Four Years in a Row!

 The local 4-H group stopped by on Sunday armed with a variety of donations -- food, treats, toys and cat litter, plus a money jar filled with cash  The Takoma Park group's annual spring drive for WARL started out as a chapter effort in 2012 and has blossomed into full-blown community event.   The members are getting older and taller and their collections are getting, bigger too!   Thanks 4-H friends!

Takoma Park 's 4-H Club's Collection for the Animals Bigger and Better!

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When the Takoma Park 4-H Club visited the League on Sunday, April 6th,  they brought their annual WARL donation.  In fact, they had so much to donate, staff used wheelbarrows to help haul in car-loads of donations.  An article in the Takoma Voice newspaper announced that the group would be collecting for the animals at the Takoma Library on March 22-23.  People gave generously to the drive -- blankets, towels, toys, crates & cash.  In addition the collection, the 4-H members refurbished a number of kids' cast-off stuffed animals so the animals at WARL now have newly stuffed toys, complete with squeakers.  WARL volunteer, and head stuffie maker, Kathy D., gave a couple of the members a crash course on recycling the toys, which means taking off anything that a dog or cat could swallow, like plastic eyes. 
Every year the 4-H members choose community service projects  -- many kids  choose  WARL because of their love for helping animals.  And, a few  4-H families have adopted dogs or cats from the League and many others are regular visitors.  This is the fourth year that WARL has been the recipient of the group's charitable work.  Thank you Takoma Park 4-H!

Can't Have a Cat or Dog at Home? You Can Help the Animals at the League

The little black kitten posing with Natalie, Viviana and Juliet is available for adoption.

And, that's exactly want Natalie, Viviana and Juliet did.   They held a very successful bake sale and told customers that all proceeds raised would benefit the cats and dogs at the Washington Animal Rescue League.  But that's not all.  Natalie and Juliet enlisted the  talents of their grandma, "who can make anything," to design and create AWESOME cat toys.  The crocheted  toys quickly became a cat room favorite.  Plus, WARL cats may be the first ones to have what could be the next big toy in the pet trade -- Grandma's Cat Crunchies (the the crocheted poms are filled with plastic bags to give them that crinkly sound. 
This was the caring trio's second recent  trip to the League.  Scroll down the blog, and look for the 4-H donation highlighted on the right side of the page.  The girls were part of the group that came by in March armed with bundles of donations -- including cat comforters and toys designed by the group, a collection of  towels,  food, treats and cash!   Thanks Natalie, Viviana and Juliet.