Students in the extended day program at Straughn Elementary and Straughn Middle School Extended Day Program have partnered with the Andalusia Animal Shelter to bring needed items to the shelter.
“Partnering for Paws is a service learning project that will benefit our local community animals by providing much-needed donated supplies and materials,” said EDP coordinator Joyce Mitchell.
“It is amazing to have involvement from a school locally,” said Christin Ball, director of the AAS. “The teachers and students helping the animals in need is wonderful and we are blessed to have been chosen to receive the goodies donated. Maybe it will help bring exposure to the many great things that we are striving for as well as more animal awareness.”
Ball  said that monetary donations are always needed, but the following items are also in demand:
• Toys that are durable and washable for dogs and cats;
• Leashes for dogs and cats;
• Dog food;
• Clumping cat litter;
• Crates and carriers of all sizes;
• Frontline, Confortis or Advantix for dogs;
• Frontline, Advantage or Revolution for cats;
• Paper towels;
• Heavy duty trash bags;
• Dish detergent;
• Laundry detergent;
• Latex gloves;
• Cotton balls;
• Copy paper;
• Dry erase markers;
• Ink cartridges fro HP 564;
• Paper trays;
• Hanging file folders;
• Three ring binders;
• Folders;
• AA batteries;
• Paper clips;
• Staplers and staples;
• Stamps;
• Memory cards for digital camera;
• Storage units with lids of all sizes;
• Carts with wheels to transport heavy items;
• Heaters and fans;
• Hand sanitizers;
• Lint rollers;
• Step stool;
• Folding canopy/tents;
• Desktop or laptop computer, 2 GHz CPU, 1 GB of ram, 40 GB hard drive, Windows 7;
• Dryer sheets;
• Disinfecting wipes;
• Glade/Febreeze plug ins and refills;
• Legal size envelopes;
• White address labels;
• Post cards.
For more info on the project, call 222-8705 or 427-1311