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What is the need?
Animal shelters across Alberta are overwhelmed with homeless pets and there are just not enough adoptive homes for them all. Every day, individuals in crisis, who deeply love and care for their pets, feel forced to surrender them due to difficult circumstances. Our mission is to keep pets and families together. Preserving the human-animal bond benefits both people and their pets, preventing cherished family animals from ending up in overcrowded shelters. By offering support, we can achieve this together. This approach also allows those of us in animal welfare to dedicate space and resources to truly homeless animals in urgent need.
What you will support?
Your support will allow us to continue to keep our Pet Food Banks in Edmonton and Calgary open.
Your support will provide medical care for pets to keep them in their homes and out of shelters, allowing us to rescue and save those animals in most need who do not have a family to love them.
You can Help!
Your gift will help us to purchase food and supplies for our assistance programs, as well as assist with medical costs for animals in need. Your generous donation will keep families together AND save lives.
Your Impact!
When you support this program you are helping that single mom that needs to just get through the end of the month keep her dog her kids love so much. You help that senior on a small pension get the medical care for her beloved companion cat. Your support will not only help pets, but people too and there is no better feeling than to help someone in need!
People and animals need us more now than ever and our preventative programs, such as the food bank, spay/neuter and medical assistance are what is going to help reduce animal suffering and save more lives.
Highlights
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I am writing to express my heartfelt gratitude for the incredible support and care you have extended to our patient and their senior pet through your Compassionate Care Program.
When our patient first approached us, they were facing significant challenges in providing essential healthcare for their beloved senior pet. The financial burden of veterinary expenses was overwhelming, and without your generous assistance, they would not have been able to afford the necessary care.
Your program's commitment to supporting pets in need is truly commendable. Providing our patient’s pet with a full examination, comprehensive lab work, essential vaccines, and grooming services has made an immeasurable difference in their lives. Not only did you address immediate health concerns, but you also showed genuine compassion and dedication to improving their overall well-being.
The impact of your generosity extends far beyond the veterinary care provided. You have alleviated financial stress, restored hope, and strengthened the human-animal bond that is so cherished by our patient. Your kindness has not only improved the quality of life for this pet but has also reaffirmed the importance of community support and compassion.
On behalf of The Alex Pathways to Housing Program, our patient, and their beloved pet, please accept our sincerest gratitude. Your dedication to making veterinary care accessible to those in need is truly inspiring, and we are privileged to collaborate with such a compassionate organization.
We look forward to continuing our partnership with the AARCS Compassionate Care Program and working together to support more individuals and their pets in our community. Thank you once again for your invaluable support and for making a meaningful difference in the lives of those you touch.
With deepest appreciation,
Loralee Cooper, RN
The Alex Pathways To Housing Assertive
Community Treatment Program
Food Assist
W. is valued client of AARCS’ Food Assistance Program. Her pets bring joy and companionship into her life. Recently diagnosed with cancer, she's unable to work and needs support to meet her pets' unique dietary needs.Thanks to AARCS Food Assistance Program and Pet Food Bank we're can support clients like W. and her cherished pets.
“AARCS has helped me through my chemotherapy to feed all of my furbabies, two dogs and two cats and even provided emotional support to me. I don’t know what would have happened without them.” — W.
