Students from the Dogs in Art class encourage others not only to attend Tails from the Crypt but to consider volunteering at CHS as well. This event, on the contrary, is centered around positivity.” “TV commercials with massive, saddening statistics and clips of miserable animals often only depress their viewer. “Fundraisers like these are important in a university setting because they promote action over inaction,” Kaplan said. According to the employees, their goal is to give the animal shelter a cheerful tone to encourage adoption. “But this event is going to create a lasting impact, one that will hopefully increase the facility’s adoptions and donations for decades to come.”ĬHS is a nonprofit organization run entirely by donations and grants. “The money generated by most fundraisers would be directly donated to the shelter,” Kaplan said. Over a virtual interview, Kaplan explained how this event is different from other fundraising activities on campus. Radeyah Kaplan, an art history student, is ensuring the event is properly advertised. They’re focused on creating a good environment for those animals and getting them into loving homes.” “But the shelter itself is a very happy place, and they’re a no-kill shelter.
“It looks like a puppy prison,” Peterson said. The Dogs in Art students said it is important to make the outside of CHS look more appealing to increase adoption rates and help those working there.
“Even though it’s a priority for them, it is not as much of a priority as dealing with sick and injured animals.” “It’s very clear that they just don’t have time, given what they’re doing,” said Gelfand. With hundreds of animals to care for, CHS does not have the time or resources to change the building’s appearance. “For political science, something that’s very important is realizing how much better you can understand the culture and community by serving them, and by really getting your hands dirty and making differences that you can see,” Peterson said. She said planning fundraisers like these are important to her college education because it relates to her future plans. “Because I have students in the classes who are so supportive of the idea, it’s allowed me to think about it bigger.”Īshley Peterson, a student majoring in political science, is helping to organize the event and manage volunteer assignments. “When I initially thought about it, I sort of had something pretty small in mind,” Gelfand said. Gelfand incorporated the fundraiser into her classroom curriculum because she said it gives her students real world experience with social media marketing and nonprofit businesses. A mock-up example of the piece will be presented for the first time during the event.
The event will include a silent auction, a costume contest, a live DJ with dancing and a miniatureparade performed by a local group of women from the annual Witches Dance in Logan.Ĭhuck Landvatter, a USU alumni from the Department of Art & Design, will paint the mural. Gelfand will be wearing a Cruella de Vil costume to the auction, and student volunteers will dress up as her dalmatians. The second is that some of the funds will go towards student scholarships.” “The first is to get a mural on their building so that we can help them shed the stigma of being a doggy jail. Laura Gelfand, professor of art history and instructor of the Dogs in Art class, had the idea for Tails from the Crypt when she noticed how overworked the employees of CHS are. Admission is free, but the Dogs in Art students encourage donations. The fundraiser - themed as the Disney film “101 Dalmatians” - will take place at Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art on Oct. In an effort to increase the curb appeal of the shelter, students from the class are hosting “Tails from the Crypt,” a pet-themed Halloween fundraiser for the Cache Humane Society. “Cruella de Vil, Cruella de Vil/ If she doesn’t scare you, no evil thing will” - except for the exterior of Cache Humane Society’s main headquarters, which, according to Utah State University students in the Dogs in Art class, looks like a “doggy jail.”
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