Poop Fairy Campaign & Toolkit

In 2018, FoCJC has partnered with the Montgomery County Department of Environmental Protection (MCDEP) to build on their “Poop Fairy” program for a two-month campaign culminating on National Dog Day.  We now offer a Poop Fairy Campaign Toolkit to allow other watershed groups and environmental groups to replicate the entire campaign in their own local area.  The Toolkit includes “Poop Fairy” posters to be placed in animal hospitals, lawn signs, clinic information sheets, county pet waste control program information, a campaign timeline, and sample outreach letters and emails, as well as suggestions for public incentive items, such as “poop bag” dispensers to be given out at public events.  

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For the first activity in this program, we developed a program to engage local veterinary hospitals and animal-related businesses in our watershed in a pet waste management campaign.  We provided to these businesses outreach materials to encourage dog owners to pick up and properly dispose of dog waste when they are out walking their pets, in order to protect the health of their pets and that of the watershed environment.  

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You can learn about the county's pet waste program to install pet waste stations in common areas managed by Homeowners' Associations. You'll also find pet waste facts and tips on how to dispose of the waste.

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Contact us if you're interested in a Toolkit or have any questions or comments.