Cleaning Day

Saturday is cleaning day and extra volunteers are on hand to assist with the task of cleaning all of the sleeping crates. Raymond, an 11th Grade student plans to attend Veterinary School on St Kitts. Adri, Ina and Neda were in full swing and I just had to try and keep up with them as we all cleaned out the crates and dragged then out onto the patio, where each one was scrubbed, rinsed and dried, before being stacked again and lined with fresh newspaper sheets. The pups were out of the way, either at the side or back of the house to give us room to work.
The high schools in Puerto Rico have a community service component to the curriculum and some of the local kids come to ADLA to help out. Some, like Sebastian, who I met, come back during college break to lend a hand whenever they can.