Find out the latest on what's happening at Saving Paws by reading the articles below!
PLEASE HELP! - 9/5/08
 Sneakers, one of the puppies rescued from a sad situation - we nursed he and his 6 brothers back to health from a bacterial infection
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We recently took in 14 puppies
and 3 special needs dogs who need your help!
Your donation is tax deductible and 100% goes to the care of the animals because we are completely volunteer-run.
We need your help so that we can pay our veterinary bills and supplies to care for these pups.
Learn ways you can help here or consider making a donation. 100% of donations go directly to animal care. |
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PLEASE HELP! - 8/20/08
 Kittens brought to us in a cardboard box
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In August alone, over 20 kittens - literally from dumpsters, ditches, wood piles, backyards and even a junkyard - have come to Saving Paws needing significant medical intervention to save their lives - and 2 very nice Labs that need surgery and physical therapy to live out healthy lives.
We are struggling now to meet the most basic needs of food and medications.
Learn ways you can help here or consider making a donation. 100% of donations go directly to animal care.
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THANK YOU AGAIN, All Creatures, for saving lives! - 8/19/08
Thank you to ALL the staff at All Creatures Animal Hospital for being so generous and allowing us to host yet another Adoptathon on Saturday, August 16th! We received applications for 2 dogs, 4 adult cats and 4 kittens as a result of this effort!
AND, All Creatures has now adopted MORE THAN 100 kitties through our on-site hosting program! Thank you so much to all the employees and volunteers who made this happen!
We could not be more delighted to partner with a wonderful veterinary clinic like All Creatures Animal Hospital!
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Thank You to All Creatures Animal Hospital for hosting a successful ADOPT-A-THON! - 7/29/08
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We are thrilled to announce that we had a successful first-ever ADOPT-A-THON at one of our wonderful vet partners, All Creatures Animal Hospital, on Saturday July 29!
We received EIGHT adoption applications for 6 kittens, a cat and a puppy from Saving Paws and the Neenah Animal Shelter. Hooray!
See pictures here
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Thank you PETCO for donating supplies! - 7/28/08
We would like to extend a HUGE thank you to PETCO for donating five large wire dog crates, 10 pet carriers and 20 small litterpans. We could not help the homeless pets that we do without the support of donors like this.
Please tell PETCO "thank you" for helping homeless pets when you shop there!
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Thank You to Vande Hey Brantmeier Auto Sales for hosting a car wash fundraiser for us! - 7/12/08
We had a successful car wash fundraising event that raised $584.88! Thanks to Vande Hey Brantmeier for hosting this wonderful event at their Appleton location, and thanks to everyone who came out to volunteer and support this event.
A special thanks to Jan and Greg Kutsch and her family for organizing this wonderful event!
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Saving Paws has FaceBook and mySpace pages! - 7/8/08
We now have profile pages on www.facebook.com and www.myspace.com! Please check us out and make sure to make us a "friend" - the more friends we have, the more we can spread the word about the homeless pets in our care who need loving new homes!
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Saving Paws Director featured in the Post Crescent! - 7/6/08
Thank you to the Post Crescent newspaper for featuring our very own Director, Michelle McRae, in the Good Neighbors section! Read the article on their Web site here.
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Thank You to everyone who supported us at the Human Race! - 6/19/08
Thanks to all the amazing animal lovers who came out and supported the homeless pets of Saving Paws at the Human Race, a fundraising event put on by the Volunteer Center of East Central Wisconsin and co-sponsored by Thrivent Financial for Lutherans and Kimberly-Clark.
With your help, we raised a total of $8,500! Read more and see photos here. |
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Thank You to PetSmart for donating stainless steel cages! - 5/31/08
Thank you to PetSmart for donating six stainless steel cat cages to Saving Paws! This is a HUGE donation and will make a great difference for the homeless cats and kittens in our care. Thank you PetSmart!
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Thank You to Soccer Heaven for holding a fundraiser for Saving Paws! - 5/10/08
Thanks to Soccer Heaven and the more than 30 vendors who supported this fundraising event!
We were able to show off some of our adorable, adoptable kitties, sell some merchandise, and raise some much-needed supply and monetary donations.
Thank you to the volunteers who helped us set up and staff our booth, including Fred W, Mikki W, Donna M, Emily V, Diane C, Emily A, Juli and Linda J! |
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Thank You to Lori Yaeger for donating a vehicle! - 5/5/08
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Thank you to Lori Yaeger, who has donated a car to Saving Paws!
This will help us with veterinary transports, rescue missions, event trips and much more.
Thanks so much Lori! |
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Thank You to ThedaCare for holding a supply drive for Saving Paws! - 5/2/08
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Thank you to the employees of ThedaCare, who held a supply drive to gather donations for the homeless pets of Saving Paws.
A special thanks to volunteer Nancy Kampo for organizing the drive and dropping off the donations! |
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Thank You to the Fox Valley Cat Clinic for having Saving Paws at their Open House! - 4/22/08
Thank you to one of our wonderful life-saving community partners, the Fox Valley Cat Clinic (www.foxvalleycatclinic.com), for letting us have an informational booth and adoptable kitties at their Open House event!
We recruited new volunteers, received some donations, and got a kitty adopted! Thanks to everyone who came! See pictures from the event here.
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Thank You to the 4-H Hi-Flyers Club for Their Donations! - 4/5/08
Thank you to the 4-H Hi-Flyers Club for coming out to tour our shelter and bringing lots of donations! They had a great time and learned a lot. Read a letter from one of their members and see pictures here.
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Thank You to The Dog Lounge for donating a cargo van to Saving Paws! - 3/27/08
Thank you to The Dog Lounge for donating a used cargo van to us! This much-needed vehicle will provide us the transportation and hauling capacity for community events, fundraising activities, and rescue runs to other shelters to help save more homeless pets' lives!
And thank you to Greg's Detailing Service for donating a detail for our new cargo van!
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Thank you to Greg and Jan Kutsch, who generously donated a detail service on our new cargo van!
Pictured to the left: Greg Kutsch and Michelle McRae, Director of Saving Paws.
Greg's Detailing Service is located at 331 Crestview Ave. in Neenah. Detailing is by appointment only. Phone: 920-727-1623; e-mail: gregsdetailing@new.rr.com. |
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Thank You to Clever K9's for Hosting a Puppy & Dog Meet and Greet Event! - 2/16/08
Thank you to the wonderful and generous staff at Clever K9's in Kaukauna for allowing us to bring our adoptable puppies and dogs to their facility for a "meet and greet" with the public and potential adopters on Saturday, Feb. 16th! Clever K9's also held a raffle for Saving Paws and raised more than $200 to help the homeless pets!
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Thank You to Speakeasy Ultra Lounge for Hosting Our Party for the Paws Valentine's Event! - 2/14/08
We would like to extend a tremendous THANK YOU to Speakeasy Ultra Lounge in downtown Appleton for hosting our Party for the Paws event on Valentine's Day. We raised nearly $1,300 to help the homeless pets in our care. Thank you to everyone who came out and supported us at this wonderful event!
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Thank You to The Dog Lounge for Hosting a Puppy & Dog Meet and Greet Event! - 2/2/08
A huge thank you to The Dog Lounge for hosting our first-ever Puppy & Dog "Meet and Greet" event! The event was a resounding success, raising more than $500 in donations to help us help even more homeless dogs in the future. Read more and see photos here
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Thank You Sarah and Callie for Helping Homeless Pets! - 1/29/08
Appleton resident Sarah B. turned 6 years old, and instead of getting gifts for her birthday party, she asked for donations to Saving Paws! Also, 11-year-old Callie donated her birthday money to Saving Paws! Read more here
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Saving Paws Holiday Miracle Event is a Success! - 12/8/07
THANK YOU to all our supporters and volunteers who came out on Saturday, December 8th for our first Holiday Miracle Event. We raised $15,028.50! WOW! What an amazing success!
Thanks to everyone who donated their time, talents and countless donations to help make this event a success!
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Saving Paws and North Heights Veterinary Clinic Celebrate First "Spay Day!" - 10/21/07
We are excited to celebrate our first-ever Spay Day with North Heights Veterinary Clinic! The generous veterinarians at North Heights spayed and neutered feral cats from our community in order to reduce the feral cat population. Thank you, North Heights, for donating your life-saving services to this event!
Please tell your North Heights veterinarian "thank you" the next time you visit or call! They are located at 1001 West Northland Avenue in Appleton (across from ShopKo) and their phone number is 920-739-7816.
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Appleton Resident Writes Letter to the Editor of the Post Crescent about Saving Paws - 10/14/07
Appleton resident writes a letter about how Saving Paws helped her rescue an adorable stray kitty who she named Twig. We were able to get Twig into foster care safe and sound. And, we are happy to announce that he has now been reunited with his owners!
Read the Post Crescent article online or download it here.
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Saving Paws Meets Nathan Winogard, Leader of the No-Kill Movement in the United States! - 10/4/07
Director Michelle McRae and three volunters met Nathan Winogard, attorney, shelter director, author and no-kill advocate, at a seminar in Madison on 10/4/07. His inspirational talk reinforced our desire and enthusiasm to save homeless pets in our community. Read more and see a photo here.
For more on the no-kill movement - and how it CAN happen, right here in our community - visit the No-Kill Advocacy Center.
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Saving Paws Saves Katrina-Affected Pets! - 8/28/07
We have rescued six cats and three puppies from Animal Rescue New Orleans. They arrived in Wisconsin on the two-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, August 25th.
All rescued Katrina pets are in good health, are up-to-date on shots and are spayed or neutered. One puppy only has three legs because he was hit by a car on the streets of New Orleans, and two of the cats have special needs (FIV positive).
>>View photos and biographies of all available Katrina-affected pets by clicking here.
Animal Rescue New Orleans (ARNO), like all the shelters in the hurricane-affected areas of the south, is still struggling to find adoptive homes for their homeless pets because so many people moved away or can no longer afford pets after the hurricane devastation two years ago, and there are still thousands of homeless pets roaming their streets. Saving Paws Animal Rescue offered to help ARNO by taking in these Katrina-affected pets and caring for them until new adoptive homes can be found.
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Saving Paws Bulb Sale to Help Homeless Pets! - 8/19/07
Purchase beautiful tulip and daffodil bulbs and help the homeless pets in our care! Place your order soon!
Read more and download an order form here!
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Oldest Shelter Resident Finds a Home ! - 6/8/07
Buffy, our oldest shelter resident to date, finds a home! Read more and see pictures here.
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Maggie Moo's Holds Fundraising Event for Saving Paws! - 8/15/07
Maggie Moo's held a fundraiser to help homeless pets on Wednesday, August 15th, from 4-8pm. 10% of proceeds from sales during that time went to help the homeless pets at Saving Paws! In addition, we raised $222 in donations from the kind people who stopped by for some yummy ice cream and met our adoptable kittens. Thank you to Katie, our WIXX celebrity scooper, and to everyone who came to help out and everyone who stopped by to support us!
See pictures and read more here!
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Saving Paws Director & Volunteer Attend "How to Start an Animal Sanctuary" Workshop at Best Friends Animal Sancutary - 5/13/07
Michelle McRae, Director of Saving Paws, and volunteer Emily Anderson, attended a weeklong workshop at Best Friends Animal Society in Kanab, Utah, to learn all about how to ensure the future success and longevity of our organization. Best Friends owns 3,000 acres in rural Utah where they care for thousands of homeless and special needs animals - it was amazing!
This wonderful workshop has inspired us to become the "Best Friends" of Wisconsin someday. With your help, we can do it!
View photos from our trip here!
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Order Saving Paws Items on Cafe Press! - 5/12/07
You can now order T-shirts, sweatshirts, long-sleeved zip-ups, doggie T-shirts, mugs, postcards and more online! $5 from every item ordered goes directly to Saving Paws to help the homeless animals in our care.
Click here to view items for sale with the Saving Paws logo on them!
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Katrina Kitties find their way into Valley hearts - 2/2/07
By Kara Patterson, Post-Crescent staff writer
When Amy and Scott Springstroh went to Saving Paws Animal Rescue Inc. to choose an early Christmas present for their young daughter, they picked Tiger because of his mellow disposition.
Read the entire article here.
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Saving Paws Logo Wins Design Award - 1/22/07
The hard work on the Saving Paws Animal Rescue logo by Julie Berglund pays off for the designer and the rescue. Online Design Firm directory, DesignFirms.org has monthly competitions for logo, web and graphic design. Read about it here.
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Saving Paws Public Service Announcement on WBAY - 1/1/07
An anonymous donor helped Saving Paws Animal Rescue design and produce a PSA that aired on WBAY for two weeks in late January. See the PSA here.
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Saving Paws in the News! - 12/6/06
Michelle McRae and Emily Anderson were interviewed by Olga Halaburda from WFRV to help get the news out about homeless pets. View the interview here.
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Thank You Girl Scout Troop 223! - 11/16/06
The animal-loving girls of Troop 223 helped us help homeless pets by holding a supply drive! Check out photos of the fun here.
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The Great Katrina Rescue! - 11/12/06
We picked up seven Katrina-affected kitties from New Orleans on Sunday, Nov. 12th. Meet them and see when they’ll be available for adoption here.
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Saving Paws is Official! - 11/12/06
Though Michelle McRae has been rescuing animals for years, the newly-formed non-profit rescue Saving Paws is just taking off. Read the press release »
