Not many things in life go better together than kids and farm animals. so when a teacher in Paradise wanted her kids to get involved in their community, she knew just where to turn. In tonight's Kids In Action, reporter Rick Carhart shows us how students from Hometech Charter School decided to raise money for a local horse rescue sanctuary.
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Donna Kyle has a soft spot in her heart for abused and neglected animals. She provides a home for horses, donkeys, mules, and other animals that have nowhere else to go.
Student Anna Baker says, "I think it's an awesome thing for them to be rescuing all these animals that would have been gone right now."
As a former teacher herself, Donna loves to bring kids to Home At Last to meet the animals.
Student Malea Victor says, "the horses can have a good home and they can live here, and be alive."
But the students at Paradise's Hometech Charter School decided to do more than just visit. They are recycling cans, and with the money they raise they plan to buy a new water tank for the sanctuary.
Teacher Charlotte Taft says, "I know they need donations of any kind because the food bill is pretty astronomical."
With 80 animals and no government funding, Donna says every donation is welcome.
Home At Last Director Donna Kyle says, "knowing that it's a great thing to be of service of something greater than yourself, they can make a difference."
So the kids not only get to learn about the animals...
Donna says, "they really became involved in the animals, loving, petting, learning stories about them."
Student Ellie Iler says, "I think the horses are happy here that they're not getting beaten anymore."
They are also learning how to be good community members.
Charlotte says, "my student council is very excited about it, they diligently recycle cans and count up the money each week to find out how close we are to our goal."
Anna says, "if anybody has a can they just put it in and we collect them every Wednesday at school."
At the end of the day, these kids get the message: that even though they are young, they can have an impact on their world.
Student Kara Victor says, "when I think about horses being killed it makes me happy that I can do something about that."
In Yankee Hill, I'm Rick Carhart for Action News.
If you would like to help the students at Hometech Charter School meet their goal, you can bring your aluminum cans to their campus at 7126 Skyway in Paradise, right next to the Happy Garden Chinese Restaurant.
