Hey guys! It’s been a while since Pawsitively Famous has done a full-fledged, all-out fundraising effort. But, we usually try to raise funds for Miranda’s birthday… and it’s right around the corner! She always says that the best gifts she can get are donations to those charities close to her heart.

To get Ran’s birthday fund off to a running start, Pawsitively Famous is doing another round of merchandise sales! We’ve got t-shirts and sweatshirts for kids and adults, caps, and other miscellaneous items (even doggie shirts) We decided to go a little different route this time, too. Instead of us doing one t-shirt design and offering it for <presale only, we put a couple different designs up in our Paws Café Press online shop (http://www.cafepress.com/pawsfamous). This way we can have a much larger variety of options from which people can pick and choose! And then you can just order and get your items as they ship them out, instead of having to wait for us to collect any presale money, submitting the orders, THEN mailing them all out. So, we thought this way would benefit everybody, at both ends - easier for us, quicker for you!

BONUS: We’re going to do a little giveaway to get this sale kicked off: the first 25 people who submit orders will go into a drawing for some Ran prize packs! For each item you order, you’ll get one entry into the drawings. (For example: If John Doe is one of the first 25 people to order and he orders 1 t-shirt, 1 cap, and 1 mug, he gets 3 entries into the drawings.) We’ll pick a winner for a 1st place prize pack, a 2nd place (slightly smaller) prize pack, and then a 3rd (smaller) price pack.

Please note, if you’re looking for the previous Pawsitively Famous t-shirt design from a couple years ago we’ve also thrown that designs as an option on a couple of the t-shirts because we’ve had many people ask about them.

So, check out our online store (http://www.cafepress.com/pawsfamous) and order away!

PS Don’t forget, we still have bottle koozies available, too! These aren’t in the Café Press store; check here - http://www.runningforacause.com/pawsitivelyfamous/bottlekoozies.html - for those!

PPS If you’re not interested in buying anything, but would still like to contribute monetarily, we of course welcome any contributions! Make PayPal donations here - http://www.runningforacause.com/pawsitivelyfamous/donate.html - or click here -http://www.runningforacause.com/pawsitivelyfamous/contactus.htm for our address to mail checks or money orders.

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Miranda and the Pawsitively Famous team are thrilled to officially announce the "grand opening" of RACE: Ran's Animal Care Express!

RACE has been set up to help displaced animals find new homes and to assist in organizing and funding the transport to get them there. It's funded through the efforts of Pawsitively Famous and Miranda's Pawsabilities pet charity fund.


Our members are made up of Ran fans and animal lovers who share the same beliefs: that every animal should have a loving and caring home. On the RACE website, members can voluntarily sign up to serve as adoptive or foster parents to displaced animal(s), help in transport relays, provide housing to fellow transporter(s) and/or the animal(s), and make donations to help fund adoptions.

Check out the RACE website to sign up and donate to help us get this project underway.

Hey guys!!

Pawsitively Famous is having a raffle for our 2nd Annual Valentine's Day Drive!

Every $5 you donate will get you an entry into the raffle, which includes:

*1 autographed Crazy Ex-Girlfriend 8x10
*1 autographed Garden & Gun magazine
*1 (unautographed) Nashville Scene magazine
*2 Paws bottle koozies
*1 $20 gift certificate to the Miranda Lambert store
*1 free t-shirt with our next order (which should be within the next couple of months)

Bev is also graciously throwing in a personalized autographed BRAND NEW headshot 8x10 to the winner when you place your order with the store!

AND another BONUS: you get extra entries for REFERRALS!  For each $1 someone you refer donates, you get another entry into the raffle.  For example, if "Bob" gets his friend "Bill" to donate $10... then "Bob" gets 10 extra entries in the raffle (with "Bill" also getting his 2 entries for donating $10, of course).  So tell your friends!    When they donate with PayPal and they get to the point where they're reviewing their payment, they just click on the "Add special instructions to the seller" and write in that they're being referred by you, or have them write in your name in their check memo field.

Donate now with PayPal to get entered!

Or, if you'd rather send in a check, our address is:

Pawsitively Famous
PO Box 389
Columbia, MO 65205-0389

We'll be drawing the winner on Sunday, February 15 so get those donations in and start referring!  If you have any questions, shoot us an e-mail!

Thanks!
The Paws Crew

Like we said in our previous news blog, Pawsitively Famous is now going to be supporting HSOET, TAILS, our other new group, Ran's Animal Care Express (or RACE for short).

Well, we're now set up on PayPal and are ready to start building up our funds!! Our tax exempt status for donations we take in will be retro-active once the IRS approves our NFP paperwork, so you can already start writing off any donations you make to Pawsitively Famous after January 1st on your 2009 taxes.

Of course, if you're interested in mailing in a check or money order, our mailing address is:


Thanks so much for all the support everybody!

Let's get it going!

Hey everyone,

It's a new year coming up and we have a ton of changes to tell you guys about.

For starters, Pawsitively Famous is now officially Pawsitively Famous, Inc. We've incorporated ourselves, and set up our own bank account and post office box so that people can now make contributions directly to us...... and even better than that, we're currently in the process of working with the IRS to make ourselves into an official Not For Profit Organization so that your contributions will also be tax deductible.

Along with that stuff there's several other changes in the works with the way that Paws is going to be structured going forward. The main concept is still going to be the same as far as doing races and selling merchandise to raise money for animal organizations, but now that we're basically about to become our own charity, we're going to be making a few changes to the way we handle the money that we take in, and once we get our Not For Profit status taken care of, we're also going to be aligning ourselves closely with Ran's official organization, Pawsabilities. Here's how it's going to work - instead of all of the donations going directly to the HSOET like we did in the past, we're going to be dividing them up between the HSOET, TAILS, our other new group, Ran's Animal Care Express (or RACE for short), and possibly some other animal shelter organizations in the future.

RACE is the official name for the group of people who volunteer to do animal rescues/transports through the fan club, which we've kind of unofficially been coordinating up to this point, but we're going to be doing it officially now, and the way this is going to work going forward is that anyone who volunteers to drive, provide temporary housing for an animal, or help out with a rescue in any other way will now have the option of being reimbursed for their time and mileage through us (it's not gonna be a HUGE amount but it should help cover some of your expenses, and we're going to be working on some other perks as well over the next several months that we'll also be telling you about as we get them set up). As far as aligning ourselves with Pawsabilities goes, the way that's going to work is that once our Not For Profit status is official, Ran's organization is going to be making contributions to us as well to help with the rescues and to help RACE grow as an organization, so make sure you keep doing the search with Miranda stuff and supporting Pawsabilities because a portion of the money that they take in will be going towards helping with the adoptions that get done through the fan club. Hopefully we can continue to be just as successful with those in the future as we have been so far. We're also going to be putting online volunteer forms for anyone interested in helping to drive or house animals and adoption forms for anyone who might be interested in adopting one on our website soon too (hopefully very soon - they're almost done but we've just been busy setting everything else up that we haven't gotten a chance to finish them yet but they're coming).

One other thing to add - even though we're not officially a not for profit organization yet, the tax exempt status for donations we take in will be retro-active once the IRS approves the paperwork, so you can already start writing off any donations you make after January 1st on your 2009 taxes (anything you send in between now and the end of this year may or may not be tax deductible depending on the timing of the paperwork getting filed, etc so if you want to send something in within the next two weeks and guarantee a deduction on your 2008 taxes, make your check out directly to the HSOET or TAILS and then starting in 2009 you can make it out to Pawsitively Famous).

So like I said earlier, if you're interested in making a contribution, our new mailing address is:

Pawsitively Famous, Inc.
PO Box 389
Columbia, MO 65205-0389

We also still have some beer bottle koozies available for $4 each, so if you're interested in ordering any, let us know.

Thanks!

The Paws Crew

Hey guys, Ran's birthday is just around the corner!!!

As she's said in the past, the best present you can give her is to make a donation to the Humane Society of East Texas (HSOET)!!

Here are some ways to help:

* Make out a check or money order, payable to the Humane Society of East Texas! You can send them to us (contact us at webmaster@pawsitivelyfamous.com for a mailing address) and we will forward them to the HSOET in a group specifically for Ran's birthday collection.

* Make credit card/PayPal donations here. This is a direct link to the HSOET's “Donation Form” on their website. After you have completed the transaction, please forward the e-mail receipt that you will receive from PayPal to us (at webmaster@pawsitivelyfamous.com ) so we can add you to our Contributors page and make you a banner!

* If you want something tangible from your donation, you can show your support by purchasing some Paws bottle koozies; all proceeds go to the HSOET!

September 22, 2008

Make sure you check out our friends at Prairie Paws Rescue (they have a Petfinder page, too) if you live in the Jamestown, ND area and you're interested in adopting a rescue pet!!

September 11, 2008

Hey Ran Fans, it's summertime so make sure to get your Paws bootle koozies!! The Paws crew is gearing up for their July fundraising race, the Napa-to-Sonoma Wine Country Half Marathon. For just $4 each, help add to the total, snag some summer Pawsitively Famous/Ran/HSOET swag, and help out Ran's favorite charity. As you always see her encourage everyone to “love a shelter pet!!”, this is a wonderful way to do that if you can't adopt!

Click here for more details and to order!!!

June 30, 2008

We are thrilled to annouce that Miranda's first charity event, Cause For The Paws, brought in $113,000.00 profit for the Humane Society of East Texas. Beverly Lambert and Gayle Helms, surrounded by 8 dogs at the shelter, wept with joy as the final tally was tabulated. Miranda had the following comments for her official press release regarding the event and the contribution:

“I would like to thank Gayle Helms at the Humane Society of East Texas for inviting me to be a part of the first charity event for the shelter. Cause for the Paws was a huge success for so many reasons! The committee that put it together was amazing and KE Cellars and the food vendors did an awesome job. The Villa di Felicita is the most beautiful place ever, period. The volunteers were organized and made everything look easy and flow smoothly. Also those who donated for the auctions were more than generous, including my friends in the entertainment community. A special thanks to my friends, Blake Shelton, Adam Hood and Kacey Musgraves for giving of their time and adding great music. God topped it off with a beautiful day! The event took on a life of it's own and Delilah and I felt so honored to be a part of it. A heartfelt thank you goes out to those who bought tickets, the sponsors and everyone who contributed in any way to help the abused and abandoned animals of East Texas.”

Read the official press release.



April 25, 2008