Saturday, November 10, 2012

Help America's Vet Dogs! (for Free!)

Image from http://www.vetdogs.org/
On Veterans Day, Sunday, November 11, you can help America's Vet Dogs provide guide dogs and assistance dogs to disabled veterans. It's FREE, just tweet #thankavet and the HISTORY Channel will donate $1 to America's Vet Dogs for each tweet! This is such a great fundraiser, as America's Vet Dogs is a non-profit organization and receives no government funding, though they provide service, guide and therapy dogs to veterans and active duty personnel.

Image from http://www.vetdogs.org/
A few months ago  we met 2 veterans and their dogs at a presentation, and the bond between the dogs and the veterans was amazing to see in person. One of the dogs would put his paw on his person's foot or lean against him every few minutes to give him support. The dogs were so happy to go everywhere with their people, we could hear their tails thumping across the room! I think all of us teared up while hearing the veterans describe their experiences and the difference the dogs made in their lives. 

 America's Vet Dogs works in partnership with The Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind, and has opportunities to volunteer to raise puppies for the program in the states on the attached list. The Foundation provides vet care and supplies, including a crate, and any expense the puppy raiser incurs, such as food, is tax deductible if receipts are saved. Please help this great organization by tweeting
#thankavet on Sunday, November 11! 


9 comments:

  1. I didn't know about this, thanks for sharing it!

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  2. OMD, thanks so much for passing along the Veteran's day tweet info to us!! I'm totally going to do it!! Veterans are awesome and deserve lots of donations for their pups! :-D

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  3. Great idea and we hope everybody joins in. Have a super Sunday.
    Best wishes Molly

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  4. Thank you for sharing about this. We will be tweeting up a storm. Lee and Phod

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  5. Thank you for sharing this with us. That is so neat!

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  6. Thanks fur sharing this...We've tweeted and will tweet again *snoogles* @GizmoGeodog

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  7. I didn't know about this either. Thanks! Just tweeted it and posted it on Dakota's Facebook page.

    www.dakotasden.wordpress.com

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  8. Hi Y'all!

    Just stopped to say thanks for followin'. We've followed you back. Thanks too for the "tweet" info! What a great way to raise awareness and funding!

    Y'all come back now,
    Hawk aka BrownDog

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  9. Thanks for sharing this. We actually managed to tweet it the day you put this up but I'm only getting back now to leave a comment. Thanks for bringing awareness to such a great organization and the fund-raising campaign, too.

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