Paws and

People
Nickol Ceballos & Nea Portillo
 Paws and People
Why does this project matter?

This project matters, because we want to show people the

importance of adopting animals who need a better home.

First Steps:
- Research about their assisting Mentor:
page (on the website) Maui Humane
- Contact Maui Humane Society Society
- Set an appointment
Life Experience- Who we are and what we care about

Our names are Nea and Nickol, we are students at Kihei Charter School.

We have created this project to spread awareness around Maui for the

animals looking for a home at the Maui Humane Society. Our life

experience with animals is caring for them since we were little. We both

have grown up with animals. That is why we decided to do our project

about it. We will also care for animals for the rest of our lives, given that

animals are important to us.

Driving QUestion: How can
marketing increase animal
adoption?
Problem: Solution:
The Maui Humane has about 600
Our solution is to create a type of
animals in their care and 145 in
product that helps advertise for
foster homes. Their number of
animals in their facility has increased animals. The product would show
substantially due to the Lahaina the importance of adopting and
Wildfire. making changes to help our
community. After creating our
The 600 animals that are at their product we would hand out/give our
facility need temporary or community our product.
permanent homes because of the
problem of overcrowded kennels. We
have teamed up with the Maui
Humane Society to help them find
homes for their animals, especially
their adult dogs.
 Project Vision and Proposal
What did you want to learn more about?
- The process behind rescuing the animals

- What happens when there are

overcrowded kennels

- When/Why are promotions made

What were your initial goals with the project?

- Increase animals adoption in the future

- Give out more than 5 brochures

- Leave an impression on the community with

our brochure

- Advertise to local people

 Mentors Sarah McCandliss

They helped us with making the The Maui Humane Society Sarah McCandliss help us

brochures available to the public by allowed us to advertise for receive all the information

having them located at their store. their animals and because of we needed from the MHS.

Hawaiian Moons also helped with our them we were able to

goal which was advertising to local revolve our project around

people. them.
 Product Process- Beginning

We went to the Maui Humane Society to ask them what we can do to help them. The person we talked to was nice and

she explained that they need help with advertising for their animals. We were able to see some of the dogs/animals that

need homes which motivated us to help them. Once we finalized our brochure idea, we sent them an email that

composed of questions, our idea, and approval to make a brochure.

Product Process- Beginning
 Product Process- Middle
1. Beginning to sketch an idea for the brochure

- Planning out of the information(reason, why and how to

adopt, newest deals, advertise animals)

2. Revise the brochure plan

- Using new information that was received from the MHS (email).

3. The MHS website

- Using information/pictures from the MHS website

4. Available to the public

- Planning a good location to advertise the MHS animals using our

brochure, Hawaiian Moons(local store).

Link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1t1UPdrFAovlbE3xuBJ3P5vDr_LLXULBzWK8EY-qO9ko/edit?usp=sharing
 Product Process – End

Available to the public:

After finishing our brochure, we

printed 5 out. Later that day,
we went to Hawaiian Moons
and asked the manager if we
can advertise for the MHS
animals by placing the
brochure.

We were able to get their

approval and place our
brochures in the entrance of
Hawaiian Moons.

UPDATE: ⅕ brochures
taken
Our Final Product
Our Final Product
 Project Reflection
How did this project stretch us and
what did we gain our experience?
We learned about the importance of each
part that creates a healthy community by
taking the initiative to impact animals’ lives
and families as well.
Also, we gained experience in contacting
non-profit organizations.
Skills that were challenged and
Strengthened:
Deadlines
- Lack of time to work together
Communication Skills
- Builded on writing skills by
emailing/progress reports
- Reaching out to locals stores in person
Civic literacy and Engagement Skills
- Understanding the needs of our
community and working for towards
that.
- We impacted animals and families
lives(which form of our community).
 Takeaways for the Future

Reaching out to your mentors

- We were afraid to contact the MHS because of
not a clear plan

Using your sources

- Going on the MHS website and contacting Sarah
guided us

Working constantly
- Talking about the plan daily with each
other(different schedules)
 Acknowledgements

MHS: They helped us with giving us all the

information we needed to complete this
project. They paved the way for our project.

Hawaiian Moons: Without HM, we wouldn’t

have been able to give out our brochures to our
community. They helped us with the final part
of this project.
Thank you!
Any Questions?