The sixth-grade class of Tallulah Falls School is working to be the change they want to see, and last week, made a valuable delivery to the Habersham County Animal Shelter.
TFS students donated cat and dog food, as well as monetary donations they’d raised, to the shelter on Friday following a discussion about the lives of stray animals.
The community service project of raising food and funds for the animal shelter came from the TFS students’ study of Eric Knight’s book, “Lassie Come-Home.” The project was inspired by a conversation in the book, in which a girl asks an older man what happened to stray animals that go to the pound. TFS English Teacher, Travis Mullis, says that the response the girl gets isn’t one she wants to hear, and asks about adoption.
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“For the second year in a row, that fictional conversation has prompted my students to ask the same question about their communities: what happens to homeless dogs and cats where we live?” Mullis said in a TFS press release. “This year, the classes contributed a significant amount – more than $260 – in addition to food for the shelter animals.”
The students’ donations of both funds and supplies to the shelter helped cats from a recent hoarding case receive the medical care they needed.
“We look forward to Tallulah Falls visiting every year,” says Habersham Animal Care and Control Director Madi Nix. “The students are amazing young adults who are always looking to help. We are so grateful for their dedication to the community.”
