ANIMAL WELLNESS PBL
What is Animal Wellness?
Animal Wellness is in its fourth year as a Project Based Learning group offered to the secondary students of ISS.   The most meaningful tasks we do is going out into the community and volunteering weekly at local animal organizations.  This is when the students gain experience working directly with animals, identifying their needs, while enhancing the quality of life to local strays.  Animal Wellness truly is a voice for the vulnerable.  

Animal WEllness Goals and ongoing projects

  • Identify needs of local animals and local wellness associations​
  • Plan school wide fundraisers to help meet the needs of the local animal wellness associations
  • Identify problems that exist in the area for animals and learn about these problems
  • Educate and raise money for local Spay and Neuter clinics
  • Help local organizations with the adoptions process for local animals

Who should join animal wellness?

Animal Wellness is looking for ISS students that are:
  • passionate and empathetic about animals.
  • identify themselves as problem solvers and team players.
  • not afraid to interact with live animals and get dirty!
  • excited to volunteer off campus, out in the community and can stay until 3:30 every Friday to accomplish this.

Animal wellness acomplishments

  • Designed group team t-shirts for off campus volunteer work.
  • Exceeded fundraising goals
  • Donated money to local organizations and spay and neuter clinics
  • Painted a beautiful mural for a local animal shelter
  • Helped stray dogs find their forever homes
  • Helped DCDR sell tickets for Woofstock and volunteered at the event.
  • Visited Judy’s Pet Lodge weekly