Juniors (Ages 8-11 years and Grades 3-6)
Pet Care Badge Activities:
Presentation Name: Add It Up
Program Description: Through discussion, activities, and visits with Animal Center pets, scouts will identify the needs of a pet and calculate the monetary cost of providing all that a pet needs. The owner’s lifelong commitment to a pet will be stressed as will the importance and financial practicality of adopting a pet from a shelter rather than buying one from a breeder or pet store.
Goals: Scouts learn that responsible pet ownership comes with many responsibilities and costs.
Program Objectives:
- Identify what an owner must purchase and do for a pet to meet its needs
- See the cost benefit to adopting a pet rather than buying one
Date & Time: By appointment. Most programs available M-F 10:30am-5pm.
Location: Young-Williams Animal Center
Fee: $25 per group, payable on the day of the program.
Limit: Class size is negotiable. One parent per 10 children must attend.
Presentation Name: Animal Talk
Program Description: Through discussion, activities, and visits with Animal Center pets, scouts will learn how animals communicate through sound and movement. Scouts will also review safety techniques around different types of animals.
Goals: Scouts learn to identify the subtle and often not so subtle messages our pets and other animals give us through their vocalizations, body posturing, and movements.
Program Objectives:
- Learn about the type of work the Animal Center does for people and animals
- Recognize how cats and dogs communicate physically and verbally and how humans communicate with them
- Participate in a discussion of how other animals communicate their feelings and wishes through sounds and movement
Date & Time: By appointment. Most programs available M-F 10:30am-5pm.
Location: Young-Williams Animal Center
Fee: $25 per group, payable on the day of the program.
Limit: Class size is negotiable. One parent per 10 children must attend.
Presentation Name: Facts of Life
Program Description: Through discussion, activities, and visits with Animal Center pets, scouts will learn about pet overpopulation and identify and understand the components of solving this fixable problem: legislation, education, and sterilization. Scouts will also understand how they, as individuals, can help solve this problem.
Goals: Scouts learn about the global problem of pet overpopulation and the answer to solving this very fixable problem: better animal laws, education about pet care, and especially spay and neuter.
Program Objectives:
- Discuss the facts of cat and dog reproduction as it relates to pet overpopulation
- Estimate the number of homeless animals produced by one individual over time
- Understand that this is a fixable problem through legislation, education and sterilization
- Identify ways scouts can help solve this problem
Date & Time: By appointment. Most programs available M-F 10:30am-5pm.
Location: Young-Williams Animal Center
Fee: $25 per group, payable on the day of the program.
Limit: Class size is negotiable. One parent per 10 children must attend.
Presentation Name: To Have or Have Not
Program Description: Through discussion, activities, and visits with Animal Center pets, scouts will be able to distinguish between wild animals and pets. They will understand that there are laws designed to keep wild animals in their native habitat and the reasons for those laws. They will understand that humans are the caretakers for all animals and humans and animals have many common needs.
Goals: Scouts will distinguish between pets and animals that are considered to be wild. They will identify the needs of pets, learn about the needs of the wild animals, and become aware that humans and animals share many needs.
Program Objectives:
- Name and describe animals that are considered wild and why they would not make appropriate pets
- Discuss the needs of pets
- Describe the needs that both humans and animals share
Date & Time: By appointment. Most programs available M-F 10:30am-5pm.
Location: Young-Williams Animal Center
Fee: $25 per group, payable on the day of the program.
Limit: Class size is negotiable. One parent per 10 children must attend.
Juniors Bronze Award
Goals: Junior scouts will work closely with the Animal Center’s outreach director to earn their Bronze Award. If the troop has not visited the Animal Center before, troop leaders are encouraged to schedule a visit and tour of the Animal Center. Scouts will be introduced to animal sheltering, the Animal Center’s role in the community, and the importance of spay and neuter. The outreach director can brainstorm with the scouts to identify projects for their award. Bronze Award projects must be done outside of the Animal Center facility and must follow the Girl Scout Bronze Award guidelines.
Program Objectives:
- Understand the important role of the Animal Center in our community
- Identify a project that would benefit the homeless animals in our area
- Demonstrate leadership skills through a self-paced project
Suggested Programs:
- Donation drives (Towel and blanket, stuffed animals, cardboard box, or other items from the Young-Williams Animal Center’s Wish List).
- Toy making (see Young-Williams Animal Center’s Wish List for ideas)
- Fundraiser (bake sale, can recycling, flea market, etc.)
- Public relations program or campaign about pet overpopulation, pet care, or responsible pet ownership on Community Television of Knoxville Channel 12
- An off-site project of their choosing.
Date & Time: By appointment.
Location: Young-Williams Animal Center
Fee: $25 per scout or $25 per group for groups of three or more.
Limit: Class size is negotiable.
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