National Preparedness Month 2021

PAWS NY table at an outdoor event. A woman stands in a grey PAWS t-shirt with her hands on her hips and a face mask. There's a table with a pink tablecloth with PAWS NY logo, plus items on the table to help spread the word.

September is National Preparedness Month! PAWS NY encourages you to take time to make emergency plans for you and your family, including your pets. Last week, PAWS NY participated in the NYC Office of Emergency Management‘s Protecting One Another: Pets and Service Animal Preparedness Fair in Union Square. Other local animal welfare organizations participated as well,…

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A Kinder World Foundation Continues to Support PAWS NY

A Kinder World Foundation, a long-time partner of PAWS NY, awarded the organization a large grant. The grant will be used for programmatic support, including veterinary care for our clients’ pets. PAWS NY will also use this grant to help reopen our Housecall Program and maintain, and ideally grow, our impact for New Yorkers and…

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Marta Heflin Foundation Awards PAWS NY $10,000 Grant

The Marta Heflin Foundation provided PAWS NY with a generous $10,000 renewal grant for the organization’s Foster and Emergency Care Program. The Foster and Emergency Care Program ensures that clients have access to pet care so they do not deny their own need for hospitalization or otherwise put their health at risk. During the COVID-19 pandemic,…

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The Importance of Grooming to Pet Health

Anyone who has had a long-haired cat or extra fluffy dog knows the importance of grooming and how it can impact a pet’s health.  Many of PAWS NY clients have trouble keeping up with grooming their pets, which is why we work to provide volunteers to routinely help with such tasks, in addition to cleaning…

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PAWS NY Receives $25,000 ASPCA Grant

Pets Are Wonderful Support (PAWS) NY has been awarded a $25,000 grant from the ASPCA® (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals®). The ASPCA grant will provide general operating support, allowing PAWS NY to continue to deliver critical pet care programs and services to New York City’s most vulnerable residents, allowing them…

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PAWS NY Holiday Gift Guide 2020

As you make your holiday shopping lists this year, check out our PAWS NY Gift Guide. We’ve got PAWS merchandise and items from inspiring companies that support PAWS NY in various ways. Let’s go shopping! PAWS NY Masks & Merchandise Want to share the PAWS love with your friends or family? Or show the world…

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Partner Spotlights for National Animal Shelter Appreciation Week

The first full week in November marks National Animal Shelter Appreciation Week. While PAWS NY works to help keep pets out of the shelter system, we do work with several shelter partners across the city. Today, we want to say THANK YOU to our shelter partners, and give a special shoutout to two of them:…

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PAWS NY Partners with Grounds & Hounds Coffee Co.

Calling all coffee fiends! If you enjoy a great cup of coffee with a side of adorable pups, we have the thing for you.  PAWS NY has partnered with Grounds & Hounds Coffee Co. to receive a 15% discount on all of their coffee products, plus the company will donate 10% of the sales using…

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PAWS NY Receives COVID-19 Funding from Bridgepoint

Private equity group Bridgepoint has donated $22,875 to PAWS NY to support the organization’s COVID-19 efforts, including increased support through our Pet Pantry and Foster & Emergency Care Program. At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the company created a Hardship Fund dedicated to frontline COVID-19 relief causes in local communities where the company operates.…

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Harlem Doggie Day Spa Provides Grooming Services to PAWS NY Clients

Pets Are Wonderful Support (PAWS) NY has partnered with Harlem Doggie Day Spa during the month of June to offer grooming services to PAWS NY clients across the city who have been unable to get their dogs groomed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Brian Taylor, the owner of Harlem Doggie Day Spa who is also known…

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