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Students Build Dog Houses for Low-Income Families

By Melanie 57 Comments

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Kids at the Carlsbad High School in New Mexico are using the trades they’re learning to give back the community.  For the past four years, teacher Ken Burke has been having the students in his Building Trades class make dog houses to give to families who can’t afford their own.

“Last year we built more than 30 doghouses,” Burke said to the Current-Argus. “It’s so hard to get kids involved with the community, and so my ultimate goal with this is to teach my students that it doesn’t take much time to give back the community.”

The dog house-building project is part of the SkillsUSA program, which helps thousands of high school students become skilled, responsible workers.  The idea came when one of Burke’s students had been given a puppy for Christmas one year.  The group decided to make a house for it and a few faculty members’ dogs with leftover materials.

 

 

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Victoria Morse of C-Paws came to Burke to ask if he would consider building more shelters for the community.

“It always amazes me how many dogs are left outside with no shelter in extreme weather conditions,” she said.

The students receive donations and leftover materials to create houses for dogs of all sizes.  C-Paws works with Noah’s Ark Animal Shelter to distribute the shelters to low-income families.

“I just think that it’s good for the community to know what this class is doing,” Morse said. “It teaches the kids that build the dog houses the importance of giving animals shelter, rather than tying the dog to a pole outside without protection from the weather.”

 

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Filed Under: Dog News, Good Samaritan Tagged With: charity, community, dog news, New Mexico, Students

About Melanie

studied English and has a bachelor's degree in psychology, with a focus on animal behavior, neuropsychology, and psychotherapy. She shares two pit bulls (adopted from the SPCA Serving Erie County) with her family, as well as three adopted cats with her husband, Fred. She takes pride in being a grammar enthusiast and advocating for animals, the environment, equal rights, and humanitarianism. She loves camping, cooking, taking photos, listening to psychedelic rock and indie music, and making all sorts of crafty things - from charm bracelets and paper rose bouquets to kitty condos and feral cat houses!

Melanie was sharing this profile with Fred, who is new to the Life With Dogs family, so many stories that were written by Fred from April 2014 - June 2014 will appear under Melanie's name.

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