Have fun shopping and help the pets at the same time - visit A Helping Paw's on line store at: http://stores.ebay.com/A-Helping-Paw 

*Watch for lots of beanies going up real soon!

Halloween Trick or Treat For The Pets

Come visit us from 4 - 7 PM Halloween day for some furry fun.

• Every child that brings a 'treat' for the pets will get a fun goodie bag. (suggested treats for the pets: dog/cat treats, moist food, toys and chew bones).
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• FREE juice and cup cakes

• For a $5. donation, have your photo taken with one of our shelter mascots.
• More still being planned, check back soon.

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A Helping Paws For The HolidaysRaised over $6,000 to save our building

Hosted by the Pet Food Shoppe, Rte 44, Lakeville.

A special thank you to The Pet Food Shoppe for sponsoring this wonderful event, Sandy Marcal as our photographer, and to everyone who has volunteered their time and help to make this event a success!

Addtional Sponsors:

Purina, Wal-Mart/Raynham, Science Diet, Old Mother Hubbard, Seapet, Merrick, Simple Solution, Iams, Pawsitively Gourmet, Bristol County Savings Bank, Crutchfield Signs/Middleboro, Champion Pet Care/Raynham, Technical Edge Salon/Easton, Target Taunton, Staples/Raynham, Trucci's/Taunton, Shaw's/Raynham, The Cedarholm Family/Lakeville.

Thank you to everyone who has helped make this event so wonderful!

Antiques & More Auction 2006

Wednesday, December 6th at the Elks Club

Bearses Way, Hyannis

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Collections of Pennies WANTED!!!!

 It's time to start saving those Pennies again!

Sweeping them under the carpet won't make them go away, sucking them up in the vaccum will only give you more headaches, and the dirty looks you get from the line of customers behind you, really isn't worth it. Now you can get rid of those dreaded pennies for a great cause!!! Donate them to help care for our homeless pets. Don't forget to inculde your name and phone number when dropping off your pennies, we are working on a great prize for whoever brings in the most pennies.

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 A Special thank you to Dr. Ernst of Bourne Vet Clinic, our volunteers Maggie, Karen and Honey who helped make this event a sucess and of course to all of you who visited our clinic. We took in over $300. and in addtion sold 17 spay/neuter certificates to help reduce unwanted pets!!!!

 TREE of HOPE  - We Raised $25.00!

Obviously the best gift you could give one of our precious pets this year would be a home, but if you can't you could still make a donation towards their care. For every $5.00 donation we will hang a pet ornament in your or that special someone's name on our holiday tree. If you can't visit our facility you can send your donation and request to: A Helping Paw, PO Box 387, Buzzards Bay, MA 02532.  

 3rd Annual  Holiday Bazaar

Donate your fine items today, it's not too early

A special thank you to everyone who helped make our holiday fair a sucess. Though we didn't do as well as last year (we were hoping to double our figures) we are pleased to announce we took in around $700. to help homless pets! DJ "George" was a welcome addtion as he added great spirit to our event. Thank you to Amy's manager for sponsoring him for us. Thank you to the vendors who decided to share the day with us. To all the volunteers who spent a great deal of time making crafts for us to sell - gosh, these people are just so creative! Our volunteers did such a gorgeous job setting up in such limited time - the place looked AWESOME! Thank you to everyone who visited the fair and who generously bought tickets and gifts and helped us raise the funds.

Thank You to the following business that showed their support:

Sandwich glass Museum

PondScapes Garden Center

Family Pet - Wareham

Grandma's Pies

Author Lisa Rogak

Robert Guertin Jewelers

Pets' Wish List

First we would like to thank everyone who helps A Helping Paw continue saving lives. Many may see us as just another stray, homeless pet that should be destroyed. We've known abuse, fear, hunger, thirst and pain, most of all loneliness had become our only friend. Many of us have watched as our friends' lives have ended prematurely, ever so grateful  we've been given a second chance at life by A Helping Paw.  From all of us, we thank the people who support A Helping Paw and life!

• Homes, Homes and more Homes - gosh, there are so few good homes out there - seems everyone already has a pet, or they just don't want more. We see people all the time that simply fall in love with us, yet they walk out the door and leave us to never comeback. I wonder what it feels like to have that one special lap, or maybe even your very own dish? You know what would be great, is if people decided to add just one more pet   giving a shelter pet the best gift EVER a HOME! Please adopt  a pet for "Home For The Holidays".  
• Sponsors to donate funds that will build an outside play yard for the sanctuary residents so we can play safely outside. This will help us destress and keep us busy exploring something different everyday.  
• Toys and goodies - yes, when we get bored, we tend to make our own fun, of course the volunteers would prefer we had lots of new toys and kitty furniture to keep us busy so we'll stop getting into trouble.
• New sink - the volunteers are so good to us, and I know this will help them more than us, but in the long run it will give them more time to play with us. They would like to add a new sink in the sanctuary, one large enough for soaking litter boxes and a swarm of dishes. We already have the sink but what we actually need is the funds to install the additional plumbing. Hey, maybe in the future installing a dishwasher wouldn't be such a bad idea?
• Wal-Mart - gift certificates. Every single week one of our volunteers trudges to Wal-Mart to buy supplies for the shelter, rain, sleet, hail, it doesn't matter - ever try to pull a 200 pound carriage through slush when it's 10 degrease out? That's what it takes to care for all of us, and she does it without complaints. Of course with the exception of the cost which is normally over $150. per week. I know gift certificates would sure put a smile on her face not to mention allow more funds to go to pets who need medical care. The great thing is, you can get them in any amount you want!

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TY Beanie Baby Yard Sale

October 2005

Thanks to so many generous Beanie Collectors we collected over 1300 Beanies! We spent Friday till midnight just sorting them! Just as we were setting up Sat it began to rain, our volunteer Amy rushed to get a tent so the sale could still go on. And it did. Little, 11 year-old Sheri, (my adorable daughter) ran the show! She spent the entire day out in the cold rain, but she didn't mind one bit. She helped us raise a little over $100. May not seem like much, but it helped pay for the food and litter we need for just one week. Thank you so much to everyone who helped set up and risked getting wet by coming to our sale. And, YES, we still are collecting Beanies and would like to reach our goal of 2,000! We'll have the Beanies available for sale at our Holiday Bazaar. Perfect for stocking stuffers, gifts, giveaways at bingo and parties. Great time to stock up on those  Beanies.

Order Yours Today!

Just $5.00 each

Bracelets - white band bracelets show you support rescue (picture coming soon) Only $3.50 each.

Love animals, band bracelets are the latest craze, show off your love for animals by wearing one of our bracelets. Don't forget to decorate your car too, we have three styles to choose from, why not get one of each or one for every car - show others you support the cause of helping animals.  All profits will directly benefit pets.

October 2005

Yankee Candle Fundraiser - Thanks to everyone who purchased candle and gifts during our fundraiser making it a great success!  The money we raised helped save the life of one of our very special kittens and also provided medical care to five others. A very special thank you to Amy who took in over $1,400 in sales, raising over $500. for the pets!

July 2005 - Plant Sale Raised Over $1600. For Homeless Pets!

Twin Gardens of Monument Beach holds plant sale exclusively to raise funds for all the pets at A Helping Paw Humane Society.

They will be staying open just for us! It's the perfect time to stock up on plants to beautify your home and garden. When you are there, please don't forget to thank them for their generosity to the pets. Twin Gardens,   40 Elm Ave., Monument Beach.

 Rainbow Wishes & Whiskers July 2005

This truly gorgeous barrel was painted exclusively for the pets at A Helping Paw, by a local Cape Cod artist who has sold her barrels across the US. The barrel retails for over $500. and would make a lovely display in any home or office. We raised over $500!

 Give A Piece of Your Heart For Valentine's Day 2005

Our 4th annual Heart For Pets was a great success. We raised over $90. to help the animals. Many of the donations came from out-of-state, through people bidding on Ebay!

Our First Annual Holiday Fair Dec. 2004

was a great success!!!! Considering this was our first, I'm very proud of all our volunteers that dug right in and did what was needed to make this event so wonderful - a lot of hard-work and time was needed to pull this off. Even our JR volunteers were there to give us a helping hand - we could not have done it without them. Meeting the pet parents and hearing about their wonderful companions was of course the highlight of our day. Thanks to our volunteers, and businesses that donated items we raised over $1,000. for our shelter. We also collected over 250 pounds of dry animal food to help less fortunate pet owners who struggle to pay winter bills. This event was a lot of fun and we hope to see you all next year.