Kamaikin FFA Students Working To Help Local Pets

Kamaikin High School’s FFA chapter will give back to the Tri-Cities community this weekend.  Students will hold a pet food drive Friday and Saturday, benefiting the local Humane Society to help the shelter prepare for the colder months ahead.

Kamaikin FFA Advisor Denise Senor said they’ll do more than take donations this weekend.

"We’re going to be doing some photo shoots, of animal dressed up.  So, they can bring their pets down, dress them up in costume, and then we’ll take pictures of them.  All of the pictures will be digital.  We’re going to mail the copies of the pictures out, or if they just want them on their cell phone we can do that as well.”

Senor added this is not only a great, and unique way to give back to the community, it also helps the chapter as they look for National Chapter Award designation again.

“Our students are being recognized as a three-star chapter this particular year, at the end of October, so, this community event is in preparation for our National Chapter application for the next year.  So, this is one of our big community service events.”

Students will collect food from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Friday, and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at Ranch & Home on Columbia Center Blvd in Kennewick.

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