Over the last 50 years, ARF Hamptons has become synonymous with animal rescue and adoption. In time, ARF’s mission expanded to offer a wide variety of additional programs for the local community, including dog training classes and the Operation Cat TNR program, but did you know ARF offers humane education?
ARF loves working with local schools and community groups to introduce them to our work and teach them about some of the ways they can take action to help shelter animals! Through humane education, ARF hopes to inspire future generations to give back to their communities, improving upon their lives and the lives of others, and of course, consider adoption when looking for a pet.
On February 11, Springs School Diversity Club dedicated a day of service at ARF in honor of last month’s MLK Day. The students began their visit with a tour of ARF’s facilities, where they learned about animal rescue, adoption, and the various programs and services ARF provides.
After the tour, the students got to work on special projects aimed at supporting and promoting ARF’s adoptable shelter animals. This incredible group of creative kids came up with a list of names for future ARF rescues, designed posters to highlight some of ARF’s long-term residents, and made valentines for all of our animals!
A huge thank you to Springs School Diversity Club and their teacher, Ms. Firemark, for their compassion, creativity, enthusiasm, and hard work—it was truly an incredible effort!
“I enjoyed spending time meeting all the animals and playing with them. Something I learned about ARF is that they had a full animal medical facility on the premises. I also found out more about their stray cat program and found that really interesting.” – Saoirse
“What I enjoyed about our ARF field trip was we got to meet the animals and connect with them. Something I learned was they have their own medical place to take care of the animals.” – Sofia
“I loved being able to see and help out the pets at ARF! I never knew ARF was so big! I learned that ARF is not a kill shelter and they have had some pets there for a while.” ?? – Natalia
“It was fantastic! I’m so grateful that we got to see every animal there in the shelter and how we all got the chance to pet them and even cuddle with them. I’m also really honored that we got to see every section of the shelter and even the training center. I had so much fun making the poster of CoCo and I’m sure the others did too. To wrap everything up, I just wanted to say that I had a blast over there with all of the animals and the whole club.” – Astrid
To arrange a visit for your group email info@arfhamptons.org.
Read about their visit in the East Hampton Star.
