My daughter turned 4 this month and she’s a HUGE animal lover! Being my youngest of 3, it’s getting harder to come up with unique ideas! I did some poking around and discovered that San Diego’s Humane Society offers a great solution! Close to all of the proceeds from the party goes back into vet care, housing and the ability to offer behaviorial classes to the public. What could be better? 🙂
They give you the choice of choosing 3 service animals to visit your party! My daughter chose a dog, a fancy rat and a guinea pig! The had such a great time learning how to properly pet Jimmy, the 12 year old sweet Beagle. Tinessa the Fancy Rat was a huge hit! And finally, two sweet guinea pigs arrived in a cozy wicker laundry basket and everyone received parsley to feed them and had lots of time to pet them as well.
Annie Peterson, the Director of Education at the facility, is a wonderful host and did such a great job keeping 13 (4) year olds under control. The biggest highlight of the party was the tour Annie took us on to see all the dogs, birds, rats, bunnies and cats who are waiting to be adopted. The sumputuous rooms that the cats and dogs get to live in there are just out of this world. Picture a hollowed out large picture frame on a wall with a cat curled up inside of it- some rooms have fireplaces, hammocks hanging from huge plants…. I’ve never seen a Humane Society quite like this one!
Parties range from $140.00 (1 1/2 hour party) to $190.00 (2 hour party) and they provide balloons and tableclothes. Free invitations are included on their website for you. You bring snacks, drinks and cake yourself. They do arts and crafts and games on top of visiting with the animals and taking the fun tour. My daughter had a blast!
I wanted to spread the word because it’s a great way to help them raise money for their facility and it’s a super fun place to celebrate a birthday of any age for animal lovers!
San Diego Humane Society
5500 Gaines Street
San Diego, CA 92110
619-299-7012
http://www.sdhumane.org/site/PageServer?pagename=prg_Birthdays
Happy Thanksgiving!
619-755-7033
Michelle Nickerson
