month and the young people get to know the animals and do many things to make their lives better. This is a great way to meet other young people who love animals.
Birthday Parties
Be a “party animal” and celebrate your birthday at the Kaua’i Humane Society. Parties are celebrated with a humane society educator and include animal interactions, a tour of the building, fun games, and special party favors.
Lessons and Books “To Go”
For teachers, home-schooling parents, and others, we have some lesson packets and kits for teaching centered around animal care, books about pets, and other issues.
We also loan out book bags with 20 books on animals for different grade levels.
If you are working on a special unit related to animals, we will help by providing resources or lessons at no cost.
Humane Education Art Contest
In February of every year, we hold an art contest on a theme related to animal welfare. Students have until April to submit their artwork, and a panel of judges selects 20 winners, whose work is made into note cards used by the humane society for their correspondence. The winners’ work is displayed in the classroom at the humane society.
Information Booths
We will come to your community event, career days, fairs, carnivals, or festivals and set up our informational booth and give out freebies and information. We will even provide activities for the kids, such as coloring pages, games and face painting.
For information on these programs, call Mele at 632-0610, ext. 103 or at 634-8837.
Outreach Lessons and Presentations
For Classrooms and Other Groups
We offer three main categories of outreach lessons to share with students.
| Animal Issues | Character Traits | Science |
| Pet Safety | Kindness | Habitats |
| Overpopulation | Respect | Adaptations |
| Positive Training | Hawaiian Values | Kauai's Endangered Animals |
| Careers | Citizenship | Structure and Function |
| Mild and Wild Animals | The Web of Life | The Energy Cycle |
| Classroom Pets | Share the World | Save Our Shearwaters! |
| Dog Bite Prevention | Choices and Consequences | Animal Communication |
| Cost of Pet Care | Perceptions and Opinions | Animal Senses |
| The Simpson's Animal Care | Animal Abuse | Hawaiian Animal Knowledge |
| Pet Care | Animal CSI |
These classes are explained in greater detail, including their connection to the Hawai’i Content and Performance Standards, in the Kaua’i Humane Society education catalog, which is found on this web site. These classes may work with any grade level, but these are the suggested grade levels:
Humane Education Programs for Kauai's Schools now available online.
Our new Humane Education catalog of programs is now ready and you may find it useful if you are a teacher, a scout leader, a manager of a social service agency, or anyone who works with public groups. It has new classes, lessons, activities and tours designed to engage both children and adults. The lessons for school are designed to meet specific Hawaii Content and Performance Standards. Please look it over and call Mele Brewer at 632-0610, ext. 103 or 634-8837 for more information and to plan a lesson, activity or tour.