A Bit About Me and Ernie!!

I know I haven't really shared too much about my self in my blog, other than my love and adoration for animals. Well, in this entry I'll share a bit about what I'm doing in school as well as my future career plans, or shall we say, hopeful future career plans.

Here we go!

I'm currently in school at Kennesaw State University in Kennesaw, GA. I suppose I'm technically a senior, but it seems like I'll never finish!! At KSU I'm studying human services with an emphasis on non-profit administration. I originally chose this major with the intent to learn as much as I can about non-profits and hopefully open my own rescue or another similar non-profit. At times I have wavered between a concentration in non-profit and case management with the idea of possibly getting a masters in social work or even doing child welfare law. I feel as though my major and my decision to stick with non-profit has benefited me greatly! This semester I'm taking a class where I will have the ability to develop my own non-profit based upon needs assessments and evaluations, and I am also taking another class in which I will learn about the involvement of the community.

In one of my courses this semester we have been put in groups and told to choose a non-profit that is important to us that we will use throughout the semester as an example for what we are learning. As a group we were all very open to what it is that we end up doing, I mean, a non-profit that is related to the human service field is only going to do good! After some discussion regarding what our interests are and the population we want to help our group decided to find an organization that works with assistance dogs and people who are in need of them.

So. We ended up finding an organization that just happens to be based out of Georgia calledCanine Assistants. Canine Assistants is a non-profit organization that was founded in 1991. Their mission is to provide service animals for adults and children who have physical disabilities or other special needs. Their website also states that their program has helped individuals to not be seen as disabled. I am so excited about learning more about this organization! Canine service dogs have always been such an interesting thing for me and I think what they're doing is awesome!!

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Critter of the week!!

Please meet Ernie!!!

I found Ernie online at HALO (Helping Animals Live On) Animal Shelter in Arizona. Ernie's a small 1 year old Corgi mix and I think his little legs are just adorable! On their site it says that he likes to play with balls and toys!