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HEART's mission is to foster compassion and respect for people, animals and the environment by educating youth and teachers in humane education. HEART is dedicated to developing youth into caring and responsible citizens. Our integrated character and humane education curriculum includes lesson plans covering animal welfare, social justice, and environmental protection. Through in-classroom instruction and service learning programs students learn respect, responsibility and empathy toward all living beings and the natural world.Our Programs- Create better students, compassionate citizens and contributors to the greater community- Foster a sense of responsibility for children to act upon their personal beliefs- Cultivate empathy for animals, and as a result, decrease animal abuse in our society- Encourage students to strive for a sustainable society while protecting natural resources and the environment- Offer an effective way to reduce and prevent violence in school and at home