Art students at TGS recently turned their skills and creativity to helping a most worthy cause: St. Frances Animal Shelter. Four years ago, St. Frances began sponsoring the Pawliday Card competition. TGS students have entered every year, designing holiday greeting cards to be sold to benefit the animal shelter at local businesses such as the Purr and Pour Cat Café.

The competition was started by Morgan Lowry in 2020 as a way to raise money for the Saint Frances Animal Shelter. All money earned from the sale of the cards goes back to the shelter to pay for supplies and medical treatment for the animals. Extra funding is especially important this year because the shelter is overcrowded.

The Pawliday Card competition has three categories based on age, and TGS swept them all! The winner of the “ten and under” category was Rose (5th grade), the winners of the “11 and 12 year old” category were Ansley, Branton, Willow and Sydney (7th grade), and the winners of the “13 and over category” were Sara (9th grade) and Saylor (11th grade). “The kids did a great job,” Mrs. Patrick said, “I was thrilled that they care so much about animal welfare.”

All the winners were honored on Friday afternoon, October 27, in a ceremony out at St. Frances Animal Shelter. Our winning students received a matted and framed version of their artwork and a $25 gift card for Amazon! Congratulations to all and to Mrs. Patrick!

By Annika