Mimi Ausland, 12, really loves animals! After visiting a website that donates rice to hungry people, she was inspired to create a similar website to help dogs and cats in animal shelters. When visitors answer a trivia question on Freekibble.com or Freekibblekat.com, they donate 10 pieces of kibble to Mimi's project. Mimi's sites have been a huge hit, and she has been featured in several articles both online and in print. Mimi is passionate about her work collecting food for shelter animals. "I love helping animals because of how they cannot speak for themselves and people have to speak for them. I also love being able to help them get good healthy food and actually delivering the food myself to our local shelter--and I really like making other people aware that they need our help," she says.
Photograph courtesy Kelly Ausland
Mimi's Advice
How can you make a difference? "Do whatever you can do, whether that is starting a website like mine or setting up a lemonade stand. Just help! Each one of us can make a difference and if everyone gets involved we can REALLY make a difference!"
Visit Freekibble.com and Freekibblekat.com.
Check out dog pictures and cat pictures on National Geographic Kids.
Photograph courtesy Kelley Ausland
I have been trying to do the same thing.I guess she got to it before I did.
I think it's great that you're trying to help animals in need, we got our cat from the Dumb Friends' League about ten years ago, that was all I thought I could do to help, but I guess there's more!
Great Job!
awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!! I think I;ve gone on that site it's cool you have to answer questions about the meanings of different words it's sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hi Mimi!! I'm SO glad you are trying to help the hungry animals! My puppy's name is Mimi also. You are an inspiration to me!!!!! I would LOVE to meet you some day. You do an AWESOME job helping the animals in need!
Thats awesome i have rwo dogs one was adbandoned and one from the animal shelter. thier names are matilda and sassafrasjohosafat(sassy for short). I also have a cat that fell off my roof his name is Garfield
It is nice to see people helping animals the way you do. Many people forget that animals need help just like humans need help. It is GREAT what you are doing. I volunteer at an animal shelter, so I am definitely very supportive of you. Animals are one of the greatest creatures on Earth, and they deserve the same equality, kindness, and fairness that humans get.
I have to agree with all of yall
I think the idea is so sweet! Who agrees with me?
it's good that she's helping animals. I feel sorry for every dog&cat that she sees out on the road.
It is a really good idea because you are learning something while helping, too!
bubblegum300 i have to agree with you
we found my cat in front of a post office.My dad keeps complaining about us having to put him in the back of his new car! ;-)
IT IS NOT COOL STICA TO DOG
Wow! once you started this program were you happy that you did and did you feel good that you could help dogs?
agree with you gilly aww how nice...........
*sonicguy22*
omg mimi u r sooooooooo kooooooooool i mean it i wanna be in da rspca when i grow up but u ur way ahead of me !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ps:bubblegum300i soooooo totally agree with u
GO CATS AND DOGS (AND THE JONAS BROTHERS)
I think its wonderful shes doing that I might donate 10 dog treats.
yay they care!!!
If my dog were a a pound im sure she would help him. GO MIMI!!!
you are amazing i wont to start doing what you were brave enouph to do , i wont to be exactly like you i loves animals every singal one of them !!!!!!!!!!!
That is really sweet!