Helping hands
Girl Scout Troop 71 from Long Beach showed up at San Pedro's Animal Shelter this afternoon with dozens of hand-painted dog bandannas ("Take me home!"), pet toys, homemade dog biscuits and five rabbit hutches. Bethany Graham, 10, above, carries one of the boxes filled with donations into the shelter.
The fifth-graders, who attend Bethany Lutheran School, then spent several hours cleaning the kennels and doing other chores.
It was all part of the troop's bronze award service project.
"It's lots of fun being with the animals," said Alyssa Migliaro, 10.
Bethany agreed. "I love animals," she said. That's an understatement, by the way. Bethany told me she has a lizard, two snakes, two dogs, two cats, a tortoise, frogs, and geckos.
The shelter is preparing to move to its new, much larger location on June 2, said Capt. Daniel Pantoja. A grand opening ceremony is scheduled for June 21 when Troop 71 will be given special recognition.
About the Bloggers
Daily Breeze reporter Donna Littlejohn has shared her homes with a succession of wonderful, funny, and occasionally difficult canines -- Muffin, Fritz, Ellie, Mercy, Pilgrim and now Cowboy, an Australian shepherd-border collie, and Tess, a border collie. From strong-willed terriers to weirdly obsessed Australian shepherds, they've invaded her world with boundless energy, wet noses, muddy paws and soggy tennis balls. But they've really brought so much more than that -- like laughter and joy, some unexpected life lessons, and more than a few tears along the way.
E-mail Donna at donna.littlejohn@dailybreeze.com.
Josh Grossberg grew up with the usual array of animals: goldfish, dogs, hamsters, parakeets and turtles. He now owns the loudest dog in the South Bay(Video: Rocket the Dog) and is the least popular person on his block. He spends his free time in dog parks, pet shops and always has an extra plastic bag in his pocket just in case. He also has a cat.
E-mail Josh at josh.grossberg@dailybreeze.com.
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