Giving Day proceeds to help our Urgent Short-term Pet Care program.

Providing medication and necessary veterinary care. And build a fund for boarding and kenneling if we can't find enough foster homes for immediate placement. There's a huge need and a great program serving pets belonging to pet owners suddenly hospitalized or taken to ER, entering assisted living for rehabilitation care, temporary homelessness, etc. A majority of the pet owners we've served are elderly and many of the pets are senior-age, as well.

Some of the unexpected veterinary care the USPC pets have needed: unplanned mammary cancer surgery, truck driver in medical crisis and having a dog traveling with him, dog into boarding until foster home was available….