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Ashland students reach out to help pets in need Peace for Pets provides food for animals in need By Joe Zavala for the Mail Tribune MailTribune.com By Joe Zavala for the Mail Tribune Posted Apr. 29, 2015 @ 3:26 pm Updated Apr 29, 2015 at 4:42 PM By Joe Zavala for the Mail Tribune Posted Apr. 29, 2015 @ 3:26 pm Updated Apr 29, 2015 at 4:42 PM » Social News p bs:newslist StartDate="20121121" EndDate="p bs:datecalc Months="3"" DateSort="1" UseObjects="1" ObjectClass="81" Taxonomywords="2325,665" ExactTaxonomyMatch="1" Image="1" Count="4" --> Nicole Hemmerling isn’t one to sit on a good idea. Inspired by her love of animals, particularly those whose owners struggle to provide, Hemmerling decided to start a program aimed at helping dogs and cats receive the food they may sometimes be forced to do without. Two years and approximately 300 pounds of donations later, her program, titled Peace for Pets, is a huge success that would be impressive had it been developed by an adult. But Hemmerling wasn’t an adult when she created Peace for Pets. She was a third-grader at Walker Elementary School in Ashland. Now in fifth grade and only weeks away from moving on to Ashland Middle School, Hemmerling, along with business partner and fellow fifth-grader Amelia O’Skea, is training two Walker third-graders to take over the program so that Peace for Pets can continue to operate in the coming years. “They just get to shadow us pretty much, for now,” Hemmerling said of her protégés, Amaru Connor-Yure and Skye Pokrob. The project’s 2014-15 school year push finished Wednesday, when the donated bags of food were dropped off at the Ashland Emergency Food Bank. Hemmerling, who has also worked as an actor in an Oregon Shakespeare Festival production, and O’Skea got the word out with posters tacked up throughout the school and an announcement during an assembly. On Monday, pet food donations were packed into three boxes across from the main office at Walker. PFP also received a sizable donation from Nature’s Pet Market. “It’s a good haul,” Hemmerling said, pointing to the boxes, which also contained zip-closed bags of food from those unwilling to part with an entire package. Hemmerling says the idea was born from sympathy and directed by her mom, who helped her avoid some early potential pitfalls. “I was thinking a lot about homeless people and their pets,” she said. “My original idea was that I wanted to start a shelter for them, and that was kind of a bad idea and my mom slowed me down, thank goodness.” “Didn’t have the budget,” O’Skea added. “(My mom) started helping me explore pet food," Hemmerling continued, "and we knew we could collect food and give it to the food bank, so that’s how Peace for Pets started.” One of her first steps was to create a website, peaceforpetsonline.org, which includes a “how to help” page and a blog. In a blog written last August, donors are instructed to label baggies so that Peace for Pets knows whether it’s dog food or cat food, regular or gluten free. The name Peace for Pets also came from the mind of Hemmerling, who liked the sound the words made together. “I don’t know,” she said, “I like alliteration. It’s fantastic — and talking about pets, talking about world peace. Peace for Pets kind of works out.” Third-grade teacher Morgan Cottle said Hemmerling simply followed her heart. “She’s always had a passion for animals and treating animals with care and dignity,” he said, “and she saw this gaping need among the homeless for taking care of their pets. At the time a lot of the shelters — and this may still be true — wouldn’t allow a pet in. So she saw this disconnect and decided to fill that need. “(Hemmerling) is an amazing young lady. She’s the kind of young lady that you look 10 years ahead and say, ‘Yes, that’s about right.’ She’s going to have an impact on this world in a positive way. Bright, capable, driven, passionate young lady.” Joe Zavala can be reached at 541-821-0829 or [email protected]. 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