Now Accepting Applications for the 2024/25 School Year The Mutt-i-grees Global Ambassador Program combines Humane Education with Service-Learning. Students are able to examine the systemic injustices of both humans and animals and collaborate with peers to embrace actions that can change the systems surrounding the abuse or need. Service-learning activities can - Read more
Rescued from a Shelter: My Dog Roberto
Roberto is a Yorkshire terrier with one eye and a paralyzed tail. I don’t know how he got that way. I only know he was found on the street with a terrible eye infection – maybe he was abused? Maybe he was hit by a motorcycle? I do know that when I first saw - Read more
Recent Student Ambassador Updates
The Mutt-i-grees Global Ambassador program encourages students to volunteer to give voice to the voiceless whether they be homeless animals or humans. In collaboration with their peers and community, they raise awareness for injustice creating change through their own actions. Animals aren’t the only ones who benefit: students benefit by being immersed in humane - Read more
Meet the 2023/24 Student Ambassadors
Every year this program engages and recognizes students who want to advocate for shelter animals. They will demonstrate the significance of the human animal bond to cultivate empathy and resiliency. We are inspired by these students who will take action to educate their community on the importance of rescue and what it - Read more
Cats Are Mutt-i-grees, Too
In celebration of our feline friends, this school year our Mutt-i-grees Team has dedicated their efforts to place felines front and center. We are raising awareness of all the wonderful attributes cats have to offer that enrich our lives and the importance of rescue and adoption of cats and kittens. And are shining a - Read more
Partnership with North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center
We are honored to be working with North Shore Child and Family Guidance Center to support youth that are facing challenges in their day-to-day life. Our program is being implemented with elementary school students to high school. We are excited to share with you their latest newsletter that includes a featured article about - Read more
Meet our Ambassadors from Bosnia
The Mutt-i-grees Global Student Ambassadors in Bosnia send me updates throughout the year about their inspirational work to save as many homeless dogs as possible. In Srebrenica the challenges are many for both humans and non-humans. Since the 1995 genocide, reports indicate that the economy has never recovered from the individual to family to - Read more
A Tribute to Shelby: Our First Beloved New York City Mutt-i-grees School Dog
Shelby was the first Mutt-i-grees School Dog in New York City and was the absolute original in so many ways. There is so much to say about the joy she brought and the lessons she taught all of us. To tell it best- let’s go back to the beginning. In 2014 the Mutt-i-grees Team - Read more
Meet Brody: Our Mutt-i-grees School Dog Superstar
Brody is one of those dogs that appears unexpectedly. Like when you’re specifically looking for a lap dog and this ninety-nine-pound German Shepherd, Great Dane, Labrador mix catches your eye with a smile and swing of his tail. With a devil-may-care attitude and a greeting that could knock one down was the first encounter - Read more
Apply to be a 2023/24 Student Ambassador
APPLICATIONS NOW CLOSED for 2023/24. The Mutt-i-grees Global Student Ambassador Program. A service learning, leadership opportunity.