Great Job!  Thank you so much!  Please Come Back!

Mary Beth Kennedy

Martha Franks Baptist Retirement Center

I am Rita Henderson, Executive Director for the Laurens County Literacy Council, Laurens, SC.  The Literacy Council is a community based organization which caters to the basic skills and educational needs of adult learners of Laurens County.

Mercedes Curry has come to our adult learners learning lab in the past and has done an educational program for the adult students with her many interesting animals.  The adult students were amazed to see such animals at such a close range.  The students were so excited after the presentation Ms. Curry presented with her animals.  I immediately obligated her to come back soon for another program and hope that she plan a visit to their adult learning lab each year.  The students learned so much about the many different animals.  Some of the students stressed an interest in seeing a varity of animals such as monkeys, owls, etc....

I am looking forward to seeing the many different animals upon Ms. Curry's next visit to the Laurens County Literacy Council's adult education learning lab.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact me at 864-984-0466.

Sincerely,

Rita Henderson

Executive Director

I am Sharon Woolbright, Zoology instructor at Emerald High School.  Mercedes Curry has come to my zoology class in the past and has conducted an educational program with her animals.  My students study different types of animals, their habits, and conservation methods to protect them.  Ms. Curry's educational program correlated with the educational goals of the zoology curriculum.  Ms. Curry stressed proper care of animals and what one should do if they came upon a wild animal.  The information she shared with my students was very informative and educational.  However, the live animals Ms. Curry brings to the classroom makes zoology more meaningful to my students.  By seeing the live animals while Ms. Curry talks about them enables the students to form a connection with the animals which leads to a better appreciation for animals.

We plan on having her come back to speak to us again in the future and would enjoy having raptors added to her program.

Thanks,

Sharon Woolbright, NBCT

Zoology teacher

Emerald High School

I am Jennifer Davie and I teach 1st and 2nd grade Montessori at Waterloo Elementary School.  Mercedes Curry has been to my school several times over the past few years with her animals.  She provided the children with animal experiences that they would otherwise never have the opportunity to experience.  Mrs. Curry was very patient with all of the questions asked by the children, and because of her wealth of knowledge was able to answer their questions completely.

We are looking forwards to her returning to our school for future presentations.  I understand she is pushing having hawks and owls included in her program and I hope to see them added.  They would be wonderful additions to her program.

Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

Jennifer Davis

The variety of animals was great. My students loved seeing animals they've never seen "in real life". All of their questions were answered and they learned lots of interesting information about wildlife and living together with it.

Thanks so much for coming. Again, the students really enjoyed it.

Jessica Moore

Biology Class

Laurens High School

I wanted to take a moment to thank you for coming to our Rotary Club here in Laurens to present your program, PAWS, Inc, and what it does for our community.

I must say I noticed some different looks when we helped you in with the crates before you spoke, but I can tell you everyone REALLY enjoyed it!!  I still have people coming up to me a month or so after the program was presented telling me how much they enjoyed it and that they are glad you are a party of this community and made us aware of the animals around us and their needs.  

You have a great gift with animals and it shows.  I think it is wonderful how  you give so unselfishly of yourself to animals in need and how you use them to educate us, the public, about the different types of animals, their habits and needs.

I would very much recommend your program to anyone in the area.  I think it is a topic that needs to be highlighted not only in our community, but in the Upstate too!

Sincerely,

Angela Marlett, LTCP

State Farm

Thank you so much for your efforts to try and save "the gray fox".

We wish there were more people like you that would help to save the wild animals.

Thanks,

David & Terry Oakley