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.

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Is the "Mission" of VEFM a Spiritual One?

At this stage in the development of the Veterinary Emergency Funding Mission, I think that it is important to discuss, honestly and openly, how the concept of "Mission" fits in with our overall goals. I do not want to promote VEFM as a religious organization, because our goal is not evangelism. On the other hand, I do not want to downplay the fact that my husband and I feel called by God to help animals and their owners in this way. There is a place in VEFM for people of all faiths, and for people of no faith at all. However, I want to make it clear to all participants, supporters, and volunteers, that VEFM, as an organization, honors God and His creation -humans and animals. Our guidelines are based upon biblical stewardship of the animal kingdom, and upon God's commandment to love our neighbors as ourselves. Anyone who wants to participate in a more spiritual way can do this by becoming involved in the "spiritual arm" of VEFM, which is called "Servingers." There is a blog for Servingers at http://servingers.blogspot.com/. That way, we can keep the day-to-day operations of VEFM focused on what is most important, which is helping pet owners meet the emergency needs of their animals.

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UNTIL WE ARE SET UP TO ACCEPT APPLICATIONS, PLEASE REFER TO THE FOLLOWING LIST OF ORGANIZATIONS WHO MAY BE ABLE TO HELP:

CATS ONLY:

http://www.fveap.org/sys-tmpl/door/ --Calif. only; cats only;

http://www.catsincrisis.org/ --Cats only;

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DOGS ONLY:

http://www.labradorlifeline.org/ --Labs only

http://www.doberman911.org/index.html --Dobermans only

http://www.pbrc.net/fund/financial.html --Pit Bulls only
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DOGS OR CATS (OR OTHERS):

http://www.uan.org/index.cfm?navid=28http://www.pawssf.org/client_overview.html --Senior citizens only; San Francisco only;

http://www.help-a-pet.org/apply.htmlhttp://www.aahahelpingpets.org/http://www.petsamaritan.org/Medical/http://www.browndogfoundation.org/home --Tenn. only

http://www.myjakebrady.com/memorial_fund.shtmlhttp://www.saveuspets.org/about_saveuspets/info_pet_owners.html --N.J. only;

http://www.thepetfund.com/http://www.actorsandothers.com/emergencyhelp.html --Greater Los Angeles area only

http://www.ashleyfund.org/index.html --N. Carolina only

http://www.nysave.org/about.html --NYC only (5 boroughs)

http://www.bearenfoundation.org/funding.htm --Lane county, Oregon only

http://www.pgaa.com/animalhelp.html -- list of agencies that help injured animals

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