Community Service Post 1

On February 12th I volunteered from 4-7 with Orphans of the Storm animal shelter. It was a holiday pet showcase at Northbrook Court Mall led by the Orphans volunteer coordinator, Jackie Borchew(jackie@orphansofthestorm.org). Over winter break they had done a holiday pet showcase that was really successful, so they decided to bring it back for the week of Valentines Day. Basically there is a section set off for the shelter, right by Lord & Taylor. There are cats and dogs brought it for adoption to attract people to go visit the shelter and adopt! T-shirts and sweatshirts are for sale, and we also did gift wrapping for donations. Since I had the night shift, things were pretty slow. It was only me and one other volunteer, and unfortunately the animals can't be there past 3, so we were just selling clothes and gift wrapping. The woman I volunteered with had brought her own dog though, which was successful in attracting people to come over. It was different for me because I had volunteered with the winter showcase and things were really crazy and hectic then. Although I didn't have as much fun this time, it still felt good to help out. I am attached to this organization because I have adopted 3 cats from the shelter myself. The showcase was going on for a week and over 5,000 dollars were raised which is really awesome because the shelter runs on donations. They are one of the few shelters that doesn't kill animals for being there for a long time, and they take all the animals from the Lake County area. I was really happy I was a part of raising that 5,000 dollars!

I don't have a picture from this showcase (just the verification form), but here is one from the winter one!