PAWS Chicago hosted their annual beach party on Wednesday at Offshore Bar on Navy Pier. There were adorable pups from PAWS walking around for adoption , and it took all of the strength in my body to not bring home a black and tan puppy named Taj. But I digress, the beach themed bash featured island vacays to bid on, Hawaiian lays for all, and delicious snackies for humans and doggos. The night was topped off by a beautiful speech from Paula Fasseas, founder of PAWS. In 1997, she went into a city pound and knew that something had to change after seeing how many animals never made it out. She was the at the forefront of the “no-kill” model and this movement has reduced the killing of homeless pets entering Chicago shelters by 91%
Now it’s 2022, and PAWS Chicago has several facilities, including a medical building where they’ll perform 17,000 spay and neuter surgeries. They’re on track to get 5,000 animals adopted this year!
