One Puppy at a Time--Save a Life Pet Rescue

Authors

Andrew C. Nazario, University of Central FloridaFollow
Cam Weeks, University of Central FloridaFollow
Kaitlin Stallings, University of Central FloridaFollow
Ray Estevez, University of Central FloridaFollow
Jesse Cohen, University of Central FloridaFollow

Streaming Media

Files

Course Code

LDR

Course Number

3215

Faculty/Instructor

Haley Winston

Faculty/Instructor Email

Haley.Winston@ucf.edu

About the Author

Andrew Nazario, Cam Weeks, Kaitlin Stallings, Ray Esteves, and Jesse Cohen are all students within UCF's LEAD Scholar's Academy, which exemplifies leadership development through community service.

Special thanks to Anna Yost, President of Save A Life Pet Rescue, Michael Young, the pilot who delivers dogs from out-of-state high-kill pet shelters, the Pet Smart at 1115 Vidinia for allowing Save a Life Pet rescue to host their weekly adoption events at their location, and every other volunteers who dedicate their time to help run the weekly adoption events and house 20,000 dogs since 2006.

Abstract, Summary, or Creative Statement

Our service learning group was focused on tackling the issue of overcrowded animal shelters here in Orlando. Overcrowded animal shelters is a growing problem around the world as animal rescues are on the general decline causing active ones to become over filled with dogs needing to be adopted. We helped by volunteering with Save a Life Pet Rescue. Save a Life pet rescue is a non-profit organization that gets puppies flown in from out of state kill shelters to be adopted in the city to give them a literal second change. Our group helped set up and manage their weekly adoption events to get these puppies adopted. During our time volunteering we learned about the importance of never giving up on these animals and to keep fighting for them to get a better life.

Keywords

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Recommended Citation

Nazario, Andrew C.; Weeks, Cam; Stallings, Kaitlin; Estevez, Ray; and Cohen, Jesse, "One Puppy at a Time--Save a Life Pet Rescue" (2024). High Impact Practices Student Showcase Fall 2024. 1.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/hip-2024fall/1