#Animal Advocate Mini-Camp
#July 19 thru 23, 11 AM - Noon
CALLING ALL TEENS: Join us for an Animal Advocate Mini Camp this summer and explore ways to help all animals lead happy, cruelty-free lives. This 5-day virtual mini-camp for teens will help you make a difference for the animals in your life and in your community. You'll get tools and tips, talk with other teens and even make pet toys to donate to local shelters.
Make a positive impact in the lives of ALL our furry (and even those not-so furry) friends.
Daily topics/themes include:
- Responsible pet ownership
- Protecting animal habitats
- Plant-based diets
- Finding cruelty-free hygiene products
What to Expect:
Monday, July 19
Theme: Understanding a Plant-Based Diet
Featured Book: This is How We Fly by Anna Meriano
Supplies Needed:
- Weekly meal planner
- Pen/pencil blank paper
- Trail Mix supplies (your favorite nuts, seeds, and dried fruits, a small bowl or sandwich bag)
Tuesday, July 20
Theme: Living Cruelty Free
Featured Book: Flawed by Cecelia Ahern
Supplies needed:
- Measuring spoons
- Medium mixing bowl
- Hand mixer
- Spatula
- Small glass or plastic container with lid for storage
- Optional: blank sticker and Sharpie marker for labelling
Ingredients:
- 5 tbsp shea butter
- 3 tbsp coconut oil
- 2 tbsp almond oil
- 1 tsp jojoba oil
Optional: Essential oils for scent.
Recipe suggests:
- 5 drops lavender oil
- 10 drops lemon oil
- 5 drops ylang ylang oil
Wednesday, July 21
Theme: Responsible Pet Ownership
Featured Book: Whippoorwill by Joseph Monninger
Supplies needed:
- Cardboard
- Exacto Knife
- Ruler
- Marker Duct Tape
- Scissors
- Optional: Epoxy
- Optional: Fabric
- Optional: Pink Paint (animal safe, like Tempera or water based paints)
Thursday, July 22
Theme: Protecting Animal Habitats
Featured Book: Tales From the Inner City by Shaun Tan
Supplies needed:
- Empty soup cans
- Rustoleum spray paint
- Paper straws
- Scissors
- Twine
- Newspaper/plastic tablecloth
Friday, July 23
Theme: A Call To Action
Featured Book: The Last Wild Place by Rosa Jordan
Supplies needed:
- 1001 Awesome Animal Facts by Marc Powell (check out the ebook on Hoopla)
- Large craft sticks
- Sharpie markers
- Optional: Washi tape
- An empty cup or jar to store the game sticks
Jeremy Yates
Jeremy Yates (he/they) is a maker, visual storyteller, D&D player and lifelong Disney fan. He is also the newest addition to the Jacksonville Public Library's Marketing Department. When not at work, he enjoys spending time in a galaxy far, far away through Star Wars audiobooks, movies and TV shows. Or you’ll find him binge-watching other fantasy and sci-fi shows, playing Pokémon Go or just spending quality time with his equally-geeky partner Andrew and their extremely food-motivated Border Collie, Watson.
