Every stray animal dreams of not much at all – just one warm hand next to it, a quiet “you’re not alone” and a home of their own, where they will be loved every day. In shelters, they meet the mornings with the hope that today, for the first time in a long time, someone’s eyes will choose them and never leave again.
To bring this moment closer, the participants of the Support Paw 3.0 flash mob united for a common goal – to remind society that living hearts are waiting in shelters and they know how to love no less than people. As a sign of support for animals, thousands of children, teachers, parents, as well as caring Ukrainians drew a paw on their hand or face and shared photos and videos on social networks.
This year, the flash mob extended far beyond our country: schoolchildren from Serbia and Lithuania also participated, which shows how universal the idea of caring for animals is.
In total, more than 6,000 participants from all over Ukraine, as well as schoolchildren from abroad, joined the flash mob. You can enjoy their posts and photos on social networks using the hashtags #happypaw #bioetika #pawsupport3
The flash mob has become not only a symbolic sign of care – it has inspired many to take real action: someone arranged a photo exhibition or a kindness lesson at school, someone visited a shelter and took time to take the animals for a walk, someone brought food, and someone simply stopped by a stray cat and offered it food for the first time. Each of these moments is a small miracle that changes the animal world for the better.
We are infinitely grateful to everyone who joined in. We encourage you to continue doing good things: feed an animal near your home, become a temporary shelter, find new families for our tailed friends, support charity initiatives, and talk about responsibility and care.
The main thing is not to be indifferent.
Among all participants who submitted applications, we raffled off gifts — Happy Paw board games from our Foundation and the Purina TM.
The winners are:
1. Гнатенко Олена Олексіївна, 4 клас
2. Химинець Віра Дмитрівна, Дніпровська гімназія 104 Дніпровської міської ради, 3-А клас
3. Синявський Артем, Гурток "Природа рідного краю" Новгород-Сіверський ЦдТаЮт Новгород-Сіверської міської ради Чернігівської області
4. Карпицька Олена Вікторівна, Глухівська загальноосвітня школа І-ІІІ ступенів №6 Глухівської міської ради Сумської області
5. Усатова Тетяна Геннадіівна, Комунальний заклад дошкільної освіти (ясла-садок) комбінованого типу № 277 Дніпровської міської ради
6. Половко Ірина Володимирівна, Оленівський ліцей Магдалинівської селищної ради 1 - 4 класи
7. Діана Геннадіївна, Людмила Павлівна, Любов Миколаївна, Світлана Миколаївна, Великокручанська гімназія Пирятинської міської ради
8. Руслана Марківна, ЗЗСО "Бихівський ліцей"
9. Тетяна Миколаївна, "ОЗЗСО Торчинський ліцей, 3- В клас"
10. Оксана Віталіївна, ЗДО (ясла-садок) 160
* Full names of the participants are indicated according to the information from the applications. The gift will be sent to those who have fulfilled all the conditions of the flash mob.
The gifts are going to be delivered by Nova Poshta at the recipient’s expense.
The process of drawing gifts
Congratulations to the winners! You will receive an email with details on how to receive your gift soon.
We also send a huge thank you to all the participants from the four-legged friends from the shelters. A thank you card has already been sent to your emails.
Participants’ photos
All participants of the flash mob deserve attention, but due to their huge number, we are unable to show everyone. But we are sure that every photo that made it to the publication expresses the love and support they give to animals.
