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PetAid Colorado (Animal Emergency Management Program)

	Latitude:	39.71314
	Longitude:	-105.014351

Main/General Business Number: 303.318.0447 / 800.228.5429 (toll free)
Website: http://cvmf.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=24


Mission: Mission Statement: The mission of PetAid Colorado is to make Colorado a better place for animals and people.

Brief Summary of History: PetAid Colorado was created as the Colorado Veterinary Medical Foundation (CVMF), a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization, in 2002 to support education, scholarship, and service programs that improve animal health and welfare in Colorado. The name was changed in 2012 to PetAid Colorado to better reflect the mission and goals of the organization. The involvement of veterinarians makes PetAid Colorado unique, allowing it to make the broadest impact on animal health and to offer services and insights that no other group can. In short, PetAid Colorado exists to make Colorado a better place for animals and people.

PetAid Colorado is headquartered at the Harrison Center for Animals, where animal lovers of all ages and animal health professionals alike can broaden their understanding of veterinary medicine and celebrate the human-animal bond, and where animal-related organizations can more effectively share both ideas and resources.

Today, PetAid Colorado provides a safety net for all of Colorado’s animals. With diverse programs that seek to address an array of animal health and welfare issues, PetAid Colorado serves as a consensus builder and a visionary organization ready to lead in the future.

Organizational Goals

Goal 1: To provide quality, comprehensive, and compassionate donor-subsidized veterinary care while promoting the humane treatment of animals.

Goal 2: To provide veterinary care for pets of individuals who have personal barriers to receiving care in a veterinary clinic setting and live on fixed incomes.

Goal 3: To reduce pet overpopulation and promote responsible care of companion animals.

Goal 4: To recognize, highlight, and celebrate the human-animal bond.

Goal 5: To provide disaster preparedness and response services to benefit pets and people.

PetAid Colorado as a whole has grown considerably in a short amount of time. In January 2007, PetAid Colorado (then CVMF) merged with PetAid Animal Hospital (named Harrison Memorial Animal Hospital at that time), the largest not-for-profit veterinary hospital in Colorado. After that merger, Animal Assistance Foundation, the owner of the 22,000 square-foot facility, gifted the building to CVMF. The Harrison Center for Animals provides office space, storage capacity, clinical facilities, classroom and conference room space, and a permanent home for all PetAid Colorado programs. PetAid Colorado is partnering with the veterinary associations and other organizations in supporting public outreach and educational programs in animal health and welfare.





This organization provides Temporary or Permanent Service? Temporary

Notes:

What is the role of PetAid during a disaster?

PetAid Disaster Services does not coordinate animal evacuation and sheltering during a disaster. That responsibility falls to the local jurisdiction in charge of the incident.

Should the local jurisdiction order animal evacuation or make sheltering available, notice to the public should be provided on local television, radio or the jurisdiction’s website. Please remember that animal evacuation will not be conducted in areas that are a threat to human safety.

Animal evacuation and sheltering services are typically provided by trained volunteers and professionals. Our Colorado Veterinary Medical Reserve Corps, which is an initiative of PetAid Disaster Services, cannot utilize spontaneous volunteers. However, we encourage interested individuals to become a member to assist in the future. Click here for more information including training and credentialing requirements.

To provide general volunteer assistance or to donate goods, services or cash, please call your local 211.These trained volunteers will provide guidance on how to offer your time or resources. Please note that only that which is needed will be accepted.

We are aware that during a disaster that people wish to assist their community. Please recognize that the time to become involved is not during a disaster, but before. We encourage you to reach out to your local community to become a part of a professional, coordinated response effort. To develop your own personal preparedness plan, please review Colorado’s animal preparedness brochures for guidance.

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The Colorado Veterinary Medical Foundation (CVMF) is pleased to announce that after 10 years, the organization — which houses programs such as Harrison Memorial Animal Hospital — has changed its name to PetAid Colorado.

“We undertook this process with both trepidation and excitement, and with the upmost care and respect for the organization’s history and its founders,” said Executive Director Ralph Johnson. “Following a process of consultation with our board, supporters, and partner organizations, we have approved a new name and a fresh, new visual identity.”

Key stakeholders and constituents made it clear that clarity and simplicity are paramount in expressing who the organization is and what it does. The new name will have minimal impact on the way the staff and board go about their work — but it will certainly make it much easier to express it to friends, donors, and the communities it serves. At the same time, the new identify maintains the distinctiveness it brings as the safety net for underprivileged and at-risk pets throughout Colorado.

“Our new identity proclaims our mission in a way that intuitively connects with people who care about pets in need, and it clearly communicates our four core services,” said President of PetAid Colorado Donna Hultin. “We look forward with enthusiasm to attracting broader public awareness and greater numbers of donors to our cause. With more resources, we can serve more pets in need and weave a stronger safety net for their care.”

The new program names will be changed to the following, but the mission they all serve has remained intact:

Harrison Memorial Animal Hospital is now called PetAid Animal Hospital
Animal Emergency Management Program is now called PetAid Disaster Services
Home Outreach Pet Exams (HOPE) is now called PetAid Home Outreach
Veterinary Care Grants is now called PetAid Care Grants
Please be patient...

We are excited about our new name and look of PetAid Colorado! We are working to update our website, so please be patient with us as we make the necessary changes. If you are looking for something or need assistance, please contact Sharon Brown or Brittney Parent-Williams at 303.318.0447 .

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