Third Grade Students Create and Sell Pet Toys to Raise Money for Animals in Need with Marilyn's Voice Rescue

MENTOR, Ohio, Dec. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Marilyn's Voice has teamed up with elementary students in the Cleveland area to raise money for animal rescue while teaching the students a lesson in economics and animal welfare.

The students of Munson Elementary in Chardon, Ohio and Sunview Elementary in Lyndhurst, Ohio have began their production of braided pull and ball toys, cat teasers and pet scarves, as well as human scarves using fleece, tennis balls, chopsticks and yarn.  The third graders, with the help of their parents and peers are learning the trades of bartering and hard work as they strive toward good deeds this holiday season.

The money-raising strategy requires students to request a loan from their banker, the school principal, in order to purchase the materials needed to create their pet toys.  The terms of the loan include using collateral such as shoveling snow. They can also barter with their parents; in order to have them help cut the fleece students can help with more household chores.

Pet toy sales will be held Dec. 11 from 10am-5pm and Dec. 17 from 10am-3pm at local businesses and every day at the schools. Please support these students for all of their hard work, as well as support animals in need this holiday season.

Munson Elementary students:
Dec. 11, from 10am-5pm
Wal-Mart, Chardon, OH

Sunview Elementary students:
Dec. 17 from 10am-3pm:
Wal-Mart, Mayfield Heights, OH
Pet Supplies "Plus," Lyndhurst, OH

All of the profits of this sale will be donated to local animal rescue, Marilyn's Voice, Inc. Marilyn's Voice is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. They primarily rescue dogs from puppy mills but also take in other abused and abandoned dogs. The dogs are immediately treated by a veterinarian and placed into foster homes where they will join a volunteer's family and learn what it is like to be a beloved family dog.  Any funds raised go directly do the dogs' vet bills and care.

Marilyn's Voice's mission is to rescue, rehabilitate and find loving homes for severely neglected and abused dogs from commercial kennels, puppy mills and other unfortunate situations; to eliminate the puppy mill industry in Ohio by raising awareness through education, outreach, protests and other events; to help individuals find responsible ways to acquire dogs as companion animals.

To learn more about Marilyn's Voice please visit, http://www.marilynsvoice.org.

CONTACT: Kristina Biondolillo, Executive Director, Marilyn's Voice, Inc., +1-216-533-6063, [email protected]

SOURCE Marilyn's Voice, Inc.