Danbury Animal Welfare Society

Bethel Community Earth Day
2017-04-22 09:00 - 16:00 UTC | Bethel Municipal Center Green, 1 School Street, Bethel, CT, 06801, United States
Celebrate Earth Day with DAWS at the Bethel Community Earth Day Event
DAWS has been invited to celebrate the 47th Earth Day with our friends in the community. The First Congregational Church of Bethel and the Town of Bethel are partnering to mark Earth Day with an exciting family-friendly event that they hope will bring together all of Bethel for an exciting and educational day.
Through their partnership, the two organizations have a vision to help create a world where all of creation thrives, to provide an opportunity for our local community to gather around environmental issues and concerns, and to promote activism to care for and preserve the Earth.
The goal of the Bethel Community Earth Day event is for the community to come together, to build and support a healthy environment, to cherish and protect the Earth for future generations, and to recognize and promote businesses, non-profit groups and individuals who support green initiatives.

PetValu Grand Opening Event
2017-04-08 09:00 - 15:00 | PetValu-Bethel, 9 Durant Ave., Bethel, CT, 06801, United States
Join the Celebration
Come meet our adorable, adoptable animals at the Grand Opening celebration for the new PetValu store in Bethel. DAWS volunteers will be on site throughout the day to showcase a few of our furry friends.

VIP Film Screening of Dog by Dog
2017-03-29 18:00 - 22:00 | Bethel Cinema, 269 Greenwood Ave., Bethel, CT, 06801, United States
Join us for a benefit reception and film screening of the riveting documentary Dog by Dog.
This documentary examines the efforts in the United States to tighten regulations on commercial dog kennels, known as ‘puppy mills,’ where animals are kept without adequate regard for their welfare. Every day in the United States there are hundreds of people around the country determined to save puppies and ‘over the hill’ breeder dogs when puppy mills decide they are no longer useful and, therefore, disposable.
These dedicated people spend countless hours and unimaginable resources staging ‘rescue runs,’ providing emergency veterinary care, and scrambling for last minute foster homes and adoptions. This is a stressful, often rewarding, and also heartbreaking cycle.
But…imagine if these brave rescuers didn’t have to do this? The puppy mill business in the United States is booming, profitable, and proliferated by a complex system of laws and corporate policies that lump ‘companion animals’ such as dogs and cats with animals raised for food, such as cows, pigs, and chickens.
Dog by Dog aims to explain the laws and policies that keep these practices going and explore the choices the everyday American can make in order to eliminate the need for puppy mills.
A portion of the ticket sales will be donated to DAWS. The benefit ticket price includes:

Alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages
Food
Screening of Dog by Dog
Q&A with the film’s director, Christopher Grimes, and a panel of animal welfare experts
Reception following the Q&A

Catering sponsored by Michael Bick’s: Some Things Fishy Catering
View the trailer

Giving Day
2017-03-09 00:00 - 23:59 | FCGives.org, Online
Support DAWS on Giving Day!
Fairfield County’s Community Foundation’s annual Giving Day is 24 hours of online giving to support local charities. On March 9, 2017, donations will be accepted through FCGives.org. The minimum donation is $10, and there is no maximum.
The goal of Giving Day is to inspire and empower donors in Fairfield County to support local nonprofits. You can come together with other donors in the region and make an incredibly powerful impact by supporting YOUR local nonprofits. Give where you live on March 9th and help us reach our $15,000 goal.
Even better, your gift can be multiplied by helping us win two of the cash prizes being offered on Giving Day. Find out how you can maximize your donations on Giving Day.
Check out what our adorable adoptable animals have to say about Giving Day, then mark your calendars for March 9th, and click to donate!
Giving Day Video 1
Giving Day Video 2
Giving Day Video 3

Wine & Chocolates Wine Pairing Event
2017-02-11 16:30 - 18:30 | Max Wine and Spirits, 40 Mill Plain Rd., Danbury, CT, 06810, United States
Do something sweet for your sweetheart. Enjoy a pre-Valentine’s night out with DAWS. Sip delicious wines perfectly paired with decadent chocolates at our first Wine & Chocolates wine pairing event.
