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Pets for Patriots overview for shelters and rescue centers.
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pets for patriots:
PROGRAM overview FOR
SHELTERS, RESCUES,
SPCAs, HUMANE
SOCIETIES & municipal
shelters/animal controls
A LITTLE ABOUT US
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WE SAVE PETS AND SERVE PEOPLE
THROUGH THE HONORABLE ADOPTION
OF AT-RISK SHELTER ANIMALS BY
SERVICE AND VETERAN MEMBERS OF
THE UNITED STATES MILITARY.
Saving lives of pet and person by helping our nation’s heroes find, support and care for their new best friends
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Those who selflessly defend our country’s freedoms and the animals who love them.
Focus on adult and other at-risk pets, and veterans at any stage of their careers, from all U.S. armed forces. One of the only organizations in the nation dedicated to these two populations.
Connecting people and pet in mutual friendship and companionship.
Happy, loving homes for adult shelter pets and military personnel.
Pets for Patriots is a recognized 501(c)(3) organization
WHO WE SERVE
WHAT MAKES US DIFFERENT
WHAT WE VALUE
WHAT WE FIGHT FOR
Our mission is a call to duty
★ Rehome hard-to-place shelter dogs and cats with military families in
cooperation with shelter/rescue partners, and ensure affordable,
ongoing care through partnering veterinarians
★ Ease stress of military transitions on service members and their families
through companion pet adoption: return from deployment, active to
inactive duty and retirement
★ Educate donors, sponsors and adoptees about plight of animals
relinquished to shelters each year, enjoining them to our cause
★ Educate military community and public about benefits of adopting
adult and other at-risk pets
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We serve veterans, service members and their families
★ Long-term support for any eligible dog or cat from not-for-profit
shelter, rescue, humane society, SPCA and tax-exempt municipal
shelter partners
★ Affordable pet ownership to support adoption and mitigate surrender:
Ongoing discount from partner veterinarians (minimum 10%)
★ $150 gift card from Pets for Patriots upon eligible adoption to help
make purchase of pet food and basics more manageable
(PETCO, PetSmart or Tractor Supply); renewable annually
★ Military personnel, veterans and their families enjoy proven physical
and emotional benefits of companion pets
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★ Adult dog or cat: two years of age and older
★ Large dogs: 40+ pounds, regardless of age
★ Special needs dog or cat: animal that is disabled or otherwise limited
in its physical abilities due to injury, prior abuse or neglect, or birth
defect - or that has a medical condition requiring ongoing vigilance,
medication or special treatment
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We save hard-to-adopt shelter dogs and cats that face near-certain death if not adopted
Give a shelter pet a second chance at life: Be A Pet’s HeroTM
We partner with shelters, rescues, SPCAs and humane societies to move at-risk pets into loving homes
★ Facilitate permanent adoption of hard-to-place dogs and cats
★ Drive awareness and member Patriot adopters to our shelter partners
★ Commitment to reduced cost pet care supports healthy and
permanent adoptions, mitigates pet ‘recycling’
★ Unique program offering with dual focus on adoption of at-risk shelter
pets, ongoing support for veterans who adopt through our program
★ Family-friendly program with wide appeal to members across age,
location and circumstance, from families with children to seniors
★ New opportunity to engage prospective adopters, donors and
sponsors
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Some of the lives we have saved and served
HOW IT ALL WORKS
Easy for partners, transforming for patriots, life-saving for pets
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Veteran applies online to Pets for
Patriots, provides military
ID or DD214
1Pets for Patriots
directs veteran to local partner
shelter to find a new pet friend
2Shelter faxes completed adoption
contract to Pets for Patriots
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Pets for Patriots sends veteran $150 gift card to major pet
retailer
4Veteran takes
honorably adopted pet to local veterinary
partner for discounted care
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Answers to common questions
★ Program is free to shelters, rescues, SPCAs and humane societies
★ Tax-exempt municipal shelters and animal controls welcome
★ Pets for Patriots does not pay adoption fee; our financially-related
support begins once member Patriot adopts an eligible pet (ongoing,
discounted veterinary care; annual gift card for pet food/basics)
★ Full adoption authority remains with our adoption partners; we honor
their criteria, processes and adoption decisions
★ Complete shelter staff guide available once an adoption partner is
approved; easy to administer and integrate with adoption processes
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SPONSORS
PROVIDING IN-KIND DONATIONS, PRO BONO SERVICES OR
FINANCIAL SUPPORT
AS OF AUGUST 2011
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PARTNERS
AS OF FEBRUARY 2011
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National community support network member of the Army AW2 Wounded Warrior Program
Ready to enlist?
★ Apply online at www.petsforpatriots.org★ Send copy of your 501(c)(3) or, if municipal, statement of tax-
exempt status
★ Send letter from primary veterinarian attesting to care for animals
in your charge, or from shelter director if veterinarians are on staff
★ Email us [email protected]
★ Call 877-4-PET CADET (877-473-8223)
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FETCH! LET’S GET STARTED