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Furry Tales Story Time

Furry Tales Story Time combines pets, literacy, and fun! Toddlers, preschoolers, and their families explore the exciting world of animals with stories, playtime, crafts, songs, and plenty of time with various pets. Furry Tales travels to different locations around our community and is FREE to attend!

Furry Tales Story Time

Furry Tales Story Time combines pets, literacy, and fun! Toddlers, preschoolers, and their families explore the exciting world of animals with stories, playtime, crafts, songs, and plenty of time with various pets. Furry Tales travels to different locations around our community and is FREE to attend!
A group of young children sit around a small, fluffy dog and pet it.

Junior Animal Advocates: Dec 28 @ 1pm – 4pm

Junior Animal Advocates is for students in grades 2-5. Originally called Half-Day Helpers and Junior Volunteers, our Animal Advocates spend three hours at AWS on select days off from school working with animals and seeing first-hand how they can help.…

Animals in the Arts: Shapes & Forms

This program is for students in grades 2-8. Students will learn that to draw dogs, cats, and other animals, they must first break them down into basic gestures and shapes. In looking at basic body structure and anatomy, students will…

A group of children sit in a circle around a dog who is getting their belly scratched.

Senior Animal Advocates: Dec 29 @ 1 pm – 4 pm

Senior Animal Advocates is for students in grades 6-8. Originally called Half-Day Helpers and Junior Volunteers, our Animal Advocates spend three hours at AWS on select days off from school working with animals and seeing first-hand how they can help.…

Furry Tales Story Time

Furry Tales Story Time combines pets, literacy, and fun! Toddlers, preschoolers, and their families explore the exciting world of animals with stories, playtime, crafts, songs, and plenty of time with various pets. Furry Tales travels to different locations around our community and is FREE to attend!
A woman wearing a Christmas hat holds a rabbit for two children to pet.

Kid’s Holiday Party

Families and kiddos: you're invited to AWS' annual Kid's Holiday Party! Friday, December 22 from 2pm - 4pm. There will be holiday games, stories and, of course, animals! FREE to attend and no registration needed. Just stop on by for some magical holiday happenings!

December After School Club

During Club meetings, students will dive deeper into animal care, do crafts, play games, and generally decompress from the day. Students will also be able to hang out with some of our Youth Programs pets and have a tour of our Adoption Center.
A little girl pets a small dog on the floor in the library.

Furry Tales Story Time

Furry Tales Story Time combines pets, literacy, and fun! Toddlers, preschoolers, and their families explore the exciting world of animals with stories, playtime, crafts, songs, and plenty of time with various pets. Furry Tales travels to different locations around our community and is FREE to attend!
Five puppies sit on stands and face the camera during a training class.

Small Breed Learn & Play – Agility and Obstacles

Small Breed Learn & Play is a series of one-time sessions that build upon the training and obedience skills you learned in our Basic Training class. It is a great way to reinforce good behavior, learn new skills, bond with your dog and have fun.

Puppy Learn & Play- Yuletide Youngsters

Learn & Play for puppies brings together training skills and doggone fun in short weekly sessions. Each session, led by one of our certified professional dog trainers, includes a mix of socialization, obedience training, life skills, play and fun!

Furry Tales Story Time

Furry Tales Story Time combines pets, literacy, and fun! Toddlers, preschoolers, and their families explore the exciting world of animals with stories, playtime, crafts, songs, and plenty of time with various pets. Furry Tales travels to different locations around our community and is FREE to attend!
Five puppies sit on stands and face the camera during a training class.

Small Breed Learn & Play – Scent Work

Small Breed Learn & Play is a series of one-time sessions that build upon the training and obedience skills you learned in our Basic Training class. It is a great way to reinforce good behavior, learn new skills, bond with your dog and have fun.
Close up of a small, shaggy dog with brown eyes.

Puppy Learn & Play – Leash walking

Learn & Play for puppies brings together training skills and doggone fun in short weekly sessions. Each session, led by one of our certified professional dog trainers, includes a mix of socialization, obedience training, life skills, play and fun!
children read to a yellow dog

Rescue Readers

Rescue Readers brings together elementary/middle school students and AWS resident pets for a half hour of literary-based confidence building. Thank you to Kennebunk Savings for sponsoring Rescue Readers for the 2023-2024 school year. With their generosity, this program is free to attend.

Rescue Readers

Rescue Readers brings together elementary/middle school students and AWS resident pets for a half hour of literary-based confidence building. Thank you to Kennebunk Savings for sponsoring Rescue Readers for the 2023-2024 school year. With their generosity, this program is free to attend.

Rescue Readers

Rescue Readers brings together elementary/middle school students and AWS resident pets for a half hour of literary-based confidence building. Thank you to Kennebunk Savings for sponsoring Rescue Readers for the 2023-2024 school year. With their generosity, this program is free to attend.