SUMMER DONATION DRIVES HOSTED BY PAWS-BHM
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Hi, Everyone! The month of July is here, which means it’s time for our summer donation drive in memory of our beloved shelter pup, Trudie, who crossed the Rainbow Bridge in July 2019. 
This supply drive is normally focused on aiding our local shelters in Birmingham, Alabama. However, as we began planning this year’s donation drive, catastrophic flooding in Texas has become a national tragedy, and we’re heartbroken for all of the families in the Texas / Guadalupe River area suffering devastating losses.
Sadly, many pets are suffering due to this unimaginable tragedy. Many have been separated from their families, suffered injuries, lost their owners to drownings during the floods, or are still in hiding due to trauma and fear. Consequently, two of the main animal shelters in the area, Austin Pets Alive! and Kerrville Pets Alive , are overwhelmed with urgent needs as they seek to provide rescue efforts, shelter, and medical care. They are actively reuniting pets with their owners, or taking in animals who do not yet have a safe place to go home to. And of course, all of these relief efforts are occurring as the shelters were already at capacity!
If you would like to help the Texas Flood relief efforts that are specifically focused on animal care, Austin Pets Alive and Kerrville Pets Alive has stated that their most urgent need right now is cash donations which can be made at these links:
https://www.austinpetsalive.org
https://kerrvillepetsalive.com
Additionally, Austin Pets Alive has published the following Urgent Needs to help with their relief efforts:
Work gloves & surgical / Nitrile gloves
Pet wipes
Clorox wipes
Scrub pads
Zip ties
Heavy-duty & kitchen trash bags
Potty pads
Flea/tick meds
Small bags of food
Canned food (both dog and cat)
PAWS-BHM will accept any of the items listed above locally here in Birmingham, AL through mid-July. If you would like to donate after this time, please either donate cash via the link above, OR access each shelter’s Amazon wish lists at the links below to ship items directly:
Austin Pets Alive!: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/LWXXQY53AWA3
Kerrville Pets Alive!: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/29LO2L7FWMK0Y?ref_=wl_share
So just to recap – we’re still conducting our normal summer supply drive / PAWS 2 Recycle initiative this month (in memory of Trudie!) which will benefit LOCAL Birmingham shelters. This supply drive will continue through late July.
—-> ( if you need a refresher regarding the items we’re collecting for our LOCAL B’ham shelters, please click here: https://pawsbhm.com/paws-2-recycle/ ).
Additionally, we’re spotlighting urgent needs of animals displaced or injured during the recent Texas floods. If you’d like to support Texas relief efforts with a physical donation to be shipped on your behalf by PAWS-BHM, please donate by mid-July, and mark it “TEXAS FLOOD.”*
If you have never donated to PAWS-BHM before and need assistance scheduling a donation, please either text us at (205) 910-4970 for assistance, or use the form on this page:
https://pawsbhm.com/paws-2-recycle/
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF ANIMALS IN NEED, both in Birmingham, and BEYOND!!
PAWS - BHM 