A Bonduel coffee shop closed so the staff could help a sanctuary
The Mill in Bonduel shut for a day so its workers, many of them high school students, could volunteer at Happily Ever After animal sanctuary in Green Bay.
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The Mill, a coffee shop in Bonduel, closed Tuesday so the staff could volunteer at Happily Ever After in Green Bay, WBAY reported. Workers learned how the sanctuary helps local animals and spent the day socializing cats and dogs waiting for homes. Many of the employees are high school students who were excused from class to go.
Owners Keith and Nicole Fischer said the shop is pet-friendly and that, without meaning to make it a rule, they keep hiring people who love animals. The Mill has worked with Happily Ever After for several years, including selling the group's shirts in the store.
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The Mill is a pet-friendly coffee shop in Bonduel, Wisconsin. On Tuesday it closed so the people who work there could volunteer instead. Many of them are high school students, and they were excused from class for the day. They went to Happily Ever After, an animal sanctuary in Green Bay. They learned how the group helps animals and spent time with cats and dogs that are waiting for homes. Owners Keith and Nicole Fischer said they keep hiring people who love animals, even though that is not a job requirement. The shop has sold shirts for the sanctuary for several years.
- Why would a shop close for a day if closing means fewer customers?
- What can a volunteer do for a shelter animal besides adopting it?
- How could a school club copy this idea with a local shelter?
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