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P.A.W.S. of Michigan(Precious Animal Welfare Society of Michigan)

Winter, 2010 Newsletter

il: info@pawsofmichigan.com P. O. Box 2184 - Riverview, MI 48193 www.pawsofmichigan.com

0 Board of Directors Electedngratulations to our 2010 Board of Directors:

Board OfficersPresident – Kris Jordan

Vice Pres. – Chrissy RomanoSecretary – Karin Pigott

Treasurer – Angel Parsons

Directors-at-LargeVelda BohlerValerie KothsTerra Muscat

applaud these members for their willingness tove on our Board of Directors and congratulatenewly elected or re-elected members on their

-year terms.

ecial thanks to our outgoing Board members,n Beard (Secretary, 2008-2009) and Eve Howellce President 2008, Director-at-Large 2009) forir two years of service as Board members. Wereciate all of your time, energy and hard working your terms! A big thank you is in order, asll, to Karin Pigott for her two years of service asasurer. The Treasurer position is arguably onethe most difficult positions in the organization,uiring a huge amount of time and attention toails. Karin did an amazing job with our books,we’re all very grateful to her.

unding Member Diesraine Mlostek, one of the founding members of.W.S. of Michigan (PAWS), passed away after arageous battle fighting cancer.

raine was a very good friend to all. One of hert friends from PAWS was diagnosed with breastcer, and Lorraine was the first person she

led. Lorraine was her “rock” and support.ortly, thereafter Lorraine was diagnosed withr cancer, so they began their brave fightether. They would discuss treatments, diets andlings.” They lost their hair together and cried

ether. They managed to do all of this whiletinuing to do something they both loved, which

s volunteering for PAWS.

raine was the “sign maker” for events and sheated the cage cards for our adoptable pets.til the Spring of 2009, she handled all of theordkeeping duties of PAWS, along with beautifulsonalized thank you notes to people whotributed to the organization. In addition, she

also managed the membership roster for the group.Lorraine kept herself very busy and donated notonly her time, but also necessary donated thesupplies, stamps, paper, and any other items thatwere necessary to perform her duties to the cause.

Lorraine was very dedicated to helping animals.Not many people know that her originalinvolvement in animal rescue was fostering kittens.Years later, she would keep in touch with theadopters of those kittens and always made time toanswer questions regarding cats and kittens andrescue work in general. Often she got phone callsfrom people who had been given her number toanswer rescue questions. If she didn’t know theanswer, she would manage to find someone whodid. She was always willing to go the extra mile!

Through her rescue work Lorraine developed aloyal camaraderie of friends. Not “just friends” butreally good friends. She made the effort to take aninterest in people’s lives. She truly cared and wasalways ready to step in and help out – no matterwhat the need. She was a mentor to many whowere both in the group or not part of the PAWS atall. While Lorraine was feeling her worst, shewould continue to visit a friend’s mom who wasvery sick and in a nursing home. She and wouldbring her little treats that she knew the individualliked.

Lorraine had a true volunteer spirit. She regularlycame to evening adoptions at the Petsmartlocations and participated in many PAWS events.

Donations made in her honor to PAWS are beingcontributed to the SNAP Fund which assists ingetting more pets and feral cats sterilized in orderto help reduce the homeless pet population. Thiswas a cause that Lorraine truly believed in andsupported.

Lorraine is survived by her three sons, numerousgrandchildren and great grandchildren.

PAWS will miss you,Dear Friend!

P.A.W.S. of Michigan – Winter, 2010 Newsletter Page 2

2009 By The Numbers2009 was another wonderful year as PAWS helpedmany animals in so many ways. Our foster familiesfound permanent, loving homes for 260 animals(208 cats and 52 dogs). Through our Spay/NeuterAssistance Program (SNAP) we paid for, orsubsidized, the cost of getting 280 “owned” and 74feral cats sterilized. Additionally, our pet food bankprogram collected and distributed 1,293 pounds ofdry food and 284 cans of food for dogs and 1,365pounds of dry food and 102 cans of food for cats tohungry animals. This program just began in Juneof 2009! THANK YOU to all of our volunteers,donors, and adopters who helped make 2009 sucha success for PAWS.

2009 Year-End Financial Report2009 IncomeAdoption fees $ 21,896Membership fees 1,998Donations & fundraisers* 46,969Grants 15,527Product sales (less cost of goods sold) 3,956SNAP Fund (donations & payments) 19,774Special events (charitable gaming) 16,924Miscellaneous income 1,550

Total income $ 128,594Includes $25,769.36 in the spay/neuter clinic fund

2009 ExpensesOperating expenses & capital purchases $ 8,536Fundraising and adoption expenses 6,449Insurance 998Special events expenses 7,529SNAP Fund expenditures 17,869PetSmart Grant expenditures 1,737Veterinarian expenses 45,396Foster & adoption related expenses 2,715Miscellaneous expenses 705

Total expenses $ 91,934

We Love A Parade!On November 21, 2009, PAWS volunteers bundledup and braved the winter cold once again to walk inthe Wyandotte Christmas Parade. Volunteers anddogs alike had a wonderful time making their waydown Biddle Avenue while waving and passing outcandy to the crowd along the street. Our mascot,“Fluffy” the dog, and all of his other four-leggedfurry friends were a big hit. This is the third yearthat PAWS has participated in the parade, and wecan’t wait until next year!

Love Me Because . . .Immediately following the Wyandotte Christmasparade, PAWS hosted an adoption event in thebasement of the Wyandotte City Hall. This specialevent, “Love Me Because . . .” was designed withthe hope of getting some attention for harder-to-adopt foster and Wyandotte Animal Shelteranimals. Our good friends at Shelter to Home andPug Lug Kingdom rescues joined us in displayingtheir own beautiful animals.

The event was a lot of fun, and we were able to dosome fundraising for the PAWS spay/neuter clinicand pet food bank by having a raffle, snack table(complete with baked goods, coffee & hotchocolate) and our donation jars.

The raffle items were donated by local businesses,and volunteers of PAWS and Pug Lady Kingdom.Many thanks to those who donated or helped withthe raffle. Two Wyandotte Animal Shelter animalswere lucky enough to get adopted at the event,which is proof that adoption events work!

Thanks to all the dedicated volunteers of PAWS,Wyandotte Animal Control, Shelter to Home, andPug Lady Kingdom for helping to make our eventsuccessful and memorable. Countless hours wereput into this event, and the “Love Me Because”chairperson, Terra Muscat, continues to puttogether other events and wishes to thank themany volunteers who helped before, during andafter this event.

“Cat Got Your Tongue?”Tell Us What You ThinkSend us an e-mail of what you think about ourmembers, volunteers, fosters, events, thenewsletter and anything else we are doing. Youcould also add your own ideas for future events orthoughts you have to improve our group. Yourview is important to us! You may just see yourthoughts in print in a future newsletter.

”Just, sayin’!”

Fluffy with someof his furry and

not-so-furryfriends!

PAWS memberslining the avenue

with their four-legged friends!

Some of our beautiful volunteersand their furry friends!

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Random Act Of KindnessAn Angel Named BarbaraIn August the PAWS food bank received amessage from a lady named, Barbara, who wantedto donate food. PAWS volunteer, Lana Golden,arranged to meet with her. Barbara asked Lana topick out what she needed up to $100, and Barbarapaid for it. This ritual has been repeated at least ahalf a dozen times since August, with the tab oftenapproaching closer to $150. The only informationthat we have about this wonderful, giving person isthat her name is Barbara.

According to Lana, “Barbara told me at the very firstmeeting that she did not want to give her name oraddress because she just wanted to buy the foodfor the animals. She calls monthly or sooner and isone of the most giving people I have ever met. Shealso brings a large box of “people” food for me totake when I drop off the pet food to the FoodPantry. She did say that she supports homelessveterans with food boxes and donates to anotheranimal group. She does not want any credit foranything. She says it is not important how muchmoney a person has, but what a person does withthe money that is important, and that we were puthere to do good for one another. She’s a veryinspiring lady. I always go away feeling veryblessed after being around her.”

Barbara, thank you for all you’ve done to helpPAWS help animals in need, and for being such aninspiration with your selfless caring. You make theworld a better place with all you do.

Global RecognitionCongratulations to Terri Fitzpatrick, who is a recentrecipient of the Marathon Oil Corporation GlobalVolunteer Award. Terri, has worked at Marathonfor almost eight years as an Advanced TerminalAssistant and was recognized by Marathon for herhard work as a PAWS volunteer, especially in herposition as our Membership Coordinator. Theaward, which was only one of 31 awardedworldwide by Marathon this year, comes with$1,000 for the recipient’s charity of choice. Terridesignated this award for our spay/neuter clinicfund, which helped in getting us significantly closerto opening the doors for our clinic. Thank you forall of your hard work, Terri, and for earning thiswonderful contribution to our clinic!

She Had A Dream . . . Now It’s A Reality!Amanda Lafferty, a PAWS volunteer, graduatedfrom Michigan State University with a Bachelor’sdegree in Zoology. Her dream has always been towork with big cats. Since she was unable to obtaina career of working with her big kitties immediatelyupon graduation due to the economy, she decidedto volunteer with PAWS in order to stay close to theanimals. Some of her first volunteer jobs were toclean cages and feed and water the shelter animalsat the Wyandotte Animal Shelter. She soondiscovered that the shelter animals were indesperate need of human attention, and she woulddo all she could to provide that to them.

Amanda also realizes the necessity of having catsand dogs spayed and neutered so that the problemof overpopulation can be diminished. She alsoassisted in applying for grants to open the new low-cost spay and neuter clinic and said she looksforward to the time of completion when the clinicwill be a reality and knows the benefits of the clinicwill bring so much to Downriver. Amanda statedthat her participation as a volunteer, along with theexperiences she received, were very beneficial andwill aid her for the rest of her life.

Volunteering with PAWS has already helped makeher dream a reality. She is now an exotic cat internat Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge in Arkansas.This is a non-profit organization that rescuesabused and abandoned big cats. She works withtigers, lions, leopards, cougars, bears and smallercat species. She happily works six days a week,she has found her responsibilities are very similarto what she experienced as a volunteer at theWyandotte Animal Shelter – but on a muchLARGER scale!

Some of her additional responsibilities includeanimal husbandry, behavioral observations,recordkeeping, giving daily tours, landscaping,building new habitats and performing upkeep onthem, as well as sorting and preparing meat forfeeding. Each day a meeting is held where thecaretakers report something unique that made theirday better. That usually includes somethingadorable that one of the cats may have done.Working here has been a life-changing experienceand being around big cats every day and knowingthat she makes a difference in their life is part whathas helped fulfill her dream. Amanda said shefeels so very fortunate to have received thisopportunity, and she is glad that PAWS played apart in that journey. To learn more about TCWR orto assist with their leopard habitat, go to theirwebsite at: turpentinecreek.org.

Amanda with one of herBIG furry friends!

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Spay/Neuter Assistance AvailablePAWS still has plenty of grant money availablefrom our PetSmart Charities® low-incomespay/neuter grant. This money allows us to offerextremely low prices for spaying and neutering tothose who qualify. Through this program, the costto have a dog sterilized is $50, and a cat is $20.Vaccines are a little extra.

Criteria include:

Residence in Wayne County, or the ability todrive to Wayne County (Taylor, Michigan) tocomplete paperwork and drop animal off/pickanimal up.

Proof of need. This includes:

Low income: $10,830 per year or less for asingle person or $18,310 per year or less fora family of three. You must show an IRStax form from 2009 to qualify.

Currently unemployed. You must show arecent unemployment check.

Government assistance: Social Security,Welfare, Medicaid, Bridge card. You mustshow proof of assistance.

For feral cats, you must assist in trapping the cats(we can loan traps) and be willing to provideongoing care (food and shelter) for cats sterilizedthrough this program. We do not offer relocationservices for feral cats.

Even if you don’t qualify for assistance based onthe above criteria, the PAWS SNAP (Spay/NeuterAssistance Program) may still be able to help youwith costs. Please see our website for moreinformation or to apply for SNAP assistance.

Shopping for the AnimalsPAWS recently enrolled in the Kroger CommunityRewards Program. This program allows KrogerPlus cardholders to designate a charity to receive apercentage of the money they spend at Kroger. It'sa really easy way to help us raise money for theanimals just by shopping!

If you already have a Kroger Plus card, you justneed to go online and designate PAWS as yourcharity. of choice. If you don't have a card, you canpick one up at the customer service desk of yourlocal Kroger, then go online and name PAWS asyour charity. The instructions sent from Kroger arebelow. Even though the instructions look a littleintimidating, it’s very easy to register your card.Our group number is 90339.

To sign up online, go to:

krogercommunityrewards.com

Be sure to have your Kroger Plus card handyso you can register it with PAWS after you signup (first you register yourself, then you registeryour card to PAWS).

If you do not have a Kroger Plus card, you canget one at the customer service desk at anyKroger.

Click on Sign In/Register.

Most participants are new online customers, sothey must click on SIGN UP TODAY in the“New Customer” box.

Sign up for a Kroger Rewards Account byentering zip code, clicking on favorite store,entering your e-mail address and creating apassword and agree to the terms andconditions.

You will then get a message to check youre-mail inbox and click on the link within thebody of the email.

Click on My Account, and use your e-mailaddress and password to proceed to the nextstep.

Click on Edit Kroger Community Rewardsinformation and input your Kroger Plus cardnumber.

Update or confirm your information.

Select PAWS from the available list and click toconfirm.

To verify you are enrolled correctly, you will seeyour organization’s name on the right side ofyour information page.

REMEMBER, purchases will not count forPAWS until after you register your card..

If you use your phone number at the register,call 1-877-576-7587 to get your Kroger Pluscard number.

Members must swipe their registered KrogerPlus card or use the phone number that isrelated to their registered Kroger Plus cardwhen shopping for each purchase to count.

There is an alternate SCANBAR method ofmember registration if you are unable to registeronline. Please call 1-800-837-4483, and aSCANBAR letter will be mailed to you.

“Name the Clinic” ContestPut your creativity to the test and help us namePAWS’ upcoming spay/neuter clinic. For a $5donation to the clinic fund, you can submit a name.The winner will be a guest of honor at the clinicopening and will have their picture or a picture oftheir furry companion displayed in the clinic. Sendyour entries to our P. O. Box to the attention ofClinic Contest. Good Luck!

P.A.W.S. of Michigan – Winter, 2010 Newsletter Page 5

Spotlight Volunteers Offer A Variety Of TalentsCongratulations and a big thanks to our mostrecent Spotlight Volunteers:

Winter 2010 Spotlight VolunteerSandy Roberts has been chosen the winter 2010spotlight volunteer based partly on her love for theanimals.

Sandy is one of the founding members of PAWSand is proud of that fact. Sandy participates inmany of the PAWS events and is also known asFluffee The Clown. She has strutted her clownpersonality at the last two PAWS In The Parkevents. Fluffee’s love of clowning came aboutwhen she decided the world needed to be ahappier place, and it needed to laugh more often.Her real desire with clowning is to offer her talentsto special needs children and the aged.

She considers herself a “foster failure,” since shedid attempt to foster her big boy cat, Sunny, butdidn’t have the heart to give him up, so sheadopted him. Unfortunately that ended herfostering career. She was afraid she would end upbeing “that cat lady” if she fostered anymore.

You know a person is an animal lover when, as achild, she was better known as the Pied Piper ofLincoln Park. She would often bring every animalwho crossed her path home (but always told hermom, “they followed me home”) – even if it were acat who had died. As a very young child, Sandybrought the cat home, and handed over to hermother and told her mother to “fix it!”

In her past, she has had animals from cats, todogs, fish to frogs and snakes to alligators. Yes,can you imagine a store selling a baby alligator to a10-year old? It happened, but Dad wasn’t realthrilled about it, and once home it really did scarethe entire family – including Sandy, so back to thestore it went by an unhappy father!

Sandy spends what little spare time she hasvolunteering at the Wyandotte Animal Shelter.That is truly her love and escape from life’s ups anddowns. You can see Sandy at the shelter almostevery Monday and Friday evening.

We appreciate all Sandy does for PAWS, theshelter, but especially for her love for the animals.

November Spotlight Volunteers –Marie & Amber Burbo

Our November volunteers of the month are themother/daughter duo of Marie and Amber Burbo.They are caring foster parents who regularly attendPetSmart and major adoption events. We placethem personally responsible for starting andrunning “Team Paws,” which is our PAWS youthgroup. They recently celebrated their first yearanniversary. Marie and Amber have worked hardto create many wonderful fundraising ideas. Theyrecently devoted their time for a seven-hourmarathon day at Macy’s, where they sold couponswhich raised money for PAWS. We appreciate thiswonderful mom and daughter team along with all ofour young Team PAWS members!

December Spotlight Volunteer – Janet FillingerJanet Fillinger is PAWS’ December volunteer of themonth. Janet is our craft manager, who keeps ourcrafts very neat, organized, and is always willing todrive them anywhere. She is also a volunteer forthe Wyandotte shelter, is on the food bankcommittee, and is always the first in line tovolunteer at the Millionaire Parties, taking the firstshift to get us off to the right start!

January Spotlight Volunteers –Pete Phillips & Sheila White

January’s volunteers of the month are the husbandand wife team of Pete Phillips and Sheila White.While sporting his own natural “Santa” beard, Peterecently worked four shifts for our pictures withSanta fundraisers at PetSmart. Sheila was at hisside, assisting him as Santa’s elf during most of thephoto events. Pete also makes our groupnametags, and Sheila is a member of ourfundraising committee. Sheila hosted the firstcommittee meeting at her home. In addition, bothPete and Sheila volunteer at the Wyandotte shelterand have helped at several major adoption events.

A special thank you to all of these wonderfulvolunteers for their time and dedication. You makeus what we are!!

Rescue AngelsTail tucked between your legs; confusion in youreyes. I know it's hard to understand that someoneheard your cries. When loneliness is all you knowand pain is all you feel, and no one can be trusted,and hunger's all too real. That's the time the Lordsees you and lets you know He's there. That'swhen He sends His messengers – the hearts thatlove and care. Yes, rescuers are angels; youcannot see their wings. They keep them neatlyfolded as they do their caring things – the medicineto make you well, good food to make you strongand finally to help you learn that hugs are neverwrong. The perfect place then must be found; thehome where you can live secure and safe, andhappy with joy to get and give when you reach your“Forever Home” – your place to feel whole; theAngels smile, and off they go to save another soul.

Fluffee, doing what she lovesmost – hugging an animal and

clowning around!

P.A.W.S. of Michigan – Winter, 2010 Newsletter Page 6

Happy Tails Are Here Again!Juliet Sends A Letter“Dear Foster Mom, Terra, and Foster Family,

I just have to let you know how good things arehere in my furrever home. I have endless animalsiblings and even a little human one too! We playtag and chase each other for fun! Figment, a kitty,tries to act like she doesn't like me, but let's beserious – it's me we are talking about! What's notto love? Those bigger things are Bella, Kara andMaggie. Then there is a little human – the bighumans call him Slade, and he’s not too bad either.When it is time to finally go to bed at night, I like tocrawl into his room and snuggle up next to him.We both like to be warm, so it works out very nicelyfor the two of us. There’s also a big Dad human.He calls me "New Cat." My new mom is nice likeyou, and I let her think she's teaching me trickswhen she whips out the treat bag. Ehhhh,sometimes you gotta let the humans think they areteaching you things – it’s good for their ego, andwhile they are "teaching me" they just keep givingme more treats! Not that I’m a pig or anything.Speaking of pigs, I’ve also adopted two of them,Frank and Finnegan. It’s funny, but I really lovethose two girls (but I do wonder why they have“boy” names.) All they have to do is whistle, and Icome running! They are a constant source ofentertainment! They squawk, chirp and whistle andlove to pig wrestle! I protect my pigs from danger(like Maggie the dog), and I keep them warm bycuddling the wall of the cage where they snuggle. Ihave a big bed to lay on, complete with the prettyblanket you gave me. I also have endless toys andtreats, which is always a good thing!

I just need to tell you all that you gave to me. Youwere there when I was born, you worried about me,cared for me, took me to the vet and provided forme like I really was your own. But the BEST thingyou did for me was that you NEVER gave up hopethat there was a good furrever home out there forme. With your patience and love, you helped me tobecome the cat I am today. I love you, MammaTerra. Be sure to thank my foster Dad, Noel, forputting up with me "testing" out all those awesomecat trees he made and for agreeing to a ChristmasDay adoption. Also, tell your little humans, Carissa,Brendan and Matthew I love them for teaching mehow to play and for giving me the nickname"Timbit." Also, please tell Bella that I miss her andwill write her soon.

All My love,

Juliet, the cat that nobody wanted . . . UNTILNOW!”

Dexy Finds A Home!While looking on the internet for area shelters,Dexy’s mom came across Petfinder.com. She hadjust gotten engaged and knew a happy homewouldn’t be complete without a loving, furry friend.Seeing all the animals that needed a home broughttears to her eyes. Determined to find a dog to calltheir own, she came across Dexy's picture, and itwas love at first sight. Dexy is a beautiful shepherdmix with a wonderful personality. She had beenabandoned on the street. The nice person whofound her gave her to PAWS. On October 3, 2008,she was officially adopted. It has now been a littleover a year, and she has proven to be an amazingpet. She is the source of smiles each day and isfull of life in her new home. Her new mom and dadsaid their home wouldn't be the same without her.They expressed their gratefulness and wanted tothank PAWS for continuing the fight to findinghomes for homeless animals.

Compuware Employees Help The Food BankPrior to the holidays we put out a special requestthrough e-mail to our members and supporters todonate food for our pet food bank. A big thank youto all of you who helped in that effort.

PAWS supporter and Compuware employee,Brenda Cogswell, made the request a mission andbegan soliciting her coworkers and family to donatebags of food. With Brenda’s urging, several dozenbags of food were purchased and donated for thefood bank. Thank you to all of our friends atCompuware for your support! Special thanks toBrenda for her work in rallying the troops to help!Many furry bellies were filled through your efforts.

Airport High Animal Welfare Group “Takes Off”Carleton Airport High School now has an animalwelfare club, the Jets Animal Welfare Society(JAWS) which was formed in October by PAWSmember and Airport High student, Kaley Faber.The first meeting had 33 people in attendance,showing that there is a large number of teenslooking to help animals. JAWS kicked off theiractivity by having a pet food drive where theycollected food to donate to a local food pantry.They are hosted a bake sale for Valentine's Dayand give out bookmarks with information on animaltesting and companies that are cruelty free. Theirnext project is to prepare informational posters forBe Kind to Animals week in May! Kaley says“Thanks to all the PAWS members for supportingus, we couldn't do it without you!"

And PAWS says, “Thank you, Kaley, and yourschool friends for leading the way with the nextgeneration. You all are off to an awesome start!”This is me standing guard at my “pigs’” house –

they need a security guard to protect them fromthose big animals who live here!

It’s obvious why Dexy’sfamily loves her!

P.A.W.S. of Michigan – Winter, 2010 Newsletter Page 7

Feeding the HungryPAWS of Michigan volunteers are working hard tohelp people in our community to keep their animalsfed by assisting our local food banks. PAWS isproviding donated pet food to six local food banks.Many thanks to the hard-working volunteers of thisprogram and to all of you who have donated foodor money. If you are able to donate, please dropoff food at:

Wyandotte Animal Shelter (734) 324-44451170 Grove, Wyandotte (next to the recycle center)Monday, Tuesday & Friday: 5:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m.Saturday: 11:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.Sunday: 10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.

Feed Rite Pet Supply (313) 928-55062979 Fort St., Lincoln ParkMonday through Friday: 9:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m.Sunday: 11:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

Latta Feed Co. (734) 282-5745415 Goddard, WyandotteMonday through Friday: 10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.Saturday:.10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.Sunday: Closed

or:

e-mail petfood@pawsofmichigan.com or you cancall and leave a message at (734) 629-3897 tomake other arrangements. Donations of cash orgift cards are also gratefully accepted and can bemailed to the PAWS P.O. Box to the Attention of“Pet Food Bank Program.”

Additionally, volunteers are needed! If you areinterested in getting involved with this much-needed program please e-mail Terra Muscat at:

terra@pawsofmichigan.comor

petfood@pawsofmichigan.com

Following are locations where pet food banks areavailable.

New Dimensions Outreach (734) 444-969420320 Superior, Taylor(off Allen Road between Northline and Eureka)

Fishes & Loaves Community Food Pantry(734) 442-003125670 Northline, TaylorMonday from 9:00 a.m.-Noon & 1:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.Wednesday & Friday from 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.(Open only to Taylor residents, by appointment).

Our Lady Of The Angels (313) 381-30006442 Pelham Rd., TaylorMust apply and meet low income requirements.

Wyandotte Soup Kitchen98 Superior, WyandotteCongregational ChurchOpen Wednesday & Saturday, 12:30 p.m. until thefood runs out.

Focus Hope3250 Ferris, Lincoln Park (Bandshell)Monthly drop off by Focus HopeMust qualify by income. Can apply on firstTuesday. Distribution dates: March 2, April 6 andMay 4 from 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.

Donate Used Ink Cartridges and Cell PhonesDon’t throw out your used ink cartridges and oldcell phones. Recycle them, and help PAWS at thesame time. PAWS will return the cartridges andphones for cash to help our programs. You candrop off cartridges and phones at the followinglocations:

Riverview City Hall14100 Civic Park DriveRiverview Public Library14300 Sibley RoadSouthgate Veterans Memorial Library14680 Dix-Toledo Road

Wyandotte Animal Shelter1170 Grove

Wyandotte Bacon Memorial Library45 Vinewood

Spay Day Photo Contest: Vote For PAWSThe Humane Society of the United States issponsoring a photo contest for Spay Day USA.Spay Day, an annual campaign of the HSUS Statesdesigned to inspire saving animals’ lives bysterilizing pets and feral cats.

Several of our members and supporters haveentered their precious animal companions in thephoto contest, which runs until March 4. Voting isconducted with online donations, with PAWS as therecipient of funds earned by our contest entrants.In keeping with HSUS requirements, all money wereceive from this contest will go towards PAWS’spay/neuter programs, including our clinic fund.

To enter your furry friend or to vote, please visithttp://photocontest.humanesociety.org/contest.html?page=viewIndex&contestId=2&orgId=371

Trenton Girl Scout Troop 40224 collectedfood and supplies for the Pet Food Bank

during the Trenton Christmas Parade

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Dress For The Animals’ SuccessIn November, PAWS was lucky enough to be therecipient of a large donation through the RiverviewSchool District’s Casual Clothes for a Cause (CCC)Day. Once each month, members of the staff areallowed to dress in jeans for a minimum donation of$5. The recipient groups are nominated by thestaff and chosen by a vote. This is the second yearthat PAWS received funds through the generosityof the Riverview Schools for CCC. This year thedonation netted $708.80 for our general fund!! Bigsloppy puppy and purrfect kitty kisses to all the staffin the Riverview School District for your ongoingsupport of PAWS, and especially to PAWSmembers, Amy VanSickle and Erin Beard, fornominating and soliciting votes for PAWS for theCCC program!

Later in November, Riverview Community HighSchool students who are members of the Art Club,chose to help raise funds for PAWS’ pet food bankprogram by hosting a “Sweats for Pets” day at theirschool. Jackie Kappeler, who is an art clubmember, stated, “We all know how difficult it is forfamilies right now to just put food on their owntables, so we wanted to help out needy familieswho may not be able to afford pet food.” Studentsat the high school were allowed to wear sweats toschool for the day if they made a minimumdonation of a dollar. The $324.39 collected helpedfill the shelves at our partner food banks. The petfood bank program is an ongoing initiative wherefurther donations can be made throughout the year.The students are already planning anotherfundraiser to keep their efforts going! Good jobRCHS!!

Build-A-Bear Workshop Grant HelpsPAWS is excited to announce that we received a$1,500 Bearemy's Kennel Pals grant from theBuild-A-Bear Workshop Bear Hugs Foundation forour upcoming spay/neuter clinic. This brings usone step closer to opening up our doors and savingthousands of lives!

The Build-A-Bear Workshop Bear Hugs Foundationis committed to making life more “bearable” forchildren, families and pets, in need of a helpingpaw. With the sale of each full-sized Bearemy’sKennel Pals® friend – a collection of Build-A-BearWorkshop® plush dogs – one dollar is donated todomestic pet programs including local animalshelters, stray pet rescues, rehabilitation organiza-tions, and pet education programs around the

country. These funds are available to qualifiednon-profit organizations in the United States andCanada through a quarterly grant process. Visitwww.buildabear.com for more information.

Thank you to the clinic grant-writing team, led byChrissy Romano, for winning this generous awardfor our clinic fund!

Second Annual Wyandotte Animal ShelterValentine’s Open HouseOn February 13, the Wyandotte Animal Sheltersponsored an adoption program to find your“Furrever” love at their Second Annual WyandotteAnimal Shelter Valentine’s Open House.

Chuck Gillenwater, Animal Control Officer for theCity of Wyandotte, and volunteers at the WyandotteAnimal Shelter welcomed visitors to the shelter tofind their “furever friend.” Visitors were assuredthat their purrfect cat or dog was waiting to beadopted!

The public toured the recently remodeled facility tosee how the stray cats and dogs in the City ofWyandotte are cared for. The Wyandotte AnimalShelter has a core group of volunteers (many ofwhom are PAWS members) who assist the animalcontrol officer in the care and adoption of theanimals.

Many people have a vision of an animal shelterbeing a cold and scary place, and it was importantto feature the shelter and dispel the myth that mostshelters carry. Refreshments were offered to allvisitors, and dog and cat related items wereavailable for purchase. All proceeds went directlyto the care of sick or injured animals at the shelter.There is an adoption application which must becompleted in order to adopt the animals. It is alsopossible to go online to the shelter’s Petfinder site(http://www.petfinder.com/shelters/MI363.html)to complete an application at home to see if youwould be pre-approved to adopt a furry friend.Anyone who adopted a cat or dog during the eventreceived a Valentine gift bag for themselves andanother one for their new furry friend.

The Wyandotte Animal Shelter is located at 1170Grove Street, between 11th and 13th Streets, nextto the Recycle Center. The fee for cat adoption is$60 (cash only) and includes spay or neuter,combo test, and age-appropriate vaccinations. Thefee for dog adoption is $85 (cash only) andincludes spay or neuter, heartworm test, and age-appropriate vaccinations. See all of our animalsavailable for adoption on petfinder.com!

For more information, please feel free to contactthe Wyandotte Animal Shelter at (734)324-4445 oremail us at wacvolunteers@gmail.com.

Dogs come when they're called;cats take a message and get back to you later.

Riverview High School Student,Jackie Kappeler, promoting the

“Sweats for Pets” program

P.A.W.S. of Michigan – Winter, 2010 Newsletter Page 9

PAWS Donations and MembershipsGeneral FundAnonymous (2) Rosemarie SmithKalin and Jason Turri Dawn KestersonLawrence Rich Christina LeggioCynthia & William Veresh Theodore CopleyCarol & Joseph Maciolek Tracy SorboAAA “Fun Committee” Sara JamesDiane & Raymond Rito Andrew SwiftTom Coffey (2) Kelly DonovanTim & LouAnn Durand Chuck and Mary GilesS. Murdock M. DuncanMark DrysdaleNicole Summit (initiated matching gift by Microsoft Corp.)Memorial School Kindergarten ClassesRiverview School District – Casual Clothes/Cause

Memorial Donations to General FundFrom: In Memory Of:Sheree Steinman AliFrank & Yumi Dalton Heisuke DaltonJoann & James Cornell Diane HorvathSteven & Loretta Ash BuxxMichelle Karshneski Tigger, her little manJeannette Wackro Marina

Honorarium Donations to General FundFrom: In Honor Of:Jackie Tolonen Patty Martz

Donations to the SNAPDenise Montgomery Carol WatsonKathleen & Rick Sawicki Kimberly KeenerKris & Jay Jordan Helen HightowerPatricia & James Burns Rosemarie Smith

Sandy DiDomizio (initiated matching gift by AssurantHealth Foundation)

Memorial Donations to SNAP FundFrom: In Memory Of:Donna Hall Lorraine MlostekSandy Roberts Lorraine MlostekSusan & Alphonse LaCroix Lorraine MlostekJill & Robert Duhadway Lorraine MlostekDouglas & Pamela White Lorraine MlostekLana & Jerry Golden Lorraine MlostekJanet & Paul Fillinger Lorraine MlostekLaura & Jerry Labinski Lorraine MlostekKris & Jay Jordan Lorraine MlostekDonna Ancinec Lorraine MlostekAnne & Louie Gmoser Lorraine MlostekSharon & Kevin Roberts Lorraine MlostekNaim, Char & Kira Saiti Lorraine MlostekDanita Machcinski Lorraine MlostekValerie Koths Lorraine MlostekJudy Koths Lorraine MlostekCarol Parker Lorraine MlostekTerra & Noel Muscat Lorraine Mlostek

Honorarium Donations to SNAP FundFrom: In Honor Of:Fatima Rudd Valerie KothsSandy Roberts Carol Parker

Spay/Neuter Clinic DonationsJamie Roberts Rose PhelanMaral Meyers Debra BrawleyChrissy Romano & Devin McGill Janice MurphyVirginia Coppin Michele SonierGinny & Paul Kaucher Sheila WhiteFrank & Yumi Dalton Theresa FalzoneTom & Karen Schwartz Linda MuzyczkaMarathon Oil Corporation Jeff and Karin PigottAAA Sales Admin – Vickie, Jolene, Chris, Terri, KatieBuild-a-Bear Workshop Bear Hugs Foundation

Spay/Neuter Clinic Memorial DonationsFrom: In Memory Of:Helen Hightower Granddaughters

Thea & Paige LinceLana & Jerry Golden Wallace “Sonny” NortonChristine Proudlock Diane HorvathRobert & Diana Cox Elsie PidcockJoan & Richard Garvin, Jr. Elsie PidcockMaria Hutchison Elsie PidcockJim & Cindy Pidcock Elsie PidcockKris & Jay Jordan Elsie PidcockGerri Pidcock Elsie Pidcock

Spay/Neuter Clinic Honorarium DonationsFrom: For:Chrissy Romano/Erin Beard PAWS Board of

DirectorsMemorial School Last Lunch Erin Beard’s BirthdayBunch

Sponsorship of AnimalFrom: For:Pug Lady Kingdom Ben

Goods and ServicesFeed Rite Pet Supply Co. Mary GasiewskiRose Henry – The Grind Noel MuscatMichelle – Mon Ami Salon Wendy PateFathead Corporation Latta Feed Co.PetSmart Taylor PetSmart WoodhavenSouthpointe Veterinary Hospital Dr. Carol McKeeShirley Rucker – The Information CenterAngie & Dawn – Pug Lady KingdomSitStay.Com

Pet Food Bank DonationsBarbara, Our Angel Nitya GaneshFrank & Yumi Dalton Fathead CorporationShirley Rucker Karen HoffmanCristy Smith Marcia TokarczykDonna Wells Mary NixdorfTom & Karen Schwartz Janice MurphyMaryAnn Moretti Jim FedoskyMichelle Karshneski Greg EardleyGirl Scout Troop 40224 S MurdockRobert Szwed (2) In Memory of DustyRiverview Community High School – Sweats for PetsAPAW – Allen Park Animal Welfare GroupTim Zajac, Chris Fields, Craig Jacobs, Jeff FaberBrenda Cogswell, Friends & Compuware Coworkers

New and Renewal MembershipsIndividual MembershipsMichelle Karshneski Helen HightowerTerri Fitzpatrick Jennifer Rowan

Family MembershipsNadine Ritz/Jeff Bohler Frank & Yumi DaltonKathleen & Rick Sawick Tim & LouAnn DurandChrissy Romano and Devin McGill

Senior MembershipsDenise Montgomery Jeannette Wackro

SupporterCarol McKee & Gordon, Emily & Kathyrn Hopcian

Pet MembershipsHagitha & Drucilla Fitzpatrick Sandy HightowerCooper & Lindsay Dalton

An animal’s eyes have the abilityto speak a great language!

P.A.W.S. of Michigan – Winter, 2010 Newsletter Page 10

Upcoming EventsEvery Thursday Evening – 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.Taylor PetSmart Adoptions – located on Eureka Road

Every Friday Evening – 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.Woodhaven PetSmart Adoptions – located on AllenRoad at West Road

Every Saturday Afternoon – Noon - 3:00 p.m.Canton PetSmart Adoptions – located on MichiganAvenue east of Beck Road. Visit our cats anytime at theLuv-A-Pet Center at the Canton PetSmart.

Third Tuesday Each Month – 6:30 p.m.PAWS General Meeting – Riverview City Hall – ActivityRoom B or C. Bring a friend and learn more aboutPAWS!

February 27 – Noon–3:00 p.m.Microchipping Clinic at Riverview City Hall, located at14100 Civic Park Drive. The microchips are $25 each,two pets for $40, and $20 if you bring in your adoptioncontract from a local animal rescue or shelter. All moneyearned will go to PAWS spay/neuter clinic fund.

Creation

When God had made the earth and sky,The flowers and the trees,

He then made all the animalsThe fish, the birds and bees.

And when at last He'd finishedNot one was quite the same.

He said I'll walk this world of mineAnd give each one a name.

And so He traveled far and wideAnd everywhere He went,

A little creature followed HimUntil its strength was spent.

When all were named upon the earthAnd in the sky and sea,

The little creature said, "Dear Lord,There's no name left for me."Kindly, the Father said to him

"I've left you to the end.I've turned my own name back to front

And called you, DOG, my friend".

Membership/Donation Form

Please complete this section for either membership and/or donations

Name

Address

Phone E-mail address

Membership Application

Membership LevelsIndividual Membership $ 20

Family Membership $ 30

Youth Membership (15 and under) $ 10

Senior Membership (60 and over) $ 10

Supporter $ 100

Tail Wagger’s Club $ 250

Business/Corporate $ 500

Pet Membership (Name of Pet) $ 5

Membership entitles you to voting privileges within the group as well as a copy of the quarterly newsletter

Donations to P.A.W.S. of Michigan

Type of Contributions

$ In Honor Of

$ In Memory Of

$ Special Contribution (Indicate Cause)

$ SNAP (Spay/Neuter Assistance Program) (helps families who cannot afford to sterilize their pet)

$ P.A.W.S. Spay/Neuter Clinic

$ Pet Food Bank

If mailing your membership fee, please mail to:

P.A.W.S. of MichiganP. O. Box 2184

Riverview MI 48193