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What We Are

Helping Paws is a Purdue University student organization dedicated to bettering the lives of animals in need. We raise animal awareness in the community. We do this by volunteering for many animal related causes and coordinating fundraiser's for animals and organizations.
"The belief behind Helping Paws is to do what we can for those who cannot help themselves." -Randy Santiano, Founder of Helping Paws-

History
In 1999 a dog named Bu-Bu was hit by a car and was severely injured. He was bubugoing to be put down because no one could afford the medical costs to treat his extensive injuries. But Bu-Bu ran into the right people at the right time. A small group of Purdue students did a lot of hard work to raise all the money needed to nurse Bu-Bu back to health. He is now happy, healthy and in a home where he is pampered and loved. The small group of students realized there are plenty of animals in Lafayette-West Lafayette area that could use the help. Helping Paws acquires about 50 new members each year.

What We Do

In essence, we do anything we can to make sure domesticated animals have every chance to live a good life. After all, we asked them to be our companions -they deserve our respect and care. There are a few things we do regularly: wash animals at the Tippecanoe County Humane Society, walk the greyhounds at the vet school, help out in a puppy obedience class and volunteer.

How to Join

Just check for the time, date and place of the next meeting or call-out and come meet us! We have meetings semi-monthly and a call-out in August. Club dues are $10 for the year and $7 for the semester. Dues go toward social activities, such as pizza parties, bowling, etc.

Contact Us

For general questions or requests for information

Please put Helping Paws in the subject line before emailingWednesday, September 24, 2008

E-Mail Wayne (Club Vice President) Please do not email an officer when the meetings are please refer to the news page for that information.

For Web site related comments or questions:

E-Mail Sheffie (Club Webmaster)


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