One of our followers on Facebook was nice enough to share this picture with us! This was on her daughter's homework. "When I grow up, I want to be a Pet World Werker." We absolutely melted when we read it! Thanks, Mrs.Cooper, for sharing! It's things like this that make working at Pet World such a special experience.

This is the last week to turn in your Junior Volunteer Applications! If you need to download one so you can get it filled out and return it quickly the link can be found here.

We only have a few spots left for our Spring Break Camp. If you haven't looked at the information about it yet it's a lot of fun! Similar to our Animal and Critter Camps in the summer - just without the field trips - this program teaches kids about all the different animals we have in the store. On Monday we learn about Small Mammals, Tuesday about birds, Wednesday about fish, Thursday about reptiles, then on Friday it's Campers Choice. Kids learn all about these different types of animals, how to take care of them, have lots of hands on experiences with them and then on Friday we can focus on the animals the group has been most interested in. For more information, or to print your registration form, click here.

Year after year we have new and returning campers visiting our store. Pictured on the left are two of our returning summer campers posing with Ande and a bunny. These kids have become expert animal handlers after attending our camps! On the right is another returning camper who, as a special reward for doing well in school, asked to visit Pet World! These kids make the down and dirty parts of this job so worth it!

TwinGirlsThis week in Kids Programs we'll be reading Verdi for Storytime LIVE on Saturday with a couple of snakes for guests then on Sunday we'll be looking at salt water fish for Feature Creature! Both of these programs, as always, are completely free and open to anyone. Click the links for more information.

Planning on having your child's birthday party at Pet World? Make sure you fill out a request form as early as possible because spots book up quickly. This weekend is completely booked for parties!

We love it when families visit the store. Today we had twin, two year old girls come in and they had a blast holding lots of different hamsters. If you've ever seen our summer camp shirts you know we believe in kids getting "peed on, pooped on, and downright dirty!" Our employees are trained to teach children how to become expert animal handlers and we love to teach. Maybe these two little girls will grow up to join our Junior Volunteer Staff!

Speaking of Jr. Volunteers, we're currently accepting JV applications through the month of January. Ande will be making call backs at the end of January and the new volunteer orientation will be on February 15 at noon for those children who received a call that they were accepted into the program. If you know an adventurous, animal loving child between the ages of 11 and 15, this program might be a great fit!

See you soon!