Helen Woodward Animal Center goes global to spread animal welfare marketing tips and humane education
Since being recognized with Special Consultative Status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council, the Center has been given numerous opportunities to showcase the importance of animal welfare in the global policy arena and has managed to connect with other organizations who share similar values. Additionally, the Center has been granted Observer Status to the United Nations Environment Assembly for their contributions to animal welfare work around the world.
In October, Haylee Blake, the Associate Director of Education, and Jacqueline Kelleher, Technology Manager, will be representing the Center’s Humane Education department will be leading a workshop on ‘How Compassion for Animals translates to Compassion for People and the Community’ at the upcoming Global Youth Peace Fest in Chandigarh, India. This annual conference will gather an estimated 250 attendees from Asian and African countries such as Malaysia, Philippines, Sudan, Georgia, Egypt, Jordan and others. As part of this visit, the Center will be introducing concepts from their Humane Education programs and examples of Youth Advocacy that could be inspirational to attendees from around the world. To learn more about the Global Youth Fest, you can check out their website by clicking here! During this trip, the Center will be sharing copies of the ‘Sharing the Earth’ booklet which you can learn more about below.
The Helen Woodward Animal Center team also continues to make a global impact with their innovative One-Day workshops that they offer to animal rescue organizations to help boost their marketing and fundraising efforts for companion pets. In October, the team is traveling to Bucharest, the capitol of Romania, to bring their knowledge to the Southeastern European region of the world. The workshop presenters include: Mike Arms, President and CEO of the Center, Renee Resko, VP of Development at the Center, Jessica Gercke, Director of Public Relations at the Center, and Alexa Munoz-Cortez, Social Media Manager at the Center. Red Panda Romania is the animal rescue organization that is be hosting the Center and they are in charge of inviting attendees from the surrounding region.
The Business of Saving Lives offers brand new ways to look at animal welfare, marketing, social media, fundraising, humane education, and more, and explores how these concepts can breathe life into adoption programs that are outdated and killing millions of domestic animals annually. To become an agent of change for animal welfare, apply for a FREE The Business of Saving Lives workshop in your own town. For more information or to register, visit https://animalcenter.org/ or call 858-756-4117 x 302.
ABOUT HELEN WOODWARD ANIMAL CENTER
HELEN WOODWARD ANIMAL CENTER IS A PRIVATE, NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION WHERE “PEOPLE HELP ANIMALS AND ANIMALS HELP PEOPLE.” FOUNDED IN 1972 IN RANCHO SANTA FE, CALIF., THE CENTER PROVIDES SERVICES FOR MORE THAN 90,000 PEOPLE AND MORE THAN 10,000 ANIMALS ANNUALLY THROUGH ADOPTIONS, EDUCATIONAL AND THERAPEUTIC PROGRAMS BOTH ONSITE AND THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. HELEN WOODWARD ANIMAL CENTER IS ALSO THE CREATOR OF THE INTERNATIONAL HOME 4 THE HOLIDAYS PET ADOPTION DRIVE, THE INTERNATIONAL REMEMBER ME THURSDAY® CAMPAIGN AND THE BUSINESS OF SAVING LIVES WORKSHOPS, TEACHING THE BUSINESS OF SAVING LIVES TO ANIMAL WELFARE LEADERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD. FOR MORE INFORMATION, GO TO: HTTPS://ANIMALCENTER.ORG/
SHARING THE EARTH BOOKLET
In commemoration of our 50th Anniversary, the “Sharing the Earth” booklet, first published in 1982, was recently updated and is designed especially for use in the fifth-grade classroom, in order to meet the need for humane education instructional materials. The booklet contains reproducible materials designed to increase the basic interrelationships between animals and humans by providing for lively activities that can both capture children’s interest and extend their knowledge.
