Goochland Pet Lovers launched the “Teaching Kindness” humane education initiative in 2023 for the purpose of seeking and creating opportunities to support area schools and other youth-focused organizations.
The “Teaching Kindness” program will provide children with opportunities to explore, apply, and adopt virtues such as empathy, kindness, respect, and responsibility toward living beings. Volunteer community leaders as instructors will provide a valuable source of positive role modeling for many while, for others, reaffirming and expanding on the kindness they already practice.
We live in a violent world and so do our children- it is simply not enough to teach kindness every now and again…
Program Initiatives
- To partner with area schools and other organizations in an effort to advance the cause of animal welfare and build positive community relations through “ teaching kindness”
- To establish an ongoing animal welfare curriculum for area schools for the purpose of enriching students by fostering empathy, ethical responsibility, and critical thinking
- To promote animal welfare as a tool to support mental health
- To participate in various school activities as well as community events
- To support vocational education programs for career pursuits in the animal welfare arena
- To institute a scholarship offering to High School Students
Volunteers
Goochland Pet Lovers will solicit volunteers to:
- Assist with school visits to offer periodic presentations
- To develop course-specific lesson plans
- To support planned activities
- To recruit and train new volunteers
- To promote the program
Funding
Funding will be used to provide resources for program support and expansion.
