Guest Speakers: Dylan Powell and Arthur Miller

PAWS is hosting an information night with Marineland's top activists to have a friendly discussion regrading captive marine animal legislation. Feel free to come with questions!

There will be refreshments provided, and the admission is free.

We are also promoting a petition to ban the capture of wild marinelife for public display

(this does not mean banning aquariums, just making sure that they are getting their animals from the right sources)

Upcoming Events

Hey PAWS members!

Here's an update of the upcoming events PAWS has planned.

AVIARY VOLUNTEERING

Tuesday, October 16th 7-9pm

We will be volunteering at the Westdale Aviary this coming tuesday! Unfortunately the group must be limited to 6 general members. Rebecca and Janice will be the exec members present at the event. If you are interested in volunteering with us, please email paws@mcmaster.ca to let us know. Emails up to Thursday, October 11 at 11:59 pm will be considered for a spot. Pending how many people are interested in coming, a lottery system will be used to determine the members that will fill the six spots.

Trick or Eat

Wednesday, October 31 

Trick or Eat is organized with many clubs from Mac. We go door to door and collect canned goods (it's like trick or treating, but with donatable foods!). Whether you're able to make it out or not, feel free to join the PAWS trick or eat team to help raise funds for a good cause! Just go to the trick or eat site http://trickoreat.ca/, click "register" and follow the instructions.  Our team name is "PAWS"

SUBCOMMITTEES

email by October 21st at 11:59 pm

We have two subcommittees this year that general members can join to get more involved with the club. The two subcommittees are the Events Subcommittee the Public Relations Subcommittee. Joining a subcommittee is a great way to get involved with PAWS, get to know the execs, and learn more about current animal issues. We're looking for 3-4 people for each subcommittee. If you're interested, send us an email letting us know which subcommittee you're interested in and provide an explanation as to why. We will be accepting applications until Sunday October 21st at 11:59pm. For a description of the the roles of the subcommittees, please visit the "Volunteer Tab" on this website.

Love,

Your PAWS exec 2012/13

MOVIE NIGHT

Hey PAWS members!

We are hosting our first movie night this Thursday, October 4th!

We will be showing a documentary to help inform people about wild life rehabilitation. There is no admission fee but PAWS is fundraising for the Toronto Wildlife Centre this month, so you are always welcomed to donate. Drinks and snacks will be provided! Prior to the movie showing, we will be holding our second general meeting to discuss about upcoming events, including the Aviary Volunteer Night.

Bring your friends! Everyone is welcomed!

Hope to see you all there,
PAWS exec 2012/2013

First General Meeting

Hey PAWS members,

Thanks to everyone who made it out to our first general meeting last night!  In case you weren't able to make it, here's what you missed:

UPCOMING EVENTS:

1. Info table in MUSC for the Toronto Wildlife Centre

                    Wednesday September 19th, 8:30-4:30

                    Thursday September 20th, 8:30-4:30

2. Baking Party, Thursday, September 20th @ 8:30.  (email us for location!)

3. Bakesale in MUSC for the Toronto Wildlife Centre

                    Friday September 21st, 8:30-4:30

4. General Meeting and MOVIE NIGHT in MUSC 213

                    October 4th @ 6:30pm

                    More into to come :)

how you can get involved:

1.  Help out at the info tables/bakesale

2.  Join a subcommittee- we're going to be forming a Fundraising subcommittee (to help brainstorm ideas, plan, and run events!) and a Public Relations subcommittee (to help look into current animal welfare issues).  If you're interested, feel free to send us an email!

3.  Come to the Baking party!  We'll be at the house of one of our exec members to bake stuff for our bake sale and we'd love for you to come!  If you're interested, send us an email and we'll get back to you with more details :)

4. Let us know if you have any animal welfare issues that you'd like us to look into or if you have any ideas about how we can raise awareness/support for these causes!

ps, the powerpoint from the meeting will be uploaded to our facebook group soon!   www.facebook.com/groups/5086108555/

And that's pretty much it!  

Love,

Your PAWS exec 2012/13

Welcome!

Welcome to the new PAWS@Mac website! Here you can find the latest information on volunteering, events, and much more. We hope you find our website easy to navigate. Feel free to contact us if our website does not provide sufficient information for your PAWS-related questions.

Enjoy!
-PAWS Executive 2012/2013