Shepherds Watch 501c3

Building strong foundations and stronger futures.

Shepherds Watch supports youth through mentoring, academic development, practical life skills, community engagement, leadership development, and supervised animal-care education.

As participants grow, Beyond the Classroom creates a separate pathway for young adults age 17 and above to connect with mentorship, internships, sponsorship opportunities, businesses, community-based organizations, education, career exposure, and stability resources.

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Two Connected Pathways

The Classroom and Beyond the Classroom serve different stages.

The Classroom focuses on youth development and hands-on learning. Beyond the Classroom is a separate young-adult transition and opportunity pathway.

The Classroom - Ages 6-16

Tutoring, mentoring, projects, leadership, life skills, community involvement, field experiences, and responsible animal-care education.

Beyond the Classroom - Age 17+

Mentorships, internships, sponsorships, education and career exposure, business/community partnerships, workforce preparation, and stability connections.

Sustainable Community

The long-term goal is to help participants grow into stable adults who can lead, work, build, mentor, and strengthen their communities.

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Community Connection

Opportunity grows through relationships.

Shepherds Watch works to connect participants with people and organizations that can expand access to education, careers, mentoring, community support, and long-term opportunity.

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Our Goals:

  1. To improve social, studying, research, and analytical skills

  2. Promote pet safety, the importance of pet ownership, and animal well        being

  3. Enhance Community Involvement

  4. Encourage healthy life choices     (Holistic Health)

  5. Empower and develop future leaders

  6. Understand pet/canine terminology

  7. Identify dog breeds

  8. Life Skills

Facts: 

  1. Children with pets have higher test scores. 

  2. Pet owners have lower blood pressure. 

  3. Dog owners are more resistant to allergies. 

  4. Children with pets are more empathetic. 

  5. 89.7 million dogs live in the U.S. 1 of 3 households have at least one dog ( 325.7 million people in the U.S.) 

  6. There are over 340 dogs breeds (FCI- Federation Cynologique Internationale) 167 recognized by the AKC 

  7. There are over 1 million dog bites per year 8. 1.5 million dogs and cats are euthanized each year( 670,000 dogs/ 860, 000 cats) 59,700 Veterinarians(65 % female 35% male 93% of all veterinarians are white Only 2% are black 4% Asian the rest Hispanic or other) Pet Industry generates 50 Billion dollars per year