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5th Grade Essay Contest

HTAS works with the Columbia Public School District in offering our Happy Tails Animal Sanctuary/Columbia Public Schools 5th Grade Essay Contest each year. We open the contest up to all 5th graders in the area to participate in our essay contest. This year our theme was "What My Pet Means To Me." Our panel of judges, from local businesses, spent several weeks reading over the entries and finally announced the Grand Prize Winner, 1st Runner Up and 2nd Runner Up. Each winner was recognized in their respective school during a presentation of the certificates. The Grand Prize Winner will have his picture and his pets picture placed on our new t-shirts!!

Future Programs

In the future (once we have our permanent facility) we hope to start an intergenerational program for seniors and youth, have a summer camp for kids, work with hospice patients and also youth offenders. It is a fact that youth violence and animal abuse can often lead to adult violence. Only by reaching out to the young people and teaching them about caring, compassion and love through animals, will it help stop the senseless violence and turmoil our youth face today.

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