Save The Whales

Emily watched a movie this past week during school about a whale who got under the Golden Gate Bridge and wedged into this area. Fortunately, the people were able to get the whale out and swimming back the other direction. She came home on Thursday, excitedly telling me this story.

Since then, she has decided to start a Save the Whales campaign. She made a bunch of posters to put up around the neighborhood with pictures of whales, the story of the whale in the movie, and "SAVE THE WHALES" in bold print. She says she is going to present this idea to her Brownie troop at the next meeting because Brownies are supposed to be helpers.

I told her that we don't live around whales so I wasn't sure how many people here would be interested in saving them. The movie, "Free Willy" came to mind when she was telling me her plans so we watched it this weekend. She loved it!

I'm hoping maybe I can use her love for animals to help some animals that are closer to home. I told her I would contact our local animal shelter about ways that she might be able to volunteer there. She was excited about that, but still has a heart for whales.