--- title: "Monday Buzz: 100 Years of Kindness to Animals" id: "28310" type: "post" slug: "monday-buzz-100-years-of-kindness-to-animals" published_at: "2015-05-04T19:31:50+00:00" modified_at: "2026-03-16T13:56:14+00:00" url: "https://associationsnow.com/2015/05/04/monday-buzz-100-years-of-kindness-to-animals/" markdown_url: "https://associationsnow.com/2015/05/04/monday-buzz-100-years-of-kindness-to-animals.md" excerpt: "A celebration of humane treatment of animals hits a centennial landmark. Plus: A familiar face in membership joins the podcasting arena." taxonomy_category: - "Advocacy" taxonomy_post_tag: - "Advocacy" - "animal welfare" - "AssociationsNow" - "kindness" - "Meetings" taxonomy_content_format: - "Article" taxonomy_role: - "Association CEO / Executive Director" - "Director" - "Executive Team" - "VP" taxonomy_persona: - "Association Professionals" --- [Home](https://associationsnow.com/) » [Articles](https://associationsnow.com/format/article/) » Monday Buzz: 100 Years of Kindness to Animals One hundred years into its campaign to encourage Americans to be more kind to animals, the [American Humane Association (opens in a new tab)](http://www.americanhumane.org/) (AHA) is showing no signs of slowing down. [Be Kind to Animals Week (opens in a new tab)](http://www.kindness100.org/) ,” which began Sunday, first emerged as a response to the initial carnage of World War I. [During AHA’s 38th annual meeting in 1914 (opens in a new tab)](http://kindness100.org/pdfs/Kindness100-Timeline.pdf) , the organization voted in favor of establishing a “Humane Sunday which shall be devoted to the consideration of humanity to all living creatures.” Humane Sunday has historically been followed by an entire week of animal-welfare advocacy, a tradition that endures to this day. This year the association is placing a particular emphasis on education. “To reach children and adults nationwide, American Humane Association is embarking on a yearlong campaign, starting with a national media tour,” [the association said in a statement (opens in a new tab)](http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/animal-story-of-the-century-be-kind-to-animals-week-turns-100-300076392.html) . “Building a better world for animals starts with teaching our children the value of kindness,” says the website for Be Kind to Animals Week, and AHA has created educational materials for students from preschool through fifth grade to foster the development of a gentler generation. Those interested in AHA’s cause can explore ways to help animals at home and abroad, along with signing [the association’s kindness pledge (opens in a new tab)](http://www.kindness100.org/#pledge) . And social media-savvy advocates can take to their favorite networks and keep tabs on the [#kindness100 hashtag (opens in a new tab)](https://twitter.com/search?q=%23kindness100&src=typd) . ### Report of the Day Feeling short of breath? It may be because you’re living in one of the cities labeled “[Most polluted (opens in a new tab)](http://www.stateoftheair.org/2015/city-rankings/most-polluted-cities.html) ” by the [American Lung Association’s “State of the Air 2015” (opens in a new tab)](http://www.stateoftheair.org/) report. ### Other Good Reads **Membership-management software provider Wild Apricot** is launching a new podcast to spread the best tactics and insights on membership from the association and nonprofit communities, and [you can check out the first three episodes here (opens in a new tab)](http://www.wildapricot.com/blogs/newsblog/2015/05/04/introducing-the-wild-apricot-podcast!) . **Food and dairy associations, take note:** The largest milk processor in the United States is consolidating all of its white-milk brands into a single entity in an effort to kickstart its struggling business, [as reported by the Wall Street Journal (opens in a new tab)](http://www.wsj.com/articles/dean-foods-bets-on-one-national-milk-brand-1430712167) . **Last but not least, May 3-9 is also [Public Service Recognition Week (opens in a new tab)](http://publicservicerecognitionweek.org/) ,** an annual celebration of public servants that was established by the Public Employees Roundtable. For more information on the week’s events, [click here (opens in a new tab)](http://publicservicerecognitionweek.org/events) . (American Humane Association) [Morgan Little](https://associationsnow.com/author/morgan-little/) Morgan Little is a contributor to Associations Now. 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