Click here to see the latest news on the Education Program McKee-Jacó Education Program Introducing our educational program:
For over 6 years, our experience in “extinguishing fires” and rescuing so many needy animals has shown us the value of EDUCATION. Today I want to introduce to you, my collaborator, our new educational program — one that is directed towards our greatest resource, the children. Through them, we will be able to know where our priorities are, and thus be able to more effectively enlarge the group of volunteers for our rescue and neutering program. We will teach the concept of RESPONSIBILITY. And through this program, the cruelty that we deal with on a daily basis will become less and less prevalent. Funds needed in order to start the education project
Funds needed in order to continue the education project
Latest News Spay-Neuter Competition in Jacó Clinic
The Spay-Neuter Competition in Jacó Clinic held during the week of January 18 - 23 was a big success. We attended to 25 kids and their families, providing not only the surgery, but also distributing all kinds of flyers made especially for this event while addressing the most important problems in our area. All the kids received many wonderful prizes, from school kits, dog and cat chow and animal magazines, to certificates for a free consultation at the Jacó clinic, valid for the entire year 2010. A huge THANK YOU goes to Dra. Wendy Villalobos and Dr. Alejandro Madriz and all the staff at the Plaza Boulevard clinic in Jaco for their excellent work and assistance during this week. A very special THANKS also to Purina for donating 75 bags of dog and puppy chow for this event, as well as other activities we are planning for the months of February and March. And to our friends from “Pets y mas” magazine for providing (once again) so many free magazines for all the kids and their families. And of course, to Mrs. Linda Look from the USA, who had the original idea for this great activity, and also sponsored it! Castration Week for strays and pets belonging to low income families will take place during the week of February 2nd to February 7th. If you know of any animals with no owners, or animal owners who cannot afford even the very low special price we offer in our monthly clinics, please contact me for an appointment. Please consider that pet owners who qualify for this surgery have no transportation possibilities either, and will need somebody’s help in order to bring their animals in. DECEMBER 2009 Spay/Neuter competition for There will be some “homework” for our Elementary and High School students for their long summer vacation. On the enrollment days, (December 17th and 18th) all students are receiving information about the special spay/neuter competition, held in January from the 18th to the 23rd at the Jacó clinic.
The special price of the surgery will be 5000 colones, (about $9) which has to be paid by the student who brings the animal in. The first 25 students who bring an animal in will receive:
There will be also some “surprise prizes” for all participants. Vacation time here in Costa Rica is very long, and during this time our young people here don’t have anything useful to do, as our county doesn’t offer much for them. This will be a great opportunity for them to learn more about how a vet clinic works, as they will be interacting with the vet, learning about the proper care of their pets and maybe even getting a chance to volunteer in one of our clinics on occasion.
Another successful activity with the younger members of our community and their parents took place on Friday, October 16th at the new park in Jacó. 240 1st thru 3rd graders from the Escuela Central in Jacó, some of them in the company of their parents, some with their pets, attended the event together with their teachers. After a typical breakfast for everybody, (sponsored by the parents) they were offered some different presentations. The ones who brought their pets attended the presentation by Dr. Esteban Soto from The Plaza Boulevard clinic in Jacó, and they won the following prizes for their furry friends: ultrasound teeth cleaning, vaccines and consultations. Angela Maria Lozano from Escuelarte Jacó offered an art class for 60 kids while two of the school teachers were painting faces, so in the end we had some cat and butterfly-faced kids all jumping around. The magazines “Pets y Mas” and “Mucho Gusto” donated by the director Christine Bork, were also offered to the public for a donation of 500 colones. Even though the real focus of this activity was to send a message to both the youngest members of our community as well as their parents, with raising money being more of an “added bonus”, we still raised 27,500 colones ($47.00) from the cake raffle and magazine sale. This money will go toward our next spay day. SEPTEMBER 2009
Since my first meeting with Cynthia Lizano over 4 months ago, I knew that this program under her supervision would be successful. But even then I didn’t expect the results she shared with me today. She and the teacher from both main schools in Jacó pooled their efforts together and started a wonderful new project involving not only the kids, but also their families. The schools got decorated with animal themes, and the students now consider themselves active members of our association. The parade on the Independence Day showed the students proudly carrying the association’s banner. Special THANK YOU goes out to the teachers of both schools: Nilsa Bustamante, Alexander Sandoval, Ruth Rojas and Jimmy Alpizar and the school principals Vera Virginia Alpizar and Fernando Pusey — without their cooperation none of these incredible results would have been possible. Thank you for your time and support. Katja Bader
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It’s not always cruelty — mostly they just don’t know any better. This is why EDUCATION is so vitally important.
Jacó – the community responsible for its animals
We also had cake and brownies donated by TCBY Jacó, Norma Kahn, Julie Textor, Anna Pilz, Cafe del Mar, Teri Dominey and Douglas Giampapa — some of them were raffled off, and some were offered to all those who helped us organizing this event.
