Santa Paws Drive 2012 Raffle Winners!

This year's raffle was a huge success! We raised hundreds of extra dollars, thank to everyone's generosity (and the fabulous prizes these great companies donated for us to raffle)! We'd like to announce the winners today! If you see your name on the list, please keep an eye on your email in the next day or two for a note from us confirming your addresses and contact info. Each of these winners was randomly selected using random.org. Thank you to everyone who purchased tickets. We wish you could all have won!

PetFusion Ultimate Prize Pack #1 - Karen H.

PetFusion Ultimate Prize Pack #2 - Keely F.

The Cat's Trapeze Prize - Daniela R.

Year Supply of Feline GREENIES Prize Pack # 1 - Lisa C.

Year Supply of Feline GREENIES Prize Pack # 2 - Vicki C.

Year Supply of Canine GREENIES Prize Pack - Kirsten C.

Custom Pet Drawing by BZTAT Prize - Judith H.

DRINKWELL® 360 STAINLESS STEEL PET FOUNTAIN Prize - Debbie S.

Bissell Perfect Sweet Turbo Prize Pack - Victoria M.

Year Subscription of Luxurious Goat's Milk Soap Prize Pack - Carol M.

One Year "Wardrobe" of Stylish Cat Collars Prize Pack - Daria S.

Ultimate Kritter Kondo Kit Prize - Melissa W.

Kritter Kondo Original Prize - Jamie L.

PURRsian Cat Rug Prize - Pattie K.

Heated Wellness Sleeper™ Prize - Christine C.

Congratulations to the Fancy Feast Ornament Winners!

Last week on Friday, Fancy Feast did a wonderful thing -- they donated $1,000 to Santa Paws Drive, plus offered to give a free collectible 2012 Fancy Feast ornament to the first 100 people to donate on that day as well!

It was an amazing day for donations. Just amazing. Santa was doing the happy dance all day long!

THANK YOU, FANCY FEAST!

So we are happy to announce the winners of the ornaments below!

We have many of your addresses (if you paid with credit card), but if we don't have your address, please be on the lookout for an email in the next day. We need to hear back from you within 2 days to get the ornaments out to you.

Congratulations to these Santa's helpers (and thank you so much for donating!):

Sher S
Karen F
Keely F
Kim A
Jennifer J
Evyan W
Emily B
Kathy R
Flaherty I
Jeanne K
Adrianna K
Lisa C
Mary H
Lisa K
Devon K
Cindy M
Luciano M
Steve S
Nancy C
Linda G
Paula A
Sandra G
Miranda S
Genevieve C
Vicki W
Mary R
Janis F
Debra B
Linda R
Gretchen L
Margaret E
Jessica T
Piyanush C
Cheryl S
Kristin S
John M
Felicia W
Cathy C
Carol B
Heather R
Sharla V
Deborah R
Donna T
Jennifer E
Lee S
Linda C
Jeanne G
Fred K
Kim F
Jarod K
Donna M
Jeannie M
Michelle M
Sarah D
Shelby L
Dana H
Deborah G
Sarah M
Kathryn M
Stephanie U
Karen H
Jeanna M
Nicole L
Tricia Y
Jacqueline M
Elisabeth B
Lisa R
Anna B
Bonnie H
Cheryl S
Kristin S
Sharla V
Melissa W
Donna T
Keely F
Kim F
Michelle W
Daniela R
Felicia W
Victoria M

Official Kickoff Pawty Tonight from 8-10 pm EST!

Hello Santa's helpers! Today is #GivingTuesday, and Santa Paws Drive is an official partner! It's a day to give to charities and the less fortunate, instead of buying for yourselves like on Black Friday and Cyber Monday. To raise awareness -- and donations! -- we're throwing an online party!

Join us for our official Kickoff Pawty (a little late, but we wanted to wait until after Thanksgiving!) tonight from 8-10 p.m. EST on Twitter!

Use hashtag #santapawsdrive to join in the fast-paced, wacky, silly, festive fun and win tons of fabulous prizes -- all while helping send shelter animals toys and treats to make their holidays brighter!

To RSVP and get all the info, click to go to the invitation (ALL are invited!).

Pets at home get showered with love and presents for the holidays, and the goal of Santa Paws Drive is to make sure that shelter animals get the same joy and gifts!

Come learn about the shelters we're supporting, meet some of the cats and dogs we'll be sending presents to and mix and mingle with everyone to start off the holiday season!

You better be good and be there! Remember... Santa's watching! 

Can't make the party, but still want to support us? Please donate toys or cash here!

Sneak Peek to 2012 Shelters - Official Announcement on Monday!

The elves have officially chosen the six shelters we'll be supporting with this year's Santa Paws Drive!

 It was an incredibly hard decision (there were more than 500 nominations!), and we hope you'll support us and help make this the best holiday ever for these much-deserving shelter animals!

Here is a sneak peek of the states and countries for our shelters this year... We'll officially announce the names of the shelters on Monday around noon EST and open up for donations! 

Nominations are Officially Open!

Nominations are officially open for this year's Santa Paws Drive!

This will be our fourth year and we hope our biggest and best yet! Our goal is to make sure shelter animals all over the world have the happiest holidays ever.

If you have a favorite rescue or shelter, nominate them using our nomination form. They must be no-kill, registered non-profit organizations, and can be anywhere in the world (we're international!).

We'll be taking nominations until November 2, 2012 and our goal is to have the site up and running and start taking donations on Monday, November 5th!

Keep an eye out here for more news and info. In the meantime, you can learn more about how Santa Paws Drive started and also the elves behind it! Also, check out the shelters we've helped in past years!

Let's make this the best Santa Paws Drive yet!

Announcing the Santa Paws Drive 2011 Raffle Winners!

Wow! What a success this year's raffle was. We sold over 1,300 tickets for the items we had (that's $1,300 that goes directly to the shelters as cash donations!), and we're so excited to announce the winners!

So without further ado... Drumroll please...

The winners of each prize:

Year Supply of Canine Greenies® - Kirsten Chappell

Year Supply of Feline Greenies® - Patty Woodland

Pet Fusion Cat Scratcher Lounges - Daniela Regier & Patricia Sauer

SturdiBag Large Pet Carrier - Rachael Marie

P.L.A.Y. Pet Bed - Lori Feldman

Kritter Kondo Green Kondo Deluxe - Judith Hougaz

Bissell Perfect Sweep Turbo Prize Pack - Steve Thill

Custom Pet Drawing by BZTAT - Cathy Schnabel

The Cat's Trapeze - Edna Wongdoyle

Freaky Dog People Prize Pack - Maria Badillo

Thank you to everyone who supported us by purchasing tickets! We're so happy we can give you all some presents for helping us give the shelter cats and dogs presents!

Congratulations to all the winners!

P.S. We have emailed everyone on this list. If you see your name, please check your email!