Tales with Tails at the Bob Sargeant & Family Shelby County Animal Shelter and Adoption Center

About the Program

Category: Community and Economic Development (Best in Category)

Year: 2022

In response to COVID and its restrictions on public gatherings, the Bob Sargeant & Family Shelby County Animal Shelter and Adoption Center began an outreach program titled “Tales with Tails”. Promoted to children, a Shelter employee or guest reads a book via Facebook Live from the shelter, and will have an adoptable pet or the shelter mascot featured at the same time. Tales with Tails occurs every Thursday evening at 7 pm creating a regular routine for this story-time opportunity. The program has been a great marketing tool for the Shelter to help adoptable pets find homes and engages children in reading while addressing social isolation of children during COVID. Since its inception in February of 2021, Tales with Tails has created a following of viewers averaging 1500-2000 views each week.