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Whether you have an established youth education program or are looking to start one from the ground up, Humane Society Youth (formerly the National Association for Humane and Environmental Education, NAHEE), The Humane Society’s youth education affiliate, can help.
Your Mission: Get Youth Active!
Do you know young people who want to help animals? Looking for resources for leading a youth club? The Mission: Humane program offers projects and fun rewards for kids who make a difference. Mission: Humane gets youth actively involved in animal protection and provides resources for classroom teachers, animal sheltering professionals, and others to guide youth animal protection clubs.
Humane Society Youth Offers New Adopt-a-Classroom Program Grants
Through Humane Society Youth’s Adopt-a-Classroom program, humane agencies can provide elementary school classes with KIND News, an award-winning monthly newspaper featuring articles, activities, and project ideas that teach children to treat animals responsibly and humanely. To make it easier than ever for nonprofit animal protection organizations to jumpstart or revitalize humane education in their communities, Humane Society Youth is now offering grants to match the number of new (not currently enrolled) KIND News subscriptions numbering 51 or more for adopted classrooms for one year. Any registered 501(c) 3 animal protection organization can be considered for a grant, including those already participating in the Adopt-a-Classroom program. For more information or to request an application, e-mail youth@humanesociety.org.
More Materials and Publications
Humane Society Youth offers a resource center with tools you can use to teach humane concepts and inspire children to take action for animals.
Humane Society Youth also offers lesson plans, coloring books, CDs, videos, and other materials covering a range of topics including proper pet care, respect for wildlife, dog bite prevention, and cruelty to animals. Order these materials from the Humane Society Youth online catalog.
Online Resources
KIND News Online features interactive games and projects for children, Spanish translations of KIND News, and more. Humane Teen helps middle- and high-school students become involved in animal protection by providing step-by-step guidelines for starting an animal protection club, project ideas, and in-depth study and activity guides on animal cruelty, issues affecting pets, and other topics of concern to young activists.
Humane Society Youth offers professional development workshops and online certificate courses on such topics as introducing classroom teachers to humane education and working with schools to tie humane lessons into character education programs.
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