News and Press Releases
10th Anniversary Feature | Founder & Executive Director
Happy Birthday PAWS NY! Today marks TEN years of helping people and pets in need and we are so excited to celebrate with many of you this evening at our 10th Anniversary Party. Today’s feature is PAWS NY’s Founder and Executive Director, Rachel Herman. Rachel first had the idea for…
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Run and Fundraise with Team PAWS NY for the 2020 United Airlines Half!
We are so excited to announce that for the fifth year in a row, PAWS NY has been selected as an Official Charity Partner for the 2020 United Airlines NYC Half! This past March, our amazing team of runners raised over $35,000 through this event and we are thrilled to…
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10th Anniversary Feature | PAWS NY’s First Employee
Carrie Nydick Finch is PAWS NY’s Program Director and was also the first employee we hired in 2013. Carrie first learned about PAWS NY when she came across the open job posting on Idealist. “I had been an animal lover and advocate since I was a child. While working as…
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10th Anniversary Feature | PAWS NY’s Longest Running Volunteer
In honor of our upcoming 10th Anniversary, we are continuing to highlight some of the amazing people who helped us get our start. This week, we’re featuring PAWS NY volunteer, Sarah Stevens. Sarah attended our very first orientation in 2009 and is still a volunteer with us to this day,…
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10th Anniversary Feature | First Funder
In today’s 10th Anniversary Feature, we’re highlighting a generous supporter that made so much possible: PAWS NY’s first institutional funder, Amie’s Place Foundation! We owe so much to this wonderful organization. In 2011, our founder, Rachel Herman, presented PAWS NY services at an event hosted by partner organization Search and…
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PAWS NY Rings Closing Bell of NYSE!
In honor of our upcoming tenth anniversary celebration, PAWS NY rang in the closing bell of the New York Stock Exchange on November 1st! What an honor! Click here to see the full video.
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10th Anniversary Feature | PAWS NY’s First Volunteer
In honor of PAWS NY’s 10th anniversary, over the next few weeks we’ll be highlighting a handful of the people and organizations who made it possible for PAWS NY to get its start. From our first volunteer, to our first employee, without the help of these amazing people and organizations…
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PAWS NY AND METROPLUS HEALTH PLAN TO PARTNER
Pets Are Wonderful Support (PAWS) NY is thrilled to announce a new partnership with MetroPlus Health Plan to provide programs and services enabling the health plan’s most vulnerable members to keep their pets at home. The partnership potentially pairs MetroPlus’ more than 500,000 members with New York City’s only nonprofit…
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PAWS NY Receives Grant from Marta Heflin Foundation for Foster and Emergency Care Program
Pets Are Wonderful Support (PAWS NY) is thrilled to announce that it has been awarded a generous renewal grant from Marta Heflin Foundation for its Foster and Emergency Care Program. Through this program, PAWS NY cares for pets whose guardians are hospitalized or facing medical emergencies. Individuals often neglect medical…
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PAWS NY’s 2019 Spring Benefit!
You’re invited! Tickets are on sale for our annual spring benefit to be held on Tuesday, May 14th at Helen Mills Event Space. We’ll have cocktails, vegetarian hors d’oeuvres, and an incredible silent auction. Our auction opens for bidding on Tuesday, April 30th, and you can see a list of…
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PAWS NY Receives Program Expansion Grant from New York Foundation for Eldercare
PAWS NY is thrilled to announce that it has received a $15,000 grant from New York Foundation for Eldercare for program expansion.
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Adoptive Home Needed for Sweet and Snuggly Pup!
UPDATE 11/12/18 Snowy has found her forever home! Thank you to everyone who was a part of her journey. If you would like to help other pups like Snowy remain at home with their guardians, please consider volunteering: Volunteer With PAWS NY This sweet pup, Snowy, needs a forever home! Snowy…
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