First General Meeting!

Welcome everyone to a fabulous new school year!

We at PAWS are very excited about this upcoming year and all the really fun events planned.

On Tuesday, September 15, 2015 we have our First General Meeting at 6:00pm in MUSC 230. This is your chance to make new friends, meet the new Execs for the 2015/2016 year, hear about upcoming events, and learn about how YOU can get involved.

Oh yeah, there will also be FREE PIZZA. We will be offering a vegetarian option (and looking into getting a vegan option) to accommodate everyone's choices and preferences.

All are welcome to attend.

Excited to meet new and old friends!

-Your PAWS@Mac Exec Team 2015/2016

Upcoming Events for September 2015

Welcome to a brand new school year everyone!

Our first event of the year is Clubsfest! Happening Wednesday, September 9, 2015 from 10am-2:30pm. You can find us in MUSC in front of Gilmour Hall, by the Tim Hortons!

We have our First General Meeting on Tuesday, September 15, 2015 from  6:00pm-7:00pm in MUSC 230. Come out to meet fellow animal lovers, your new exec team, and stay for the FREE PIZZA! We will be discussing upcoming events and how YOU can get involved.

All are welcome to attend.

Looking forward to an awesome school year!

- Your 2015/2016 Exec Team

GENERAL MEETING AND MOVIE NIGHT

Come out Thursday February 6th to MUSC 201 from 7-9pm.

We will be having our firs general meeting for the term and have lots to tell you!

Then we will begin our movie night. This months theme is marine animal rights.
Check out our facebook polls to vote for the film you'd like to see.

We can't wait for all of our upcoming events and we hope to see you there!!!

CHEERS!

PAWS Exec 2013/14

THINKING ABOUT VET SCHOOL?

Hey everyone!

This Wednesday January 22 PAWS@Mac is hosting a Vet School Info Night.

We will be in MUSC 203 from 6:00-8:00 pm and we brought in the experts.
There will be several vet students to answer any questions you have about vet school, including the program, the application process, required courses and more.

Hope to see you there!

PAWS@Mac Exec 2013/14

Calling for donations!

If you would like to bring a donation for Ladybird this Monday here is a list of some of the items they are in need of....

What we need:

• Gift cards (i.e Petsmart, gas cards)
• Dry cat and kitten food (preferably high quality brands)
• Cat carriers
• Cat beds
• Cages and crates (small animal, cat, dog)
• Exercise pens
• Scratching posts
• Cat trees and climbers
• Cat toys
• Cat treats
• Litter boxes (all sizes)
• Cat litter (all types)
• Litter scoops
• Small animal bedding (like Carefresh brand)
• Timothy hay
• Small animal chew toys
• Gift items (for fund raising events)
• Land to build our sanctuary on!

http://www.ladybirdanimalsanctuary.com/site/how-to-help/donate/

Thanks again! 

MONDAY DECEMBER 2ND!!!!!

Hey PAWS Members!!!

Last week we had a very inspiring visit from Ladybird Animal Sanctuary, a local Hamilton animal rescue who work vigorously to save so many animals in need of homes and do everything to keep them happy, healthy and safe.

This Monday PAWS@Mac will be participating in Fundraising Monday in the student centre. We will be holding a raffle for some great prizes, selling gifts for your pets, taking orders for our PAWS mittens, and much more!

We are also asking for any donations that could go to the Ladybird Animal Sanctuary, this could include pet food, treats, collars, bedding, critter cages, toys, etc.

If you would like to help out this great organization but aren't able to volunteer, foster or adopt here's your chance. All donations and proceeds will be going to Ladybird to help continue saving animals.

Hope to see you all on Monday :)

Cheers!
PAWS@Mac Exec 2013/14

WARM YOUR PAWS!

Hey PAWS Members!

On Monday (Dec 2) we will be involved in McMasters clubs fundraising day. We will be selling gift bags, raffle tickets, and more.

We will also be taking orders for our PAWS@Mac mitten!!! Mittens will be sold for $10, not only will your paws be kept warm this winter the proceeds will go to keep animals in need warm and safe this season.

All proceeds go to the Ladybird Animal Sanctuary to help them rescue and care for animals in need.


Come out and support PAWS and Ladybird!
Hope to see you guys Monday :)

Cheers!
PAWS@Mac Exec 2013/14

FOSTER INFO NIGHT!

Hey everyone!!!

We have had a lot of you asking about fostering this year; how you can foster, what it involves, and where to go to find a foster animal. And to help you out more we have decided to bring in the experts.

This WEDNESDAY NOV 20 we will have the Ladybird Animal Sanctuary of Hamilton come to McMaster campus to answer your questions, talk to you about their animals and discuss the process of fostering an animal from the application to caring for that animal.

We will be in MUSC 302 from 6:30-7:30.

So come on out if you have questions about fostering, are ready to foster, or would like to just learn a bit more about it. All PAWS members and non-members are invited :)

Hope to see you all there.

Cheers!
PAWS@Mac exec 2013/14

CATS, CATS, CATS!

Hey PAWS members!

Our first event is coming up!

     When: Wednesday October 23
     Where: Clubspace (MUSC 201)
     Time: 6:30 - 8:30 pm

We will start the night off with a talk from North Toronto Cat Rescue. Get informed about cat rescues and foster programs, how you can foster, what it takes, and why it's crucial in saving the lives of animals in shelters.

Then, we will be showing Cat City, a documentary following the crisis of feral cats in Toronto as well as the causes and consequences of overpopulation.

It should be a great night, hope to see you all there :)
Plus we have snacks!


Cheers,
PAWS@Mac Exec.

TRICK OR EAT

Hey PAWS Members!

PAWS@Mac will be participating in McMasters Trick-or-Eat meal exchange.

On Tuesday October 29, we will go door to door asking for can goods, non-perishable foods, and pet related donations. Food donations will go to local food shelters, and we will donate any pet items to a Hamilton animal shelter in need.

If you want a chance to dress up for Halloween and have a great time email pawsatmac@gmail.com asap and let us know if you would like to join our Trick-or-Eat team! (or you can rsvp on our Facebook event)

Can't make it but still want to help out the cause? You can donate through Trick-or-Eat to either the Mac or PAWS campaigns. Just follow the link http://www.trickoreat.ca/


Hope to see you there!

Cheers,
PAWS@Mac Exec

1st General Meeting

Hello everyone, we now have a time and place for our first general meeting!

Hope to see you there!

PAWS Exec 2013/14

Getting Involved / Becoming a Member

For those of you who are new and are interested in becoming a member of PAWS, we will be having our first general meeting Wednesday October 2nd. Here we will have a sign up for those new and returning members. And we will update the time and the location of the meeting asap. 

At the moment our club email is currently down, however, we will post as soon as it is up and running again. Feel free to email us if you have any interest or questions regarding PAWS, or could not make the general meeting and would still like to sign up. 

We hope to have a great year, and thank you for your patience.

Cheers!

PAWS Exec 2013/14

Welcome to PAWS@Mac!

Welcome to the PAWS@Mac website. Here you will be able to find all of our updated info on events, meetings, volunteer opportunities and more.  

Feel free to contact us or leave comments if you feel our website does not offer sufficient information, or if you have any general inquiries with or about PAWS.

Thank you!

Enjoy, 

PAWS@Mac Executive Team 2013/14

Drink coffee, Save the Ice!

All smiles at the coffeehouse!

Exec Team: Lauren, Janice, Andrew, Megan, Colleen, Rebecca

Missing: Adrianna

Our biggest event of the year was a success! A big thank you goes to our events coordinator, Andrew, who was in charge of this year's annual coffeehouse in collaboration with WWF@Mac. It was a lot of fun and for a great cause. All donations and proceeds are going towards World Wildlife Fund's Last Arctic Campaign. 

Please stay tuned for our upcoming final events. We will also be announcing the date of our end of the year social before exams start! Join the exec team for some food and fun! 

Annual Coffee House

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Join PAWS and WWF@Mac for an awesome night of live performances from Of Gentlemen and Cowards, Sapno Ritmo, Moist Theatre, and the McMaster School of Bhangra.

Tickets are $3 early bird, $5 at the door.

Please contact wwf.mcmaster@gmail.com to purchase your early bird tickets.

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