Fort Wayne's "KIND Club Show" Receives National Award

Fort Wayne Animal Care and Control'€™s “KIND Club Show” has won a Philo T. Farnsworth Award.

The “KIND Club Show” was awarded first place in children'€™s programming. This award is given in recognition of excellence in cable programming. The show'€™s focus is on teaching students a greater sense of responsibility, respect, justice, and compassion toward others by emphasizing the obligations and commitments associated with pet ownership and animal care.

Humane Education Specialist Peggy Bender, along with members of the Humane Education Advisory Council, will accept the award on November 17 in Lansing, Mich.

The “KIND Club Show” airs on Comcast Channel 54 at 2 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays and 7 p.m. Wednesdays. The show can also be seen on City TV Comcast Channel 58 at  noon Fridays and 9 a.m. Saturdays.

Farnsworth is known as the father of modern television. He later established an electronics laboratory in Fort Wayne.