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posted by: Pamela
| March 15, 2011, 01:57 PM
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Pets in the Classroom is a grants program supporting responsible pet care in grammar school classrooms across the country. Kids benefit from exposure to pets in the classroom in ways that help to shape their lives for years to come. Pets encourage nurturing, help build self esteem, teach responsibility and pets become friends! Our goal is to establish healthy child-pet relationships at an early age by supporting responsible pet care in grammar and middle school classrooms across the country.
The Pet Care Trust is sponsoring this program to help teachers support pets in the classroom through direct, no-hassle grants. You can obtain a grant or coupon for the purchase of new pets, pet environments or pet food and supplies for existing classroom pets.
Pets in the Classroom grants are offered to public school Kindergarten through Sixth grade classes only. These grants are intended to support pets or aquariums in the classroom for the purposes of teaching children to bond with and care for their pets responsibly. The welfare of the small animals involved is of paramount importance. These grants must not be used for the purposes of research or experiments of any kind.
Grants or coupons will be distributed in the amounts of $50, $100 or $150. Grant money may not be spent for overhead, administration or for any other purpose than to purchase new pets, pet environments or pet food and supplies for existing classroom pets. Only one grant per teacher per year is permitted, however, teachers may re-apply for grant money each fall. (Sustaining grants are in the amount of $50.00). The application can be found by clicking here.
Any questions concerning this grant opportunity can be directed to nina@ksgroup.org.
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