Recruit your troop to learn about shelters, complete a service activity, and spend time with animals! Through our program, different scout levels may complete the necessary requirements to earn pet/animal-related badges. Badges are not provided by Friends for Animals. Gather your troop and host a service event in honor of Friends for Animals – this can be a donation drive; craft night, making toys and blankets for the shelter animals; or a business endeavor, like a lemonade stand or bake sale. Schedule a time to drop off your donation and take an educational tour of our facility and meet the animals in our care. The staff also want to thank you in person for all your hard work!

To schedule your donation drop off and group tour, please fill out this form.

Craft Cat Comforters
While cats spend time in the shelter, they need soft and warm blankets to help them feel safe and secure. Each adopted cat is sent home with a blanket, so the shelter is always looking for more people to help make some! The ideal size is 18” by 24” and blankets can be knit, crochet, tied or sewn. Download instructions here.

Create Toys and Enrichment Items
While animals spend time in the shelter, they need toys and other enrichment items to keep entertained! Download a full guide of suggestions and instructions here.

Wish List
These are items that we can always use in caring for our shelter guests. Wish list here.

Due to space limitations, group tours are limited to a maximum of 5 scouts and 5 adult chaperones at one time, no exceptions. We understand that might break up your troop, but we simply don’t have room to accommodate more due to construction. We can schedule multiple tours to accommodate all your troop members, if necessary.

Donation drop offs and tours must be scheduled in advance.
Educational tours are an hour long.

You will have the opportunity to be safely hands-on with some of our animals.
For more in-shelter opportunities for youth, please check out our Youth Program and Read to Rover Program.

Daisies:

These scouts are eligible to earn their Considerate & Caring Petal by learning about our furry friends, how to care for them, and how to keep them happy.

Brownies:

These scouts will complete the requirements to earn the Pets Badge. In this program Brownie scouts will learn about animal shelters, animal care, and pet health.

Juniors:

This age group does not have a pet-related badge through Girl Scouts, but is still able to come to the shelter for an educational tour! Junior Scouts will learn about animal care and careers.

Tigers & Wolves: 

Boy scouts of this age group do not have a pet-related badge, but can still come to the shelter for an educational tour! These scouts will learn about animal shelters and basic pet care.

Bears:

This program is designed for Scouts to complete some of the necessary requirements for their Critter Care Adventure. We’ll learn about shelters and required animal care, ways animals can help people, and animal careers.

Webelos:

There is not a scout badge for this age group, but can still come to the shelter for an educational tour. These scouts will learn about animal care and careers.