Santa Paws visits the Animal Welfare League in Australia!

The doggies and kitties at Animal Welfare League of Queensland in Australia got their Santa Paws Drive gift package just in time for Christmas!

Nothing makes us happier than seeing all the happiness and Christmas joy we were able to send these beautiful animals' way. Look at all the cute pictures! (You can click on it to biggify.)

Thanks to @PepiSmartDog for nominating such a great organization, and thanks to everyone who donated for making this great drive possible!

The Making of a Santa Paws Drive Gift Package!

We thought it would be fun to share some pictures of how much GREAT stuff went into the gift packages we sent to the shelter dogs and cats. It was so much!

This is the making of a Santa Paws Drive package that we sent to one of the shelters with both dogs and cats...

Layer 1: Tons of dog treats!

Layer 2: Oodles of dog toys!

Layer 3: Bunches of cat treats!

Layer 4: Piles of cat toys!

It's like a lasagna of goodies for all the animals! Thank you all again for all your donations! We can't wait to hear from the shelters after they get their Christmas presents!

Announcing the Winners of the Year of Greenies Raffle...

As many of you know (we hope!), Santa Paws Drive has been selling tickets to raffle of two HUGE baskets of goodies, courtesy of Greenies.

We sold tickets for just $1, with all proceeds going to Santa Paws Drive cash goal of $3,600. Greenies generously donated a whole year's worth of treats for cats and dogs -- and we sold almost $400 in tickets!!! THANK YOU, everyone!

The cat raffle basket included 36 packs of your favorite flavor Greenies ($108 value!) and the dog raffle included 12 packs ($208 value!) Now that's a prize we can really chew on!

Now, without further ado, we are excited to announce the winners of each of these raffle prizes.

Drumroll please...

The winner of a YEAR worth of Feline Greenies is... Julie Fox, a.k.a. @LadyGreyFox! (She needs more followers, so let's show her some anipal love and follow her!)

And the winner of the YEAR worth of Canine Greenies is... Monica Wilson, a.k.a. @kyba!

Congrats to both our winners! We'll be contacting you soon to see what flavors you like and any other info we might need to get your yummies on the way ASAP!

Thank you to everyone who supported Santa Paws Drive by buying raffle tickets, and a HUGE thank you to Greenies for their generous support. The raffle was a huge success!

Everyone please don't forget that the last day to donate is FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18th! We're only $349 away from our goal right now, and we know we can do it! Every single dollar helps, so if you can spare anything, we'd love to be able to give as much as we can to the shelters!

Please click here to donate!

Winners of the THANKATHON Giveaway!

Wow! We had so many comments on our Thankathon post about what people were thankful for this year! As promised, we have TONS of prizes to give away to people who shared with us!

Santa Paws Drive own @BabyPatches has picked our winners! Check out the pawsome video below of her picking them -- she did a great job!


And now on to the winners!

Grand prize winner of an amazing toy bear all the way from HARRODS in London is...
Henry (aka @Quadpawd)

Runner-up #1 and winner of a Deluxe Santa Suit (coat and all!) is...
Huntyr (aka @kyba)

Runner-up #2 and winner of a snazzy Santa Hat is...
Coco (aka @moviestarcoco)

And the random winners of some nommy TURKEY TREATS are...

The TURKEY cat treat winners!
@ellabellakitty
@kealoha_kitty
@samthecatrocks
@petiethecat
@BrewskieButt

The TURKEY dog treat winners!
@moviestarcoco
@fergusthedog
@health4uandpets
@MadLabM
@Ri_Guy

Congrats to ALL our winners! As always, thank you so much for supporting Santa Paws Drive. These prizes are our gifts to YOU, as our way of showing our appreciation for all you do, and all you've done to help!

We will be contacting the winners within the next 2 days to get addresses. If you don't hear from us, please DM @SantaPawsDrive!

CONTEST: What Are YOU Thankful For? (Win Santa prizes and TURKEY treats!)

Go to Santa Paws Drive official site >>

Thanksgiving is a time for being thankful for what we have: for our wonderful family, our fabulous pets, our amazing friends... and TURKEY!

Santa Paws Drive is thankful for everyone's support so far. Together we're getting closer to our goal of money, toys and treats to help bring holiday cheer to the less fortunate shelter animals this Christmas.

For our latest Santa Paws Drive event, we want to know what you're thankful for! From all the answers, Santa Paws' own Baby Patches is going to pick some random winners.

How to Enter

1. Leave a comment about what your thankful for to be automatically entered!
2. Tweet this short message (if you don't have Twitter, you get a pass... but this helps us spread the word!):
CONTEST: @SantaPawsDrive asks what are YOU thankful for? http://bit.ly/2fk8tW Comment to WIN!

Prizes are super fabulous (and you could even be Santa Paws yourself)! Here they are:

Grand Prize: Super plush CHRISTMAS BEAR from Harrod's in London!
Runner Up #1: Deluxe, festive pet SANTA SUIT (coat and all!)
Runner Up #2: Ho ho holiday pet SANTA HAT!
10 random prizes: 5 bags of kitty TURKEY treats and 5 bags doggie TURKEY treats! (Perfect for Thanksgiving!)

Leave a comment and spread the word!

Contest end midnight EST, Thanksgiving Thursday (the 26th) at midnight EST and we'll announce the winners on Friday.

HUGE Special Thanks To...

Santa Paws Drive couldn't be what it is without the huge help and support from some amazing people -- and we want to make sure we recognize and give an extra special thank you to each one of them!

Austin and Kerri Schlack
A dynamic duo! Austin created the Santa Paws Drive logo, all the badges you see on other blogs and the extra little touches that made our site what it is, like the paw Twitter and Facebook icons.

Lenisse Komatsu
Our graphic genius! Lenisse drew up the official Santa Paws Drive image you see on SantaPawsDrive.com, our Facebook page, our Twitter page and on the badges Austin put together! Lenisse also hand drew all the cash donation images for the official Santa Paws store.

All our friends who helped spread the word
Before our launch day, it was incredible to see all our friends on Twitter and Facebook come together to spread the word. We wish we could name them all individually, but the list would be too long! To each and every one of you: Thank you!