GOSAC

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Give Our Strays A Chance (Acronym GOSAC) is an organisation founded by a West Australian 10 year old boy Dean Morris, for the purpose of raising awareness of animal rescue and raising donations for animal shelters and pounds.

GOSAC has saved many stray animals and raised tens of thousands of dollars in donations.

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Founding

In 2013 Dean Morris rescued his dog "Hooch" from a country pound. Wanting to donate all his savings, Dean made his way to the pound where he encountered the confronting reality of stray animals. Every year over 250,000 cats and dogs are euthanised in Australia, Dean was determined to do something about it. As part of his school project at the Gifted and Talented program, Dean created GOSAC - Give Our Strays A Chance.

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Events

GOSAC Day

A yearly GOSAC event at the Forest Lakes Forum where the community comes together to raise awareness and donations for the strays.

There are stray animals available for adoption and the annual GOSAC DAY raffle. GOSAC Days attract thousands of people from Western Australia, the wide community and media interest.

Kelmscott Show and De Stress Day

GOSAC has been participating in the University of Western Australia's bi-annual De Stress day, where university students have the chance to adopt the strays, donate or volunteer to foster cats and dogs.

The West Australian Kelmscott Show invited GOSAC to take part in their 2017 event. All strays were adopted and hundreds of dollars were donated on the day.

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Success

What started as a school project quickly snowballed into a state wide success story. The community's support grew and with it Dean's ability to save more animals from euthanasia and drastically improve the conditions stray animals were kept at the animal shelters. Within 4 years GOSAC raised tens of thousands of dollars in cash and item donations while saving many stray animals's lives. Following the success of GOSAC, schools around the world are drawing inspiration from the young boy's success, teaching students that even kids can make a difference.