Sunday at CAS

I was at CAS today, on the day I usually go there. I like going on Sundays. Today I did a lot of vegetable cutting...a lot! Then I cleaned and swept out the barn. I also helped lead a horse back into the stall.

That was mostly it for today.

Heat Wave

It was really hot at CAS yesterday. I went there afterschool for a couple of hours. See this picture of the white board and notice what is written abut the rabbits needing ice water.

The first thing I did was drive around in a truck with Zack feeding the ducks, geese, horses and chickens. Then I re-bedded with shavings a horse stall. After that I cleaned out the barn and some of the horse stalls.

All the animals were just trying to stay as cool as possible by finding shade and staying comfortable.

Videos from CAS - CSA and Feeding the Pigs

Catskill Animal Sanctuary does a great job of spreading the good word about their wonderful work helping farm animals. They've got an active Flickr site and they upload videos to YouTube regularly. I'm fond of these two that just came out. The first is the weed garden, I mean the organic veggie garden, where Caleb and his mitzvah crew helped weed a couple of weeks ago. I think CAS is part of a CSA - Community Supported Agriculture.

And this one shows feeding the sweet yet grunty pigs. Who could not love a pig after seeing these big guys eating? They remind me of our cats. Now tell me the difference between a 'pet' and 'food.'

My Youth Group Came to CAS

Today my Jewish Youth Group from Congregation Shir Chadash joined me for a visit to the Catskill Animal Sanctuary. It was really fun! It was more than a visit, really, we did two projects to help out at the sanctuary. We could either paint the outside of the main office or we could help with gardening. We split up, but most people chose painting. I also did painting. It got a little messy partly because we all don't usually paint and also because it has rained so much that the area that we were painting was pretty muddy.

The gardening people pulled out weeds in a raised bed and found some vegetables in the beds. They were getting the beds ready for the summer camp coming soon.

After our work, we all had a picnic lunch under the willow tree. It was nice to be able to show my friends CAS and the animals there.

Monday at CAS

I haven't been to Catskill Animal Sanctuary in a while. I really miss it, but I got to go today after school. I was at CAS for about one and 1/2 hours.

Today I helped out by taking out the recycling, cutting up fruit and vegetables for the feeding the animals and sweeping up. It wasn't a lot but it was fun.

This coming Sunday my youth group from Shir Chadash is going to meet out at CAS and help do a project there. It's going to be nice to show them the animal sanctuary.