What is happening at Happy Paws Haven in Grafton

Next members and volunteers meeting will be on Saturday 14th August, 2010 at 1.00pm to start at 1.30pm at HappyPaws Haven.

Once a month on the second Saturday of the month, come along to meet other animal lovers, join, look around the shelter and volunteer to help us at the shelter and/or to raise the funds to keep HappyPaws Haven operating. We would LOVE to welcome you so please come to this important meeting tell your family and friends about it and let them know its for a good cause. Bring a plate and stay for afternoon tea!

Our current fund raising project is to finish connecting the water and electricity so that we have water in all the yards and in the common laundry bathroom.

We need donations/funds to construct our sickbay. We have the basic shed but we need build it it. We need to pour the concrete slab, to line the walls with fiber board, to purchase and install aircell blanket insulation and the security windows. We also need to make sure the new insulated shed is ventillated, vermin proof and weather proof. We also may need other construction materials for this sick bay and isolation area for sick animals. At the moment we have to treat them within their current location or find a foster carer.

Any donations towards this project will be very much appreciated.

Dont forget to buy a ticket in our raffle at Grafton Mall every second Friday morning!

We are still looking for a Handy man to do the maintenance and building work at the shelter as we have lost Ken due to a serious illness.

We still desparately need volunteers to help. There still are some days where we have either none or one helper. 

If there is anyone out there who can give half a day on any day of the week to come clean and care for the cats in particular, bring a friend with them it would be wonderful.

We really need 3 - 4 people every day not including me as a minimum and more would be wonderful so that I can be freed up to do the adoptions, administration and managerial work required.

We always need dry food donations especially for the cats, plastic bags, any remants of shade sail cloth, canvass, or any other tough fabric to make our dog trampoline bed covers with, blankets for winter, doggy jackets for all sizes of dogs, dogs bed covers and toys for the animals.

It has been really wonderful how kind and generous the people from the Clarence Valley and surrounding areas have been to us and the animals thank them so very much.