The persuasive words of an 8-year old written in crayon cracked open the hearts of potential dog adopters to empty the kennel crates of a local shelter.
Their hand-written personalized notes resulted in skyrocketing adoption rates for the pooches least likely to get adopted in the Virginia capital.
No human could resist a plea like, “If you do adopt me, I hope I will brighten up your Sundays like the sun. Your Sunday Special will be mine, and yours !”
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Kensey is a second grade teacher at St. Michael’s Episcopal Church in Richmond. She also volunteers at Richmond Animal Care and Control . When she was asked to write a paper, Jones came up with the idea of giving dogs their advocacy voices.
“The idea just came to me to connect persuasive writing with these adoptable pets that need a forever home,” Jones told the Washington Post, adding that it was “a way that I could make their writing real for [the students], and actually make an impact on the world and our Richmond community.”
She pitched her idea to Christie Peters (the shelter manager), who loved it. This particular shelter sees a high adoption rate of about 3 weeks. Animals with medical problems can take much longer, and face being euthanized if the problem is serious enough.
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According to Jones, the kids nearly cheered at the news that their new assignment would be focused on helping 23 dogs and 1 cat get adopted.
“Hi! My name is Cody. I would love to be adopted,” one student wrote. I would love to be adopted by a caring, loving family that has a large fenced yard. Please be my owner!”
This kind of representation, pinned in colorful drawings and letters to the animals’ crates, was a huge success, and 21 of the 24 hard-to-adopt animals found new homes before long.
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“All dogs need a loving home,” said Danielle Petrosk (second-grade at St. Michael’s), to the Post. “I am so very happy to be able to help neglected animals find great forever families.”
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