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University of Dayton Students Pitch In

tsheaffer — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:25:35 +0000

A big thank you to a special group of students at the University of Dayton! They held a charity sale and raised $71.00 for the Ohio SPCA. Since then, they have established a Facebook group in order to shed light on homeless and abused animals. The pics of these young people working to help animals are heartwarming. Please visit their Facebook page and join!

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=185049453042

Volunteer Orientation – August 22,2009

admin — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 19:55:16 +0000

Volunteer Orientation Meeting

The Ohio SPCA is an all-volunteer organization. Your help is needed. Join us and bring a friend!

When: Saturday, August 22, 2009 1:00 to 3:00 p.m.
Where: Blue Moon Event Center
1604 Gateway Circle (Exit 100 off I-71)
Grove City, Ohio 43123

OSU Vet Students Lend a Helping Hand

admin — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:04:30 +0000

On May 13, 2007, eight students from the Student Chapter of the American Veterinary Medical Association spent an entire day at the farm sanctuary vaccinating, worming, an providing hoof care to our goats.

On April 12, 2008, another group of vet students once again made a “farm call.” These young men and women provide an invaluable service to the Ohio SPCA by donating their time and by helping to keep the sanctuary residents healthy. We are very grateful for their visits.

Eric, Jenny Jenkins '08, Johanna Rosenfield '10, Morgan Schrock '10, Aaron Madeira '09, Lisa Mangus '09, Kristen Scrafford '10, Brian Hirshback '10

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Inspecting the Goats

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Delaware Career Center Teens Help Ohio SPCA

admin — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 22:25:51 +0000

December 30, 2007

By Holly Zachariah
hzachariah@dispatch.com
Columbus Dispatch

CIRCLEVILLE, Ohio – The highschool kids drove in posts to cordon off a secure pasture for the horses.
Then they moved on to the wooden fence at the back of the Pickaway County farm used by the Ohio Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. There, they pulled rotted boards and hammered in new ones so the 31 goats wouldn’t escape anymore.

Never mind the metal gates they repaired, the 17 rabbits they fed, the 500 bales of hay they delivered or the video they shot to submit the farm as a candidate for the television show Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.

The work that 60 Delaware Area Career Center students and their teachers did in a bitterly cold wind earlier this month was just the latest act of kindness to overwhelm Teresa Landon, the society’s director.

In the fall, Landon appealed to other animal-rescue groups after a deal with a local farmer went sour and the society found itself without enough hay to feed its menagerie for even a week, let alone through the winter (Sept. 29, Metro & State).

Generous Dispatch readers sent $18,000 to the society after that, enough for Landon to buy some hay – which was at a premium in the midst of a shortage – and pay two veterinary bills.

The story also inspired the students and teachers at the career center. They cleaned and repaired the farm as a community-service project.

Initially, senior Zack Hood helped round up hay only because his favorite teacher asked him. Then, he delivered the first 80 bales and was troubled by what he saw.

“I got down here and saw what she does by taking in all these animals and I realized she needed so much help,” he said. “I made it a mission to get into it and do whatever I could.”