Raise the Woof Comedy Night

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Sit, stay, and laugh with us at the Raise the Woof Comedy Show Fundraiser to benefit UPAWS! Start the New Year in great company with tons of laughs, and help homeless pets at the same time!

Raise the Woof is

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UPAWS Giving Tuesday Virtual Retirement Party Giving Grid!

Give your gift $40 for 40 years BELOW, give on our facebook fundraiser and Facebook will match up to $7M in gifts on #GivingTuesday, or click here to choose your own amount to give!  Don’t want to give online: you can

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THE 2020 PET PHOTO CALENDARS ARE IN!

Calendars are available at:

UPAWS Shelter

UPAWS Holiday Store at the Westwood Mall

Negaunee Veterinary Clinic

Northern Veterinary Associates

Cost per calendar is $12 or only $10 each if you purchase three or more.  Not only are they practical, but they also make unique gifts

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UPAWS Holiday Store Opens for the Season!

The holidays are fast approaching & that means that the UPAWS Holiday Store is open at the Westwood Mall in Marquette. COOL new styles and awesome apparel — all help to help the pets! Friendly volunteers will be on hand

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Upper Peninsula Animal Welfare Shelter, Inc. Receives $800.00 Grant

Upper Peninsula Animal Welfare Shelter, Inc. Receives 2020 Orvis Animal Care Grant for Dog Enrichment

Upper Peninsula Animal Welfare Shelter, Inc., Gwinn, has received a $800.00 Petfinder Dog Enrichment Grant from the Petfinder Foundation. Petfinder and the Petfinder Foundation believe every

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Find a Friend with Fox

Join us Wednesday August 15th from 3 PM – 6 PM at Fox Marquette at 3815 U.S 41 Marquette and help an animal in need. “Find a Friend with FOX” is an offsite pet adoption fair that helps UPAWS animals

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UPAWS Tee Up 4 Tails A Success!

The 21st anniversary of our golf fundraiser, “Tee Up 4 Tails” was a resounding success, thanks to the help of our many local sponsors, local businesses and of course our golfers.

We’d especially like to thank our ‘Top Dog teams’: Auto

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Wash-n-Wag 2018 Update & Photos

On Saturday June, 30th UPAWS hosted its annual Wash n’ Wag Fundraiser at Tourist Park. This dog wash event was a great time for all dog lovers! The weather was perfect and the dogs truly enjoyed cooling off at the

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Summer Adoption Event! FREE cat adoptions

Fee Waived Cat Adoptions June 25 to July 4 at  

Upper Peninsula Animal Welfare Shelter 

Adoption fees covered by generous animal lovers who are  

Paying It Forward to help 10,000 pets get adopted in just 10 days  

 Are you looking for a new best

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Rainbow Bridge Memorial Walk – How to Participate

Event Info:
Sunday, June 24, 2018

Iron Ore Heritage Trail (199 Tobin Street Negaunee, MI 49866)

Registration – 11:00 – 12:00pm

Memorial Service – 12:00pm

1.5 mile walk immediately after

Activities – 12:00-2:00pm

Registration fee = $25 and includes the walk and walker swag.

Help us reach our

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