Palos South Environmental Club Students Donate to Area Animal Shelter

Members of the Palos South Middle School Environmental Club recently raised funds to benefit an area charity. Students raised just over $100 that was donated to the Tender Loving Care Animal Shelter in Homer Glen.

To raise donations, Environmental Club members visited homerooms to talk about their goal of helping a local animal shelter and asked for donations of change to help.

Environmental Club Advisor and 6th grade Social Studies Teacher Kathryn McDonough said that the club tackles topics that affect the school and the students’ lives. This year she said students focused on sustainability issues of reducing, reusing, and recycling, as well as animal protection, and water conservation.

“At Palos South, we are lucky to have kids who care so much about the environment and their surroundings,” said Mrs. McDonough.

“These kids are willing to put in time, work, effort, and money to make a difference. And they are!,” she said.

In her letter thanking the Palos South Environmental Club students, Tender Loving Care Shelter coordinator Janine Carter said that their donation helps to provide care for animals waiting to be adopted.

“You make an important difference,” she wrote. “Happy endings are what this is all about. Thank you for helping make them possible.”