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SEPT/OCT 2022 RECOMMENDED FOR GRADES 3-6
Welcome to a new school year with Kind News! In this month’s Prince William SPCA is celebrating
career feature, we’ll meet a man who combined his love of family 14 years of sponsoring Kind News for
with his passion for pups to design a unique board game. Find out classrooms in Prince William County,
what one girl did for people who had pets but no home, and learn Manassas Park, and Manassas, Virginia.
about one special opossum’s new wheels!
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PAWS Humane Society has sponsored
Kind News subscriptions in NW Illinois
classrooms for more than 10 years becuse
Sir Fig Newton and the they believe Kind News helps students
Science of Persistence understand why treating animals — and
people — with kindness matters.
Written by Sonja Thomas
Recommended for ages 8-12
Twelve-year-old Mira sets out for a summer filled
with shorting circuits in home science experiments,
cheering up her job-hunting dad, and hanging out
with her best buddy: a cat named Sir Fig Newton. Citizens for Animal Protection has been
But when Sir Fig Newton receives a diabetes diagnosis just as her serving pets and the people who love them
parents are at their cash-strapped peak, Mira springs into action. in the Houston area since 1972. Learn more
She’ll need to harness all her creativity, knowledge, and friends to at cap4pets.org.
have a chance at raising the $2,000 needed to keep her beloved
cat. Themes of cat behavior and health, companionship, and Black To learn more about sponsoring
representation in STEM are explored. classrooms with Kind News, email
KindNews@RedRover.org.
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