OUR MISSION

1- ... that no pet owner be forced to choose inadequate treatment or euthanasia for their animal because of inability to pay for emergency medical care.
2- ... that people who receive financial help for a veterinary emergency be given the opportunity to return their gift by becoming mentors, by volunteering for VEFM, or by supporting the VEFM fund financially.
3- ... that it is the responsibility of both the local pet-owning and veterinary communities to make emergency care available--that this is not a national responsibility but a grass-roots responsibility.
4-... that the vision of VEFM will extend to communities all across the United States, possibly even the world.

Monday, September 8, 2008

Launching VEFM

Deciding exactly when to launch VEFM officially has been a difficult decision. Because my husband and I have not yet sold the house which we put on the market before our move to Massachusetts over a year ago, we don't have readily available funds to take care of the start-up costs by ourselves. Our early plan was not to launch VEFM until we had filed and paid for all the paper-work for incorporating and obtaining non-profit status. However, with so many unexpected financial obligations of our own, we cannot do this without outside help. Therefore, we are launching it anyway, albeit somewhat prematurely. I am hoping to stir up enough interest that I can get a core group of people together who will assist with fund-raising and administrative tasks. Then we can really get this project rolling. Anyone who is interested in helping, but does not know where to start, should email me through VEFMmail@gmail.com.

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Posted by Dr. Schroth at 7:42 PM
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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Projects like these, as well as those extra helping international air ambulance services are what we really need for a clean change.

I hope it all goes out well.

September 20, 2008 at 11:55 AM
Anonymous said...

well this looks like good deal

October 20, 2008 at 12:24 PM

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