Homeless or low-income pets are routinely presented to the Animal Medical Center in urgent need of care. These pets need medical and/or surgical care but they have no owner at all or they have an owner who is not capable of providing for them at this time. We make every effort to help these pets in their time of need. We appreciate our clients who are also Good Samaritans to pets in need.

As an AAHA accredited hospital, we are able to apply for funds twice per year from the AAHA Helping Pets fund which provides assitance for one "Good Samaritan" case and one low-income assistance case per year. The remainder of our charity care is funded through AMC and our clients through our Needy Pet Fund.

NPF benificiary: Niveah, pictured above right, had a severe "degloving" injury as a result of being hit by a car. Surgery successfully reattached the injured skin and she had a complete recovery from her serious injuries. Through the AAHA Helping Pets Fund and our Needy Pet Fund, we are able to help several seriously ill or injured patients each year. We help dozens more each year through our Adoption Program. 

Our efforts primarily center on:

• Housing, vaccinating and treating orphaned puppies and kittens. Once healthy, we find them permanent homes through our Adoption Program.
• Assisting low and fixed income families with needed pet care when it otherwise would not be financially possible for them to help their pet. Of course this assistance is limited to severe, life-threatening conditions.

We accept donations from the public to assist us in our efforts in caring for our animal friends. None of the donated money is taken as profit. The money is used strictly to help defray our actual costs of care, medications and supplies used in the care of these pets. Animal Medical Center directly donates the vast majority of the costs of this program as our service to the community. Donations may be made at any time -- just ask a receptionist.

Needy Pet Fund assistance is available by application only. Sadly, while there is an unlimited need for assistance, resources are very limited.

Animal Medical Center extends our sincere appreciation to the clients whose generous donations help support this vital program. We always accept donations to the NPF and we occasionally hold special fund raisers as well. The 2005 Year of Wellness Raffle raised over $200 for our NPF!

We offer our great, 100% heavy weight cotton AMC t-shirts as a thank you gift for a $15 donation to the NPF. Stop by anytime to get one of our great t-shirts and every time you wear it, imagine needy pets woofing & meowing their thanks for your donation! 

NPF Beneficiary: Mary's Story

Mary came to us in late December, 2006 very pregnant and in need of medical care as well as a loving, safe place to whelp and raise her puppies until they were old enough to enter our Adoption Program. Mary stole the Zuckers hearts and made a permanent home with them, along with one of her seven angelic puppies, Sparkle. Mary's story and photo albums are posted on her own web pages.

NPF Beneficiary: Bob's Story