Please Help Now. We Can't Wait.
Your gift will help provide the support needed to keep our Kyle doors open.
Dear PAWS Community:
We have heard and seen your passionate responses to our post yesterday regarding the heartbreaking decision to temporarily close our Kyle location due to financial hardship. We are moved beyond words at all the support you showed us SO quickly. 🥹
Like we mentioned, we are not giving up! We love our Kyle location and the pets and community it serves. Throughout last night, our board was in constant communication and would like the public to know that if we are able to meet a goal of raising $200k, we will be able to keep our Kyle location OPEN for a few months- the caveat being we need to ensure we can maintain this path long-term. But that gives us time to plan and put a long term fundraising plan in place.
We are open and happy to hear your thoughts and suggestions, and beyond grateful for the outpouring of love and support we saw yesterday. Our board will make themselves available to you if you would like to talk about ideas and details. Please DM us with your information so we can get you in touch. Together, we can do this!
All donations from yesterday’s post will go towards our goal of Saving Kyle’s 200k, so thank you to everyone who donated!
We love you, Community! We have a journey ahead, but there is now a glimmer of hope at the end of the tunnel because of your love for PAWS. THANK YOU.
Are you a business owner or wanting to contribute a large donation in the form of a corporate or personal sponsorship? Please reach out to us at
executive-board@pawsshelter.org to let us know how we can help make your donation possible.
We are very open to your collaboration ideas!
While our goal is to reach the needed $200,000 to keep the Kyle Shelter afloat for longer, your donations will go to saving the lives of animals at PAWS Shelter of Central Texas regardless. Please rest assured that your donations support our mission and go directly to medical expenses, routine business expenses (electricity, insurance, etc.), transportation costs, and every other aspect of running this lifesaving organization. We still and always will need you! We literally cannot do this without the support of our community.
Testimonials from our Community:
"Heartbreaking. I worked at Kyle location for several years. I couldn’t believe how lucky I was to land in such a sweet place, a little shelter with incredibly caring and dedicated staff. We developed new programs together, eagerly learning everything we could to increase adoptions and enrich the animals lives, navigating new territories, inviting so many amazing staff, fosters, volunteers, and community members into our growing family.
My involvement with PAWS changed my life. I learned and loved so much. It’s also where I adopted my heart dog, Toby – an absolute perfect prince whom I’ve missed every day since his passing.
And Kyle is still that sweet place, a little shelter with incredibly caring and dedicated staff, volunteers, fosters, and community. And a community who relies on their presence for pet food donations, support, etc. It’s old and rickety but full-to-the-brim with love, I promise. I’d sure hate to see it go. It doesn’t seem right. 💔
(Fun fact: for those unaware, Kyle was the very first shelter in all of Hays County – built in 1986 by Miriam of the McCoy family. It would be celebrating its 40th anniversary next year.)"
- Heather D.
I’m so sad to see this. Donated and hope the contributions and offers of support seen on this post lead to good news. I worked at and fostered for PAWS starting when I was in college—my first job in animal welfare, and I am still so grateful for those times and everything I learned from my amazing coworkers (a small but mighty team), fellow fosters, our community, and every animal who passed through our doors.
I started fostering my eventual first ‘foster fail’ Flea there 11 years ago this month. We now live many states away, but PAWS will always hold a special place in my heart and I believe in it to find the best possible outcome. 🫶
- Kirsten P.
We're so sad to hear that. We adopted Trooper in 2023. Thank you for taking care of him for the years he was there. He's the best dog ever. I sent a donation, wish it could be more and I hope something can be worked out. You all do amazing and important work.
- Tricia W.
Toby - adopted from the Kyle Campus in 2019