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