Kathy Barton’s 4th Grade Class Learns about handicapped Pets and raises money for two carts.

May 1, 2006. Velma Oklahoma.

Kathy Barton and her troupe of 4th graders made headlines last year when they reached out to an injured dachshund in Tennessee and raised enough money to fly her to her new home in Maine and purchase the wheels she needed to walk again. See the Full Story.

This year, she and a new group of 4th graders have done it again, saving two dogs.

For the second year in a row, Kathy’s 4th grade class was learning about handicapped pets; blind dogs, pets with cancer, and animals that need wheelchairs, harnesses, slings, pet diapers, and other handicapped pet equipment. Kathy Barton works closely with HandicappedPets.com, the leading website for products, services, and support for handicapped pets. She is teaching that pets (as well as people) with handicaps can lead happy, healthy lives and are treasured companions.

Soon this class, like last year’s would be planning bake sales, coke floats, and fund raisers to benefit their chosen special pet. Several projects included researching handicapped pets and designing inventions to help animals.

See their Brilliant Inventions

See their Photo Gallery

See Scooter in his new cart

Last year they raised enough money to help Johanna, a dog that had been injured by a gang of teens. They paid to fly the dog to her new home in Maine and purchased a wheelchair for her. This year, the class helped Scooter, a Chihuahua they found on the HandicappedPets.com website that was born without front legs or feet, but is otherwise completely healthy. They also made contributions to several handicapped pets organizations and put together ‘care packages’ for some of the animals pictured in the gallery section of HandicappedPets.com. Soon, they’ll be purchasing another wheelchair for a Handicapped Pomeranian in New York.

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Kathy Barton, along with thousands of teachers and caretakers around the country, work with HandicappedPets.com to create awareness that animals with disabilities can have quality lives and be an important part of a loving, caring family.

Class shows off their postersClass shows off their posters

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