PAWSitively Good Awards

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  PAWSitively Good May 24

  PAWSitively Good Honoree: Rebecca Applebaum

  Rebecca Applebaum is the 2023 May PAWSitively Good honoree. Rebecca is a teacher who spends her summer breaks volunteering and has completed over 2,400 hours of service to the ASPCA in New York City, where she has also fostered 16 kittens in her home over the many years she has been a volunteer.
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  May 3

  PAWSitively Good Honoree: Angela Santangelo

  Angela Santangelo, from Bideawee in Westhampton, NY, is the April 2023 PAWSitively Good Honoree. She has been volunteering at Bideawee for 10 years and has donated more than 700 hours. She is also a certified trainer and spends times with all the special needs animals.
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  New Jersey Mar 31

  PAWSitively Good Honoree: Dale Rizzo

  Dale Rizzo from Father John’s Animal House in New Jersey is the March 2023 PAWSitively Good Honoree. Dale has volunteered for over 10 years, was part of the team that rebuilt Father John’s shelter in 2012, helps the staff plan all their fundraising events and is one of the most dedicated kitten fosters.
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  Feb 17

  PAWSitively Good Honoree: Mary Rutlin

  Mary Rutlin fron Southampton Animal Shelter Foundation is the February 2023 PAWSitively Good Honoree. She has been a volunteer for over four years and is always the first to sign up for special events and is often seen in her dog costume. She brings joy to the staff and the animals she cares for at Southampton Animal Shelter Foundation.
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  PAWSitively Good Jan 20

  PAWSitively Good Honoree: Patty Millin

  Patty Millin is an extremely dedicated long-time volunteer at St. Hubert’s Animal Welfare Center. Patty spends every Sunday morning, including holidays, at St. Hubert’s cleaning dog kennels. Committed to keeping the dogs at the shelter happy and comfortable and is always willing to pitch in where she’s needed.
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  New York Live Nov 28, 2022

  Clear The Shelters: Muddy Paws Rescue

  The team from Muddy Paws Rescue joins Lauren Scala to share puppies available for adoption and fostering through MuddyPawsRescue.org.
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  clear the shelters Jan 20

  PAWSitively Good Honoree: Barbara Repetski

  Barbara Repetski is the May PAWSitively Good honoree. Barbara is one of The Sato Project’s longest running, most dedicated volunteers. She has been a core member of our team since 2012 and can often be found helping on Sato’s ‘Freedom Flights’ arrivals. She serves as The Sato Project’s Adoption Coordinator and helps to match the beloved satos to th...
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  PAWSitively Good Feb 14

  PAWSitively Good Honoree: Mike Malan

  Mike Malan is the April PAWSitively Good honoree. Mike volunteers with the Pet Animal Welfare Society of Connecticut where he volunteers his time as a dog trainer to help the animals, their new owners as well as the shelter staff. Mike believes animals thrive with socialization and not isolation and has helped countless new pet owners.
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  PAWSitively Good Feb 14

  PAWSitively Good Honoree: Alex Kurkjy

  Alex Kurkijy is the March PAWSitively Good honoree. Alex volunteers at the Danbury Animal Welfare Society in Connecticut where he assists with transports across the east coast and has helped to save over 2000 cats and dogs.
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  PAWSitively Good Feb 14

  PAWSitively Good Honoree: Debbie Debiasse

  Debbie Debiasse is the February PAWSitively Good honoree. She volunteers with St. Hubert’s Animal Welfare Center in Madison, NJ. She’s a weekly transport volunteer and will walk dog at all hours of the day and is always on call to help the animals relax and teach them how to trust people.
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  PAWSitively Good Feb 14

  PAWSitively Good Honoree: Marianne Matus

  Marianne Matus is the January PAWSitively Good honoree. She has been a volunteer for almost 30 years at Little Shelter and Animal Rescue and Adoption Center in Long Island, NY and has fostered over 1,000 cats and dogs during her time helping at Little Shelter.
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  PAWSitively Good Feb 14

  PAWSitively Good Honoree: Kent Waldron

  Kent Waldron is the December PAWSitively Good honoree. A jack of all trades at Father John’s Animal House in Lafayette, NJ. He enjoys working with both dogs and cats in every capacity and helps in the shelter’s different aid transports to save animals.
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  clear the shelters Jan 20

  PAWSitively Good Honoree: Bill Spinelli

  Bill Spinelli is the November PAWSitively Good honoree for his volunteer work at the Humane Society of Westchester in New York. Bill is retired from the FDNY, who served the South Bronx for almost 25 years. He is a lifelong animal lover who can be seen in the Westchester area walking dogs seven days a week.
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  PAWSitively Good Feb 14

  PAWSitively Good Honoree: Melissa Morgan

  Melissa Morgan is the October PAWSitively Good honoree for her volunteer work at Bideawee in New York. Melissa loves what she does and as part of her volunteering she crochets blankets for the shelter animals.
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  Sep 17

  One Million Adoptions With Clear The Shelters Campaign

  Millions adopotions with clear the sheltlers campaign
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  clear the shelters Aug 31

  Meet Clear the Shelters' adoptable pets of 2023

  So many adorable fur babies, so little time! Clear The Shelters, NBCUniversal Local’s nationwide pet adoption and donation campaign, is returning in 2023 for its ninth consecutive year from Aug. 1 to 31. Below, you can find pets who are up for adoption from NBC New York’s partner shelters. The list will be updated on a rolling basis, so make&...
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  Sep 24

  Clear the Shelters: Cuddly pets up for adoption

  Animal Care Centers of NYC have a perfect pet for you.