Anixter Volunteers Help Socialize PAWS Chicago Animals
With smiling faces, a special group of volunteers report to PAWS Chicago’s Adoption and Humane Center every other Thursday at 9 a.m. sharp. They jump right in and eagerly help with administrative projects while anxiously awaiting the next step. For their time, they get to play with the Center’s resident felines in Kitty City, helping to socialize them so they can become adoptable pets. Socializing animals is a crucial step in the sheltering process, providing positive human exposure to animals who need to gain confidence and trust.
To watch the group of volunteers assembling humane education bags for the PAWS Chicago Community Outreach Program, adoption folders and volunteer packets, one would be hard-pressed to guess what makes them unique. But each of these volunteers is a recipient of services from Chicago’s Anixter Center, and each of these individuals is living with a significant physical, or mental disability—and many have more than one disability.
Through the resources Anixter provides, each of these individuals is given the tools necessary to live life to the fullest. PAWS Chicago’s partnership with Anixter gives them yet another opportunity—to develop their individual skills while working with the animals they love. The group spends the first part of the day working on PAWS Chicago’s special projects.
Once they are finished, the cats and kittens of PAWS Chicago are in for a treat! The group is allowed to spend the rest of their time with cats in Kitty City, brushing them, playing with them and giving them lots of cuddles! It’s often tough to tell who is having more fun as the always enthusiastic group works with the animals by offering a gentle hand and a kind voice to an animal in need of love.
To learn more about Anixter Center’s mission visit their website.
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PAWS Chicago Marathon Team Goes the Distance
Nearly 200 runners dedicated their summer training to the PAWS Chicago Marathon Team, raising over $130,000 for homeless animals.
Team members agreed to collect $600 each, in return for a host of “perks” including motivational CDs, a Pawsta dinner, running shirts, seminars, fun runs with shelter dogs, a training log, and complimentary membership with the Chicago Area Runners’ Association. In addition, team members got V.I.P treatment among the race’s 45,000 runners in the PAWS Chicago charity tent, where they enjoyed food, free massages, private bathrooms and their own gear check. Most importantly, runners ran knowing that the money they raised and the effort they put in would help to save lives and find homes for Chicago’s homeless pets.
As if running the 26.2 miles on the unusually warm October day wasn’t enough, many team members raised well over the required minimum. Congratulations to the PAWS Chicago Marathon Team for their hard work and commitment, and to PAWS making this year’s team effort such a success.
A special thanks to PAWS Chicago’s top fundraisers: Steven Davis, Matt and Anna Bluhm, Rachel Ittner, Allyson Behm and Emily Streit.
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Angels with Tails 2008 Recap
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Power shoppers received a special welcome when they entered the upscale retail stores on Michigan Avenue in June. Over 350 furry faces filled the fronts of 56 stores surrounding the Magnificent Mile as PAWS Chicago hosted its Eleventh Annual Angels with Tails event.
By day’s end it became evident that bringing homeless animals out of shelters and face-to-face with the public opens hearts. Over 140 dogs and cats, from dozens of local rescue groups and shelters cuddled, wagged and purred their way into new and loving homes as PAWS Chicago volunteers counseled prospective adopters, answered questions, and passed out information about the No Kill movement and the plight of homeless pets.
On May 30, 1997, PAWS Chicago held its first Angels with Tails, breaking the silence surrounding the animal overpopulation by taking the No Kill message to the streets and the boutiques along Michigan Avenue and Oak Street. Every year since then, Angels with Tails continues to grow and gain more support, brightening the future for animals in need. First time participants this year included Nine West, Preggers, David Yurman, George Greene, Lester Lampert, Me & Ro and Prada.
PAWS continued the momentum with an August Angels with Tails event on Armitage Avenue in Lincoln Park. Fifty-five retail stores and 27 rescue groups and shelters teamed up for the event, including newcomer South Suburban Humane Society, who brought ten dogs to the event, nine of which were adopted!
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