Manitoba Public Insurance provided a large boost for the Portage Animal Welfare Society recently.

A $973 cheque showed up in PAWS' mailbox earlier this week, and PAWS Treasurer Staci Creighton was shocked when she opened it.

"We want to say thank to MPI for doing that. It's great, it's a lot of money we can use to put toward our animals. Most of it will go toward vet bills, but normally it's for the day-to-day care of the animals."

Creighton

Creighton says a lot of their donations come as surprises.

"We do. A lot of people will call the PAWS line -- it's 204-857-7297 -- and they say they'd like to give us donations, or we just receive cheques in the mail."

PAWS next event is PawLooza in the Park in September.