Cheyenne Ziermann with a small portion of the donations received Photo provided

Over the past several months Campolindo senior Cheyenne Ziermann has been industrious in her efforts to obtain donations for her Girl Scout Gold Award Project, using school email blasts and posting announcements in local publications. Her ongoing project is to help shelter animals and she collected towels and blankets, toys, supplies and other supplies for cats and dogs at the Peninsula Humane Society. She would like to thank the Lamorinda community for all their help with her project:

"The support from people in Lafayette, Orinda and Moraga to help these poor animals was just incredible," Ziermann writes. "Almost every day when I came home from school, bags had been dropped off at my home. The library in Orinda, where I was allowed to set up a drop-off box, called me because the box was overflowing. It wasn't just old towels and blankets, there were leashes, dishes, new toys and even treats from Trader Joe's!

It took my mom and me three full car loads to bring everything to the Humane Society in Burlingame. At our last drop-off, the president of the Humane Society happened to be there and he helped us unload. He was overwhelmed by so much generosity. All donations were very much appreciated." Ziermann ends her letter with a heartfelt acknowledgment to the community: "Thank you for helping shelter animals and for helping with my project."