21 August 2016 11:00 A.M. - 8:30 P.M.
Pawsitive Connections
Penny Pumphrey
(559)-977-5125
By
my sixth visit, I definitely felt apart of the Pawsitive Connections
family. I was fortunate enough to become a senior volunteer. This means
that I was given more responsibilities. For instance, I am now the admin
for one of our social media pages. I also work with some of our junior
volunteers. One of the main goals of Pawsitive Connections is to use the
healing power of animals to help differently abled individuals. One of
the junior volunteers that I am in charge of has autism and needs help
focusing. He has as many responsibilities as the other volunteers, he
just tends to wander off. One of my jobs is to make sure that he doesn’t
lose focus and wander off (his mom told us this could potentially be a
problem.) I found that after a few hours working with the dogs, he was
focusing a little bit better and was noticeably more attentive to the
needs of the dogs than his mom had said he might be. He continues to
return every weekend feeling excited and helpful. Through Pawsitive
Connections, I have seen several instances, such as this, that
demonstrate how animals can help people. This is why it is so important
that they find loving homes and are taken care of well. We receive too
many dogs that were a product of maltreatment, abandonment, or failure
to neuter or spay the parent dogs. I look forward to continuing to
educate others about the importance of spaying and neutering as well as
the impact that animals can have on one's’ life. I am looking forward to
“super adoption weekend” where several different adoption agencies come
together to find loving homes for deserving animals . Also, I am
nervous (but mostly excited) to run an entire adoption event without any
other supervision in two weeks.
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