For those who wish to share a little something with our shelter animals, here are our Top 3 Needs for the month (I will try to update every month ):

1. Cat Food (Dry kibble, any brand. The shelter cats consume around 8 kilos in a day. Every little bit helps! )
2. Detergent Powder
3. Dewormer tablets (allwormers, for cats)

Thank you!

Start:	Oct 18, '08 09:00a
End:	Oct 18, '08 6:00p
Location:	PARC (aka the PAWS Shelter)

Club Wild students will be coming to PAWS again! :D

This year they've raised funds via a bake sale, and will be doing some much-needed renovations around the shelter. They also did a towel drive and have collected more than 30 old towels for our furry denizens (for use in lining makeshift dog beds and cat beds).

The students will be doing a feeding program, some gardening, dog-bathing, and building of cat trees.

We love I.S.! Our shelter animals are always loads happier and comfier after a Club Wild visit :D

Also, some DLSU volunteers will be dropping by to do their project (makeshift "Dog Beds" made of palanggana and old towels), so again we would need the help of volunteers to help us supervise the IS and DLSU students! And anyways Saturday at PARC is always a circus - any extra set of helping hands is very much welcome :)

To be handled by Anna, Liza, Heidi, Gwen, and Doc Wilford.

Start:	Oct 15, '08
Location:	Philippine Daily Inquirer newspaper

PAWS featured in Philippine Daily Inquirer newspaper today in Neil Cruz's "As I See It" column, under title "Animal Welfare Societies Need Help." Page A14 of the Opinion Section.

Haven't read it yet, just received this via text :P

We'd like to take this opportunity to thank Doris Cruz and her father Neil who are staunch animal lovers and animal welfare supporters. Doris is always first to help out a dog in need or shelter animals in need. God bless your family!

Start:	Oct 26, '08 3:00p
Location:	Eastwood City Central Plaza

The Philippine Animal Welfare Society (PAWS), in cooperation with Eastwood City, invites everyone to SCAREDY CATS & DOGS, a grand Halloween fund-raising event to be held at the Eastwood Central Plaza on October 26 (SUN) at 3pm.

Now on its 5th year, kids, kids-at-heart & pet lovers can once again dress up themselves and their pets and compete in the fun costume contest. Categories are as follows :

Crypt Keeper’s Choice – Most Original Costume
Casper’s Choice – Cutest Costume
Phantom’s Pick – Most Creative Costume
Scream of the Crop – Scariest Costume
Midnight Society – Best Group in Costume
Halim-Aw-Aw / Hali-Meow Award – Best Native Pet in Costume
Best Ghoulish Partners – Best Pet & Guardian Tandem
Mr. Boogeyman – Best Male in Costume
All Hallow’s Eve – Best Female in Costume
Transylvanian Star – Best Pet in Costume

Aside from exciting prizes for each winner, this year’s best dressed Pet & best dressed Human will win Eastwood Cinema Season Passes which entitle the bearer and a friend to watch FREE movies for 6 months at Eastwood Cinemas.

There will also be FREE face painting for kids, an acrobat show, fun Halloween games and the much-awaited Trick-Or-Treat around Eastwood City.

Kids 12 years old and below can join the Trick-Or-Treat by presenting a single receipt worth at least P500 from any Eastwood City establishment to the Information Counter beside Fazoli’s from now until October 26, 2PM. Upon registration, each kid will be given a Trick-Or-Treat coupon which has to be presented to an Eastwood City representative on Oct 26 at the Central Plaza. Please do NOT lose the coupon as this serves as the pass to join the Trick-Or-Treat. First 300 registrants will receive a Nestle Chuckie Buddy Box and a McDonald’s Toy.

Registration for the costume contest starts at 1:30pm on October 26 and early registrants will receive Alpo 2-in-1 and McDonald’s Toys.

The P250 registration fee will go to the PAWS Animal Rehabilitation Center, a temporary shelter for more than 100 dogs & cats who were either abandoned or rescued from cruelty or neglect. The shelter staff & volunteers work hard to rehabilitate these animals with the ultimate goal of finding new loving homes for them so that they can get a second chance in life. The facility is solely dependent on donations and fundraising activities such as this to keep it running.

So celebrate Halloween with your pets and help make a difference in the lives of the animals in the PAWS Shelter.

SCAREDY CATS & DOGS : YEAR 5 is made possible through the generous support of Alpo, McDonald’s, Chuckie, Eastwood Cinemas, Frontline Plus, Sergeant’s, Toytown, Nestea, KitKat, Nescafe, Shopaholic Pooch.com and the Philippine Star Pet Life Section.



Event to be handled by PAWS Events Director Rich Ilustre. To be assisted by volunteers Anna, Liza, Gwen, Elsie, Joyce, May, Abby, Mitch, Sherwin, Marian and friends, and DLSU student volunteers.

Featured shelter animals for adoption: Dogs Piolo and Jerby, and 2 shelter kittens.

Pictures of costumes and winners from last year: http://babybranny.multiply.com/photos/album/57/More_Photos_Press_Release_for_PAWS_Scaredy_Cats_Dogs_-_a_halloween_event_for_pets_kids

http://babybranny.multiply.com/photos/album/56/PAWS_Scaredy_Cats_Dogs_-_a_halloween_event_for_pets_kids

Pictures from 2006: http://babybranny.multiply.com/photos/album/26/PAWS_Scaredy_Cats_and_Dogs_Halloween_Pet_Costume_Contest_Fundraiser_2006

Excellent post by Sherwin.

Thanks so much Sherwin, you rock!!!!!


"Wanted: Cat Food Donors

The PAWS shelter is currently running into serious problems keeping up with expenses on cat food and are asking for help from fellow animal-lovers. The shelter cats consume about 4.5 to 6 kilograms of cat food (kibble) every day which cost about Php360 to Php450 ($7.66 to $9.57) on the average.

A 22.7 kilogram (or 50 lbs.) bag of Princess Cat (the cheapest one we are able to find right now, available at Whiskers n' Paw Prints in Katipunan Rd., Quezon City) costs about Php1,800 ($38.30) and would last about 4 to 5 days. That's around Php10,800 ($230) per month which is a really significant amount considering PAWS doesn't have a steady source of funding.

If you wish to chip in to help the 100++ cats currently living at the shelter, you can do so in 3 ways:

Buy cat food to donate

You may donate any brand but we currently recommend Princess Cat because you get more with less. You may drop off your donations at the PAWS shelter in Quezon City (Map HERE). We invite you to go visit the shelter to personally meet your beneficiaries--- the animals!

Donate cash for cat food

The best way would be to visit the shelter to personally give your cash donation. You may also do it via bank deposits, transfers or through online payment systems. Please go to http://donate2paws.mefindhome.org for more info about donating cash. Please be sure to email Anna Cabrera of PAWS at philpaws @ yahoo.com (cc me at sherwin [at] mefindhome.org) after sending in your money and tell her the details and purpose of your donation (e.g., cat food).

Send a letter to your favorite pet food company

Urge businesses to get involved by sending them a letter about the plight of shelter animals. A small donation of 150 lbs. of cat and food per month from each of the top 3 pet food companies here in the Philippines would be more than enough for the needs of the shelter kitties. Which companies to write to? This report about the Philippine Pet Food Market might help answer that.

PAWS is not having any similar problems with the dog food supply because there are more dog food donations than cat food donations.

Thank you for reading!"

You can find Sherwin's post here

The PAWS shelter also needs:

• canned dog food (for medicating sick dogs)
• canned cat food (for kittens and sick cats)
• Zonrox
• garbage bags
• old towels (for lining the cat beds, for makeshift "dog beds," and drying newly-bathed dogs)
• old newspapers
• dog treats
• your pets' old toys
• dewormers (allwormer tablets)
• Frontline (or other equivalent brand)
• Heartgard (or other equivalent brand)
• meds: Vibravet paste, Methozine, Metronidazole, LC Scour (for the sick cats & kittens), pain relievers (like Rimadyl tablets, Meloxicam, Tolfine injectable, etc)
  
• liver supplements (e.g.Jetepar, Liv52) and Immunol tablets
  
• liquid multi-vitamins and other pet supplements (like Canine Red Cell, etc)
• other items you can spare or your pet won't use anymore
  

Start:	Feb 2, '08 10:00a
End:	Feb 2, '08 3:00p

PAWS is one of the beneficiaries of Dr Dog parent Sharon Say's doggies' birthday party! An excerpt from Cocoa, Boozer, and Malone's invite:

"* As our way of helping the less privileged dogs and cats in our manila shelters, PAWS and CARA PHIL., two Animal Welfare NGOs very close to my heart, will be invited to join us. May I encourage everyone to open their hearts for the animals in their shelter and give either in cash or in kind whatever you can. Cash and drop boxes will be situated at the party. (Please see attached wishlist of both groups)."

Thanks Sharon, Cocoa, Boozer, and Malone! :D



Booth will be manned by Anna, Liza, Tiopi, Marian, Kristin, Cashy, and Dimples.