West Blvd. schoolkids learn value of volunteering with Animal Charity

BOARDMAN

If Animal Charity ever needs help with fundraising, the agency might do well to seek Ava Valko.

That’s because the West Boulevard Elementary School fourth-grader wrote an essay on the importance of raising money for the organization.

Ava also was one of the top finishers in Wednesday’s first Make a Difference Day at the school on West Boulevard.

The school partnered with Animal Charity for the one-hour gathering, which was aimed at getting youngsters to more deeply appreciate the value of volunteering and assisting in the community, noted Jason Cooke, Animal Charity’s president.

In addition, the activity was to encourage the students to be more insightful, creative and expressive, he noted.

An estimated 55 children in kindergarten through fourth grade engaged in age-appropriate activities that included drawing or coloring their favorite animals or something animal-related, writing on ways to raise funds for a cause that’s important to them and putting together an essay regarding how to raise money for that cause, Cooke said.

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