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February 2015 

What's Your Kind Act?

We’re on a mission to record one million acts of kindness this year, and we need your help!

What’s a kind act? Anything you do to help someone else! Commit to taking your dog on extra walks, pick up trash so animals won’t mistake it for food, tell a friend about the Kids Club so they can speak for animals, too... and the list goes on. Here are just a few more examples:

Reannah

Make a fun activity a kind one, too. Reannah made bracelets, rings and keychains with her sister, Madeline, then sold them to raise money for the Haida Gwaii SPCA. Reannah and Madeline are both looking forward to another kind act: volunteering with SPCA cats in the future.

Million Acts 
Take a stand for kindness. February 25 is Pink Shirt Day. Wear pink to show that you won’t bully others or accept bullying at your school or in your neighbourhood. And when you notice someone is treated unkindly (on any day of the year), don’t join in or ignore it. Choose to actively be kind, instead.

Jake

Help the environment. When someone acts to keep Mother Earth healthy, we all benefit. If you want a kind act that helps the earth while also helping homeless animals, do what Jake does. This animal lover regularly collects cans and bottles to recycle for a refund, reducing garbage while raising funds for the Victoria SPCA.

Sign up for the Million Acts of Kindness campaign at millionacts.ca so you can track your kind acts online and get ideas on new acts to do throughout the year. Get your family or classmates to join you, set a goal to reach together and tally all your acts on the refrigerator or school bulletin board.

Tell us about your kind act (or acts!) along with a photo if you can, and you could be featured in Bark! magazine, e-Kids or online. Email kids@spca.bc.ca (subject line: My Kind Act).

Remember, every single act of kindness, no matter how small it may seem, is another step towards ending cruelty and making the world a better place. You can make a difference!

Kind Cupcakes

National Cupcake Day

Here’s another deliciously kind act you can do: bake cupcakes to save animals!

National Cupcake Day is coming up on February 23. Get in on the fun and open your own Online Bakery, where you can collect donations for the animals in exchange for a sweet, scrumptious cupcake.

When you sign up at nationalcupcakeday.ca we’ll send you a special kit with everything you need. Want to get your school involved? Ask your teacher about hosting a Cupcake Day Party at lunchtime.

Don’t forget to send us a photo of you and your cupcakes and tell us how it went. You could be featured in Bark! magazine, e-Kids or online. Email kids@spca.bc.ca (subject line: My Cupcake Day).

Puppy Love Card

Puppy Love Card

Valentine’s Day is ALL about kindness, and telling each other that we care. It’s something that’s important to do all throughout the year, but it’s still nice to have a special day set aside for celebrating love!

This Valentine’s Day, show your family, friends or even your pets how much you care (and how much you love animals) by making them a handmade and very cute Puppy Love Card.

P.S. Did you know we are hosting Valentine’s-themed youth workshops at some BC SPCA branches this month? Check out spca.bc.ca/workshops for a full listing of what’s happening in February.

Furry Friend of the Month

Ginger

February’s Furry Friend of the Month is Ginger, a one-year-old male guinea pig.

Ginger is staying at the Kelowna SPCA right now, but he’s looking for a more permanent home with a family who will keep him company and just let him be a guinea pig. Want to know more about caring for a guinea pig? Check out our Guinea Pig Care Guide.

Please note: Ginger was available for adoption at the time this article was written, and may have found his forever home since then. Visit the BC SPCA website to discover more furry friends currently looking for homes.

 

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