1. All ages and/or any kind of a group
   An informational session about the Trempealeau County Humane Society. 
   Approximately 30-45 minutes
   
   

2. Grades Early Childhood-Grade 3
   Friends for Life: Caring for Pets
   Approximately 30-45 minutes

This program is to help students understand that pets depend on people for care and affection.  The goals of this activity is to help students identify different animals, recognize that wild animals are not pets, understand what is a pet, be able to identify different items that can be used in pet care and how they can learn to look after a pet.

3. Grades 3-5
   Friends for Life: The Perfect Pet
   Approximately 30-45 minutes

This program is to help students understand that choosing a pet is a big decision.  The goals of the activity is to have students  list ideas to consider before getting a pet, be able to discriminate between good homes and poor homes for a particular animal, summarize reasons for people to pet matches and to understand that pets are a long term commitment.

4. Grades 3-6
   The Animal Shelter and the Community
   This program could be adapted for Middle and High School
   Approximately 45-60 minutes dependent on the age group

This program is to help students understand what an animal shelter is and how it functions in the community.  The goals of this activity is to help students define the word shelter and what would it look like for different animals and even people by listing the most important components of what is a shelter. They will understand the specific components of the Trempealeau County Humane Society. The group will also discuss how people in our county find out about our shelter.  The group will be divided into smaller groups where their task will be to complete a poster advertising the Trempealeau County Humane Society and those posters will be put up in their school and/or their community.