Shelter Friends
Summer Camp 2016
Week 2
by Elementary School Campers
Copyright 2016 by Pet Alliance
of Greater Orlando
This book was published in collaboration with
Karen S. McGowan and Dennis E. McGowan,
authors of Jolly Time Books.
Jolly Time Books tell exciting stories the whole family can enjoy.
Book Cover design by Dan S. McGowan
Introduction
Stephen Bardy, Executive Director
Imagine a book that is filled with stories and poems written by kids who love animals. Writing gives us the chance to use our imagination, to be creative, to explore our deepest thoughts and feelings, and to discover the gifts and talents we have inside.
Pet Alliance of Greater Orlando is proud to present original works that tell how the young authors are feeling in their lives and thinking about the world around them. The writings and artwork are truly from the heart and strive to portray the hands-on experiences with shelter pets and knowledge gained from educational speakers during our weeklong Shelter Friends Summer Camps. You will not find these imaginative and creative ideas anywhere else.
Cathy Houde and Diane Anderson, in collaboration with Jolly Time Books authors Karen S. McGowan and Dennis E. McGowan, headed up this endeavor. Our campers contributed a wide variety of works, from humorous to inspiring to deeply personal, to share their fun experiences.
Pet Alliance of Greater Orlando educates, shelters, places, and heals pets and their families with compassionate, responsible care maintained to the highest professional standards. We create more caring communities by promoting happier, healthier pets and their families.
I hope you enjoy the stories and poems that our summer camp participants have put together for you. I encourage you to support our continuing positive community outreach programs.
Your support of Pet Alliance of Greater Orlando goes directly to helping pets in need. Whether it is finding a dog or cat a new forever home, providing low cost vet services, or helping to prevent pet homelessness through our spay/neuter program, Pet Alliance’s goal is to have happier and healthier pets in Central Florida.
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Contents
Introduction
Beginning
Acknowledgments
About Pet Alliance of Greater Orlando
About Jolly Time Books
Beginning
1. Sophia Orantes
2. Riley Howard
3. Adam Elbohy
4. Olivia Smith
5. Macy Popoli
6. Nicholas Evans
7. Anna Christensen
8. Jaxn Brownell
9. Eliana K.
10. Isabellarosa Montalvo
11. Aiden H.
12. Chloe Brownell
13. Chloe M.
14. Jacqueline Pare
15. Avery Murell
16. Emily Wilson
17. Morgan Cartaino
18. Lauren D.
19. Mia Tate
20. Ruby Esmailbegui
21. Emma Stallard
22. Nichola Wells
23. Taylor Morphy
24. Lili Montalvo
25. James Meyer
26. Tatum I.
Sophia Orantes
Age 8, 4th Grade
Title: Camp Life
Today at camp,
There was dogs.
We trained the dogs and we all went in the cats and petted them. We had so much fun!
My friend Adam, when he came back to class he “accidentally” pored water in my head!
Then, I had to get paper towels, I was crying.
Riley Howard
Age 10, 5th Grade
My favorite part is the kitty’s.
Adam Elbohy
Age 10, 5th Grade
At the shelter, you get to play, meet, and groom cats and dogs. It’s tons of fun!
Olivia Smith
PET ALLIANCE
Macy Popoli
Age 10, 5th Grade
We washed 1 dog named Camo. He was a beagle mix and cute.
My favorite thing CATS!
Nicholas Evans
Age 8, 4th Grade
The dog we saw was Michelin. She is 2 months old.
The commands we did were sit and down.
When we groomed the dog I was the spritzer.
Today I met Lau, she is a Golden mix. She is 8 years old.
The tricks she can do are sit, come, pick and touch.
I also saw Mandy, she is a cat.
Anna Christensen
I Love the cats and Dogs
EBONY
Today I learned more about washing a dog.
Jaxn Brownell
Age 10, 5th Grade
Today I had a good time visiting the cats and the dogs.
I also met a dog that came in our room and we practiced with her.
Crazy hair day
Eliana K.
My favorite part was when I washed the dogs and got to sit with my friends.
Isabellarosa Montalvo
Age 11, 5th Grade
Title: Isabella’s Camp Journal
Yesterday I made a unipuff but today a turtle.
We met Anber and Leia.
Anber was crazy about the ball, and Leia was chill and laid back.
I also learned a quote it’s like this “good dogs can be made bad by bad people”.
So just keep em good and those scary dogs were just influenced by bad people.
So maybe one dog like a pitbull dog is scary but other pitbulls could not be scary.
Depends on the person with them and the dog.
Always try to love on them!
We today love the dogs we’ve seen and cats.
I like interacting with both animals. Yea!
Today we watched Penguins for lunch. We also got free playtime with the dogs. One of the dogs is Oreo that I really love. We might foster her (hopefully), and adopt her too.
We’re also about to put a puppet show on. My characters are Star and Cookies N Cream. I’m gonna talk about the love and health needs for a dog. I’m very excited.
Also I think people should come in and adopt every animal or at least foster it.
They need homes and are beautiful and lovely.
Well that’s it. Bye.
I love these animals and you should too!
Aiden H.
PET ALLIANCE
of Greater Orlando
Chloe Brownell
Age 7, 3rd Grade
I loved going to the cat room.
I pet the cat.
I loved the cat.
I loved the cat room.
My favorite thing that I did was wash the dogs.
I love washing Oreo.
I love it.
Chloe M.
Today a dog named Michelin came in our class.
Then a dog named Rocco came in after Michelin.
Rocco was shy but Michelin was not shy.
We did cool and amazing and awesome day.
I had fun.
I can’t wait to go tomorrow.
Today was a great day.
The funniest thing today was we got to see a dog go on some training stuff.
The dog’s name was Whiskey.
I got to pet some cute kittens.
This is a very fun camp.
I really want to go tomorrow.
Jacqueline Pare
Age 9, 5th Grade
/> Today was the first day of camp.
We trained dogs, played with cats, and washed puppies.
One of my favorite parts was when we created new types of animals out of clay.
Playing with puppies
Avery Murell
Age 10, 5th Grade
So far I have learned turn, touch, and lastly down.
My favorite dog so far is Scout. I have learned how to wash a dog.
My favorite rotation is the cat room.
I think the volunteers are really nice and very funny especially Miss Sara and Miss Lenai.
I love Pet Alliance!
Emily Wilson
I learned touch.
Today was very fun, we played with Buddy.
Buddy is a dog.
My favorite part was doing tricks with Kahlua.
Morgan Cartaino
Today at camp, there was a cat in the cat room that no one would play with because he scratched someone.
Then I managed to get him to be nice and I pet him.
I got to wash a dog. He was very sweet.
Lauren D.
Today Mrs. Sara brought in her dog Lulu.
We learned touch and pick. Lulu did a great job. Also we did crawl.
We also had another dog named Wiley.
In the cat room today I got to see my favorite cat, Ally.
And two cats were fighting. It was sort of scary and funny.
For washing the dog, we got to wash Sasha. She was a German Shepherd.
Mia Tate
Today I met a dog named Whiskey and we got him to go over the A-frame.
Ruby Esmailbegui
Age 8, 3rd Grade
Today I petted some kittens and I played with a German Shepherd mix called Whiskey.
They put back Whiskey and took out Oreo and Oreo sniffed then went in the dog tub with water and we washed Oreo.
Emma Stallard
Age 9, 4th Grade
I saw Mrs. Sara’s dog Kahlua!
She has golden hair and she is pretty.
Author Unknown
We also got to play a dog game and make some crafts like a turtle.
Pet Alliance
Author Unknown
Today At Summer Camp
Today, In camp I made a turtle we went to the cat center it was fun!
Me and Adam had fun also by training two dogs named Laya and Amber.
Acknowledgments
Special thanks to:
Camp Counselors
Lenai Montgomery
Sara Moye
Volunteers
Justin Petrak
Hannah Medina
Jana Jirgens
Teri Faucette
Sharon Balavage
Katie Dean
Jessica Vasquez
Penny Stewart
Judi Lebredo
Brittny Edwards
Ian Frazier
Alexis Buskirk
Kathleen Rubino
Sydney Crisp
Antonio Fazzalari
Natalie Rincon
Jill Misura
Casey Frazier
This book would not have been possible without the commitment and contributions of these individuals:
Pet Alliance of Greater Orlando
Cathy Houde
Diane Anderson
Jolly Time Books
Karen S. McGowan
Dennis E. McGowan
Dan S. McGowan
About Pet Alliance of Greater Orlando
Pet Alliance of Greater Orlando educates, shelters, places, and heals pets and their families with compassionate, responsible care maintained to the highest professional standards. We create more caring communities by promoting happier, healthier pets and their families.
We are different from all the rest!
Pet Alliance of Greater Orlando has received the GuideStar Exchange Gold participation level, a leading symbol of transparency and accountability provided by GuideStar USA, Inc., the premier source of nonprofit information. This level demonstrates Pet Alliance of Greater Orlando’s deep commitment to transparency and accountability for nonprofit organizations. GuideStar is our partner in philanthropy and through the GuideStar Exchange program we share a wealth of up-to-date information about our vital mission to save more lives of dogs and cats with our supporters as well as other nonprofits, grantmakers, and the media.
Pet Alliance of Greater Orlando enlists the community as allies and supporters for the welfare and well being of animals. Local business partners, as well as regional and national corporations support our cause and help us fulfill our mission to educate, shelter, place, and heal pets and their families. Please join us in recognizing and acknowledging our dedicated partners. Their partnership makes our work of saving animal lives possible.
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Orlando Sentinel
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These partners are essential in helping create more caring communities by promoting happier, healthier pets and their families. We encourage you to patronize these businesses and tell them how much you appreciate their support of the Pet Alliance. If you are interested in becoming a partner, please contact the Philanthropy and Marketing department.
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About Jolly Time Books
Jolly Time Books tell exciting stories the whole family can enjoy. Jolly Time Books are full of vivid and colorful illustrations that will spark the imagination of any child. They are available at your favorite online bookstore.
Copyright 2016 by Pet Alliance of Greater Orlando
All rights are reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission from the authors except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.