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Sussex Academy students support animals for service project
Doggone Happy Animal Rescue’s Dawn Mitchell talks with students about rescue dog Cage. Shown are (l-r) Reid Duncan, Brody Snyder, Brynlee Pepper, teacher Nancy Curry, Sam Piper, Rhys Bunting and Mitchell. Students Reagan Morris and Eve Crisci watch from the stage. SUBMITTED PHOTOS
May 21, 2025
Janet Dorman, left, of Grass Roots Rescue accepts a donation from Sussex Academy Dean of Elementary Connie Hendricks.
Sussex Academy students welcome rescue dog Cace from Doggone Happy Animal Rescue.
Sussex Academy Elementary students welcomed several special guests to their assembly April 11, when they presented $180 donations each to representatives of Grass Roots Rescue, Doggone Happy Animal Rescue and Four Paws Animal Hospital.
Dean of Elementary Connie Hendricks said fourth- and fifth-grade students talked with their teachers about what they wanted to do for their service project. “They came to the conclusion they wanted to help animals,” Hendricks said.
Students, who typically wear uniforms, held a paid dress-down day to collect money and publicized a QR code so families could purchase wish-list items for each group.
Dawn Mitchell from Doggone Happy Animal Rescue gave each student a copy of her book, “Rescuing Roman,” and let students meet their rescue dog Cace.
