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savethedate<br />
May 18<br />
Angels with Tails<br />
12-4 p.m.<br />
Michigan Ave. & Oak<br />
St. Adoption Event<br />
Board of Directors<br />
Paula Fasseas, Chairman<br />
Pam Carey, President<br />
George Karcazes, Secretary<br />
Alexis Fasseas, Treasurer<br />
Janice Beck, Barbara Bradford, Bruce Crown, Charles Day,<br />
Lisa Dent, Prof. Mark Duggan, Peter Fasseas, Raj Fernando,<br />
Sonia Florian, Suzie Glickman, Suzanne LeMignot, Amy Mack,<br />
Mayari Pritzker, Dr. Barbara Royal, Robert Sherman,<br />
Bill Smithburg, Maria Smithburg, Michael Sweig<br />
from the chair<br />
June 21<br />
Run for Their Lives<br />
8k Run/4k Walk<br />
9 a.m. start<br />
Montrose Beach<br />
July 24<br />
Beach Party<br />
6 p.m.<br />
Castaways at<br />
North Avenue<br />
Beach Boathouse<br />
September 7<br />
Chicago Half<br />
Marathon<br />
7 a.m. start<br />
Jackson Park<br />
November 14<br />
Fur Ball<br />
6 p.m.<br />
The Drake Hotel<br />
July 20<br />
Rock ‘n’ Roll<br />
Half Marathon<br />
6:30 a.m. start<br />
Grant Park<br />
August 24<br />
Chicago Triathlon<br />
6 a.m. start<br />
Downtown Lakefront<br />
October 12<br />
Bank of America<br />
Chicago Marathon<br />
7:30 a.m. start<br />
Grant Park<br />
Visit pawschicago.org for<br />
event registration<br />
Development Board<br />
President<br />
Ben Bornstein<br />
Membership Chair<br />
Chris Ksoll<br />
Ambassador Chair<br />
Deborah Chapman<br />
Vice Presidents<br />
Amy Turk & Melissa Cocagne<br />
Media Chair<br />
Jaclene Tetzlaff<br />
Professional Board Liaison<br />
Ashley Pettit<br />
Hospitality Co-Chairs<br />
Bonnie Spurlock, Nancy Sterling & Judy Tullman<br />
Sharon Axelrod, Nancy Baird, Wyllys Baird, Janice Beck, Sharon Bergen,<br />
Aileen N. Blackwell, Lynn Block, Renata M. Block, Robert Block,<br />
Jessica Bloom, Ben Bornstein, Walter Brindell, Jennifer Burg,<br />
Melissa Canning, Pam Carey, Lindsay Carlton, Deborah Chapman,<br />
Jackie Chesler, Larry Chesler, Tara Clack, Melissa Cocagne, Angie DeMars,<br />
Pamela Duffy, Anthony Eliseuson, Alexis Fasseas, Paula Fasseas,<br />
Candace Fates, Steven Fatora, Christine Fisher, Susan Frank, Wayne Gailis,<br />
Laurie Gentle, Kimberly Gleeson, Suzie A. Glickman, Debra Gold,<br />
Linda Goldberg Leahy, Alison Victoria Gramenos, Marjorie E. Habermann,<br />
Amy Halstead, Lauren Hamlin, Meda Hatcher, Gary Haut, Linda Havlin,<br />
Beth Hayden, Frances Henkel, Stephanie Henry, Virginia H. Holden,<br />
Robert Hovermale, Holly Hunt, Susan Jacobson, Shari Johnson,<br />
Candace <strong>Jordan</strong>, Robert Kabakoff, Susan L. Karkomi, Linda Karp,<br />
David J. Kaufman, Brittany Kirk, David M. Klaskin, Chris Ksoll,<br />
Michele Langenfeld, Cheri Lawrence, Suzanne LeMignot, Carole Lenders,<br />
Sheryl Lesch, Hannah Levine, Leigh Levy, Brett Lyons, Amy Mack,<br />
Karen Maisa, Joanna Mallers, Christine Mallul, Joseph Manicki,<br />
Elaine Markoutsas, Michael C. Marrion, Anita Mauro, Dan Mauro,<br />
Kristina McGrath, Thomas McGuire, Helen H. Melchior, Irene Michaels,<br />
Amy Mick, Kurt Miller, Julie Miller, Rita Moore, Pamela Myerson-Gratz,<br />
Saq Nadeem, Sharon R. O’Brien, Dawn G. O’Neal, Jim O’Neal, Nancy Officer,<br />
Stasia Ogden, Natalie Paldrmic, Gregory Pappas, Anne Marie Peretz,<br />
Ashley Pettit, Pamela Phillips Weston, Bernice N. Pink, Julie Port,<br />
Mayari Pritzker, Stephanie Prousis, Suzanne Prysak, Ashley Quicksilver,<br />
Laurie Randolph, Emily A. Raub, Sugar Rautbord, Barbara Rinella,<br />
Sharon Rosenthal, Robin Ross, Erin Runnels, Rebecca Sanchez,<br />
Regina Savage, Mitch Serrano, Haley Schulman, Alissa B. Shulkin,<br />
Maria Smithburg, Peggy Sorenson, Lori Souder, Patricia Spagat,<br />
Patricia S. Spratt Bauer, Bonnie L. Spurlock, Virginia Stafman, Nancy Sterling,<br />
Lynne A. Styles, Jo Ann Sweig, Jessica Tampas, Jaclene Tetzlaff,<br />
Allison S. Thomas, Nancy Timmers, Andrew Tobin, Heidi Torrence-Simon,<br />
Howard Tullman, Judith K. Tullman, Amy L. Turk, Laura Wallace,<br />
Carol Walter, Julie Weisler, James Patrick Welch, Wesley Yee<br />
Dear Supporters,<br />
You are holding in your hands our favorite issue of the<br />
year: the Annual Report issue of PAWS Chicago magazine.<br />
It’s our favorite because it is our opportunity to acknowledge<br />
and thank all of you for your support and your dedication<br />
to the cause of homeless pets. You make second chances<br />
possible and give a voice to the pain and suffering that so<br />
many homeless pets endure.<br />
I want to personally thank each and every one of you for<br />
all of the progress that your contribution, whether financial<br />
or of time, allowed us to make in 2013. Because of you we<br />
were able to:<br />
• Find homes for 5,872 homeless pets, spay or neuter<br />
nearly 18,000 dogs and cats<br />
• Provide 39,043 free or low-cost vaccinations,<br />
microchips and blood tests<br />
• Move forward with plans to open our second<br />
adoption location, the PAWS Chicago North Shore<br />
Adoption Center in Highland Park<br />
• Begin construction on our much-needed Training<br />
& Foster Care Center, which will provide space to<br />
further the enrichment and expand opportunities<br />
for our volunteers, the community and most<br />
importantly, our Gold Star Dogs (which you can<br />
read more about in this issue on page 32)<br />
Because of you, our strategic plan has continued to evolve<br />
in order to realize the growth necessary to achieve our No Kill<br />
mission here in our community and beyond. An exciting new<br />
initiative that you can look forward to in 2014 includes the<br />
launch of No Kill Academy, a resource arm of PAWS Chicago<br />
designed to share our No Kill Model and best practices with<br />
shelters across the country. The reason for this national<br />
platform is exhilarating and one you should all – as PAWS<br />
Photo by: Sofia Spentzas<br />
Chicago supporters – take pride in; our work is changing<br />
the conversation and the way people think about homeless<br />
animals and traditional sheltering.<br />
One of our champions in this transformation is featured<br />
on our cover, a man who needs no introduction. Billy<br />
Corgan has been a tremendous advocate for homeless<br />
animals and is an inspiration to me personally in his care<br />
for all Earth’s creatures. He has become an extension of our<br />
PAWS Chicago family and we cannot thank him enough for<br />
his support. You can read more about his work and love for<br />
animals in our cover story on page 42.<br />
I want to point you to an important section of the<br />
magazine, the 2013 Annual Report which starts on page 48,<br />
where you can learn more about how to identify quality No<br />
Kill shelters throughout the United States.<br />
Please also take a look at our in-depth feature, Gold Star<br />
Dogs, which starts on page 32. It introduces you to some<br />
very special dogs who suffer from emotional damage and<br />
explains the very important component of animal behavior<br />
in the No Kill Model.<br />
And don’t miss reading the great news about Chicago<br />
and Cook County passing ordinances banning the sale of<br />
puppy mills on page 10.<br />
Enjoy this issue and thank you for your unwavering<br />
commitment to homeless pets,<br />
Paula Fasseas<br />
Founder and Chair
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