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Caring Kids Nominations for 2007
A Golden Paw is awarded here to kids that have worked or raised money to help shelter animals. If you wish to nominate an individual or group, email us with your nomination.
Orland Jr. High School
Golden Paws go to all the great kids (& their teachers!) at Orland Jr. High for their donations to TLC. Dennis Carter and VIP Therapy Dog Sully visited the school to thank everyone.
nominated 12/30/07 by Janine Carter
Amanda Kuzminsky
A Golden Paw goes to Amanda for holding a food drive & raising money to help our furry friends.
nominated 12/30/07 by Janine Carter
St. Jude School
Thank you to the children of St. Jude School in New Lenox for their donations to help the animals at TLC. A Golden Paw is awarded to every one of you.
nominated 12/30/07 by Janine Carter
Lockport Hockey Club
The members of the Lockport Hockey Club sold chances to raise money for TLC. Here's your Golden Paw, and thanks!
nominated 12/30/07 by Janine Carter
Andy Kraynak
Next time you see Andy, tell him what a great guy he is! Andy brought in food & supplies for the animals, and they sure appreciate it.
nominated 12/30/07 by Janine Carter
Evangelical Covenant Church
A note from Heidi Morrow, Children's Ministries Director:
"Enclosed please find a donation in the amount of $100.00 from the children (ages 4 through sixth grade) at the Evangelical Covenant Church of Hinsdale. This fall during our Sunday school classes, the kids studied the story of Noah and the Ark and as part of our lesson, we collected offerings and wanted them to go to some of God's creatures in need. JoAnn Willand, who works in our office, was familiar with your business and suggested we send our money to you. We hope this will help you in some small way! Thank you for what you do to bless the animals!"
nominated 12/30/07 by Janine Carter
Homer School District 33C
Lots of Golden Paws go out to all the great kids in Homer School District 33C for thinking about the animals and wanting to help. We are grateful for your donations.
nominated 12/30/07 by Janine Carter
Emily Hutchinson
nominated 12/22/07 by Janine Carter
Butler School 4th Grade
Mrs. Kraynak's fourth grade class deserves a Golden Paw for helping the animals at TLC.
nominated 12/22/07 by Janine Carter
Environmental Club
A golden Paw goes out to the members of The Environmental Club at Reavis High School for their generous donation. Thank you for thinking about the animals during this holiday season.
nominated 12/22/07 by Janine Carter
Girl Scout Troop 845
A golden Paw goes out to the members of Scout Troop 845. The dogs are enjoying the biscuits you donated :)
nominated 12/22/07 by Janine Carter
Nick Van Horn
Thank you Nick, for helping the animals at TLC!
nominated 12/22/07 by Janine Carter
LTHS Interact Club
Members of the Interact Club at Lockport Township High School held a food & supply drive for TLC. We wish to award a BIG Golden Paw to club Sponsors Mrs. Quintanar & Mrs. Lee, CoPresidents Brittany Yunker & Megan Wozniak, and all the club members. Special thanks to Tom Uher, Jay Dave Katie Lindemann, and Jenni Hansen. We appreciate your hard work!nominated 11/23/07 by Janine Carter
St. Dennis School
Stephanie Studer, Sara Napoli and the kids at St. Dennis School are great!! They brought donations from the school G.R.E.A.T. Project to TLC.
nominated 11/14/07 by Janine Carter
Tyller Stoetzel
Thank you Tyller for donating your money to TLC. The animals are very grateful :))
nominated 11/14/07 by Janine Carter
The 6th Grade class at Elwood Elementary School
A big thank you to these students for collecting toys, food & blankets to donate to the animals at TLC.
nominated 10/11/07 by Janine Carter
Katarina & Tiana Samardzija, Kaillyn & Lauren De Angelis
A Golden Paw goes to Katarina Samardzija age 10, Tiana Samardzija age 8, Kaillyn De Angelis age 11 and Lauren De Angelis age 9. They did animal paintings and sold them, raising $125.00 in memory of their dog Rambo and started the R.A.M.B.O. fund to help with the medical needs of animals at TLC.
nominated 8/24/07 by Janine Carter
Sarah Guminski
Sarah donated her graduation money to TLC: $285.00. What a great thing to do, Sarah!
nominated 8/24/07 by Janine Carter
Debbie and Heather Bumber; Jessica, Sara and Katie Baker
These young ladies helped at the TLC Annual Car Wash. They are Girl Scouts Debbie and Heather Bumber, Jessica, Sara and Katie Baker. They really did work hard!
nominated 8/6/07 by Janine Carter
Valerie Esposito, Nikke Gleisner & Andy Avalos
A trio of Golden Paw awards for three great kids! Thank you Valerie, Nikke & Andy for helping all the critters at TLC.
nominated 7/18/07 by Janine Carter
Emma Brown
A Golden Paw award goes to Emma Brown for donating her birthday money to TLC!
nominated 7/9/07 by Janine Carter
Kyle Kenagy
It was Kyle's birthday, and what did he want most of all? He wanted to help the animals! Kyle gave his birthday money to the shelter in the amount of $275.00.
nominated 6/23/07 by Janine Carter
Allison Norvil
Allison (age 14) saved all her spare change to donate to the shelter, which came to $94.00. What a great thing to do:))
nominated 6/15/07 by Janine Carter
Homer Junior High School Students
A great big Golden Paw to Homer Junior High School students for donating $200.00!
nominated 6/15/07 by Janine Carter
Old Quarry Middle School
A Golden Paw is awarded to Old Quarry Middle School in Lemont. The students raised $150.32 to help the animals. The animals thank you for caring.
nominated 6/9/07 by Janine Carter
Rockdale School National Junior Honor Society
A Golden Paw Award goes to honor roll students at Rockdale School National Junior Honor Society for raising $213.08 for the animals. Wow!nominated 6/1/07 by Janine Carter
Lexi Vennetti & Carson Sineni
Lexi & Carson set up a lemonade stand and sold lemonade, chips & cookies to raise money for the animals at TLC. Here they are holding their cash box. A big Golden Paw to each of you, with our thanks!nominated 5/26/07 by Denny Carter
LTHS AFJROTC
Thanks to the members of the Lockport Township High School AFJROTC for the money they raised at the Spring Fling Craft Show. The critters appreciate it!
nominated 5/18/07 by Janine Carter
Brownie Troop 581
nominated 5/18/07 by Janine Carter
Allie & Tian Tasso
A Golden Paw is awarded to these kids for selling lemonade & cookies at the TLC Garage Sale. They raised $78.00 for the animals:)
nominated 5/6/07 by Annie Coleman
The Kids in Deer Chase
These caring kids (Scott, Amanda, Nicole, Brett, Brandon and Ross) raised money for TLC by selling Kool Aide. A Golden Paw is awarded to every one of you, with our thanks.
nominated 5/6/07 by Janine Carter
Joliet Montessori School
A big Golden Paw is awarded to Mrs. Francis' Class at Joliet Montessori School for their donations to TLC. We appreciate your kindness.
nominated 5/6/07 by Janine Carter
Martin Junior High Pets Club
Here's a Golden Paw for the Martin Junior High Pets Club. Club members raised $58.17 for the critters. They also made cards for the animals; what a nice thought!
nominated 5/6/07 by Janine Carter
Luke and Maddy Hedrich
A Golden Paw Award goes out to Luke and Maddy Hedrich. In lieu of birthday gifts they requested money for TLC and donated $250.00!
nominated 4/29/07 by Janine Carter
Troop 84 Brownies
A Golden Paw Award goes out to Troop 84 Brownies from Goodings Grove School for items they donated for the critters at TLC. Thanks:))
nominated 4/20/07 by Janine Carter
Shepherd of the Hill students
A Golden Paw Award goes to these Shepherd of the Hill students (28 4 year olds and 18 3 year olds) under the direction of Mrs. Callahan and staff. The children had a penny collection and raised over $139.00, and they did this in 2 weeks!
nominated 4/20/07 by Janine Carter
Indian Trail School Students
The students at Indian Trail School in Frankfort deserve a Golden Paw for raising $56.00 for the shelter and also for bringing in lots of supplies that we needed.
nominated 3/29/07 by Janine Carter
Girl Scout Troop #278
Girl Scout Troop #278 recently held a
bake sale at the Homer Town
Hall. Each girl was responsible
for baking 10 to 20 items for
the sale. They also had a cake
walk on the hour, a “guess how
many bones” game for a $20
gift card to Jewel, and a “guess
how many jelly beans” contest
for a $20 gift card to
Blockbuster.
The troop raised $501.75,
and troop members Skyler Stevens and Jennifer Meyer presented a
check for that amount to TLC!
nominated 3/10/07 by Janine Carter
Orland Junior High School Students
These great kids raised $57.80 for the animals and brought supplies to the Shelter. They also did a public service announcement in class in regard to adopting shelter pets. We appreciate your efforts to help the animals.
nominated 3/22/07 by Janine Carter
The fourth grade student council at High Point Elementary School
These students, led by teacher Donna
McDonough, decided to sell pawprints
made of construction paper for
25 cents each. The pawprints
were then hung on the classroom
doors throughout the
school. Total funds raised...$650!
nominated 3/16/07 by Janine Carter
Butler School in Lockport
William J. Butler School celebrated its 100th Day of School on Feb. 12. The theme this year was “Hundreds of PENNIES,” since it fell on Lincoln’s birthday. In conjunction with this, the children and staff began collecting pennies, during that week, to benefit TLC Animal Shelter. A check for $560 (that’s 56,000 pennies) was presented to TLC volunteer Kathy Przybyla & VIP dog Pal on Tuesday, February 20, 2007 at the school. A special thank you is due to Harris Bank on 143rd & Bell Rd. in Homer Glen, for counting all those pennies and issuing the check.
nominated 2/24/07 by Janine Carter
Katakyn Gereneir and Cassie Skinner
These friends Katakyn and Cassie each donated $25.00 (allowance money?), and also food and supplies. The animals appreciate your generosity.
nominated 2/17/07 by Janine Carter
Amie Gallagher and Sami Corcran
These two girls went door to door through their neighborhood to collect money for the shelter. Amie and Sami raised $153.41!
nominated 2/11/07 by Janine Carter
Montessori School in Lemont
The children at the Montessori School in Lemont knitted items and then sold them making a grand total of $313.69! Sully went to the school to accept the donation on behalf of all of the other animals at TLC...He did a very good job too!
nominated 2/11/07 by Janine Carter
Girl Scout Troop 81 Homer Glen/Lockport
These girls went door to door collecting items for the animals. A Golden Paw is awarded to Breana Hanue, Sarah Cryer, Julie Mathias, Cristina Garcia, Kelly Shore, Rachel Unger, Tara Shinger, Maddi Kopija, Julia Organ (not in photo), and Jazmine Alciea (not in photo).
nominated 1/28/07 by Janine Carter
Kate and Justin Seery
Kate and Justin have earned a Golden Paw for all the supplies they brought in for the animals. Thanks, kids!
nominated 1/28/07 by Janine Carter
Andrea Klee
A Golden Paw is awarded to Andrea for all the supplies she brought in for the animals. A big doggie kiss for you, Andrea!
nominated 1/28/07 by Janine Carter
Casey Hills
Here is a Golden Paw for Casey, who gave her birthday money and allowance to help the animals. Thanks, Casey!
nominated 1/22/07 by Janine Carter
Amie Gallagher
Amie has earned a Golden Paw for donating all the money she earned for reading books. She received a quarter for every book she read.
nominated 1/22/07 by Janine Carter
Alyssa Lyman, Lexie Burton, Maggie Hrizak & the students at SS Cyril and Methodius School
We have a Golden Paw Award going out to the children at SS Cyril and Methodius School in Lemont. Children paid for dress down days where they did not have to wear their uniforms. This event was coordinated by students Alyssa Lyman and Lexie Burton. We also want to mention that Maggie Hrizak went door to door to raise more money for the effort and ended up with $66.00! In total the monies raised for TLC was $800.00! Thank you ever so much.
nominated 1/15/07 by Janine Carter