PAWS ATLANTA INCORPORATED

What they do

PAWS ATLANTA, INC. (THE ORGANIZATION) is A NOT-FOR-PROFIT, 501(C)(3) ANIMAL WELFARE ORGANIZATION FOUNDED IN 1967, ORIGINALLY AS THE DEKALB HUMANE SOCIETY. IT WAS ORGANIZED UNDER THE LAWS of GEORGIA and REGISTERED A NAME CHANGE WITH THE GEORGIA SECRETARY of STATE IN EARLY 2003. PAWS ATLANTA, INC. is A NO-KILL ANIMAL SHELTER THAT PROVIDES LOVE, NUTRITION, MEDICAL CARE, and BEHAVIORAL TRAINING to ENRICH THE LIVES of HOMELESS ANIMALS UNTIL PERMANENT, SAFE HOMES CAN BE FOUND. THE MISSION of PAWS ATLANTA, INC. is to BUILD A COMMUNITY of CARING BY PEOPLE HELPING PETS and PETS HELPING PEOPLE. THE ORGANIZATION DELIVERS ON THIS MISSION BY OFFERING PET ADOPTION SERVICES, SPAY and NEUTER CLINICS, PET VACCINE CLINICS, BEHAVIORAL TRAINING, PET DENTAL CLINICS, HEALTH PREVENTATIVES, A PET FOOD BANK, EDUCATION THROUGH SUMMER CAMPS for YOUTH and EDUCATION THROUGH COMMUNITY OUTREACH. THE MAJORITY of THE ORGANIZATIONS REVENUES COME FROM PROGRAM FEES, DONATIONS, and FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES. THE ORGANIZATION