Team PAWS at the Amway River Bank Run
Join Team PAWS and make every mile count!
Paws With A Cause (PAWS) is proud to be an Amway River Bank Run Charity Partner. Whether you’re running, walking, or cheering from the sidelines, you can help transform lives by supporting the training and placement of custom-trained working dogs.
Every dollar raised by Team PAWS helps provide assistance dogs at no cost to individuals who need them most. Your support helps cover the cost of breeding, raising, veterinary care, professional training, client matching, placement, and lifetime follow-up services for our working dog teams.
Fundraising Incentives
As a Team PAWS fundraiser, you’ll earn rewards while helping create life-changing partnerships:
- Raise any amount: Receive a PAWS logo sticker
- Raise $200: Earn a 20% off discount code to the PAWS Store
- Raise $300: Complimentary registration to PAWS in the Park 5K or 1 Mile in 2027
- Raise $600: Sponsor a PAWS Puppy and receive updates on your sponsored puppy throughout its first year
- Raise $1,200: Receive a PAWS T-shirt
- Raise $3,000: Have a one-hour visit with a PAWS dog at your home or workplace (within 25 miles of Grand Rapids; scheduled at a mutually agreed-upon time)
- Raise $5,000: Name a future litter of PAWS puppies
Why Run for PAWS?
The investment to breed, raise, train, and place a PAWS assistance dog is $60,000. Thanks to generous supporters, every PAWS assistance dog is provided at no cost to the client they serve.
When you join Team PAWS, you’re doing more than participating in a race. You’re helping create greater independence for individuals with disabilities and strengthening communities one PAWS dog at a time.