West Springfield High School
Just in time for Christmas 2011, Alexis McEntire held a
community donation drive for the SPCA of Northern Virginia for her Senior Capstone Project at West Springfield High
School. Alexis' efforts raised money and brought us dog and cat toys, cat food and treats, cat litter, collars and
other vital supplies to help us in our rescues. Thankyou from all the animals in our care!
Dog biscuits and Catnip socks
In March 2011, the residents of Arden Courts Alzheimer's Assisted Living facility in Annandale baked some dog biscuits and made some catnip tackle socks for SPCA cats and dogs. The dogs dubbed the biscuits yummy and the cats are too busy playing with the socks to say much of anything but we think they approve too. Thank you very much for making our animals happy.
SPCA benefits from "Girls on the Run"
Over Christmas 2010, we received a nice $300 donation from Sidwell Friends Girls
On The Run team. They included this letter and the following artwork.
Thanks very much for thinking of the animals, girls!
We are the Sidwell Friends Girls on the Run (GOTR) team and we deeply care about our community
and the animals in it. We decided at the beginning of our season that we would create a community
service project where we run for donations from our friends and families. We chose to donate the
proceeds to your organization because we want our animals to live in a better place. We ask that
you put this money to provide good care for all of the animals in your facility. Thankyou for
making a better place for our animals to live in.
SPCA benefits from Cadette Service Award
Girl Scout Troop 3970 from Springfield Virginia has always been passionate about animals. They wanted to make a
difference in animals’ lives for their Silver Award Project. Cadettes are 7th and 8th graders and the Silver Award
is the highest honor a Cadette Girl Scout can earn. During their quest to earn this award they had many requirements
to fulfill before ever beginning their project and it took two full years to complete. One of the requirements was
they had to earn 3 interest project badges that pertained to their project—“Pets” which took them on a field trip to
a veterinary hospital to learn all about veterinary medicine, “Computers In Everyday Life” because they used computers to
get the word out about their project, and “Dog Sledding” where they learned all about Huskies and mushing and even got
to ride on a dog sled.
The troop knew they wanted to earn money for abused animals and donate it to an organization that helps them. They
decided to hold a Fun Fair in the park for younger Girl Scouts and friends and they named their project "Save
The Animals". They planned an entire carnival with games, raffles, clown, cake walk and prizes. The Fun Fair
was a success and all of the kids had a wonderful time. They used their Girl Scout cookie sales money to purchase
all of the supplies and they raised $700.00 to donate to the SPCA of Northern Virginia.
The Girls:
Kaitlyn Campbell, Kelcie Chandler, Kara Hoisiington, Kessarin Horvath, Hannah Listopad, Katie Pozdol
Leader: Billie Chandler