Page 14 - ACT Paws and Hooves - Autumn 2023

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Page 14 - ACT Paws and Hooves - Autumn 2023
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Making a difference all year round










       Memory                                                                   Patrons


       Tree                                                                     – driving



       Each leaf on our Memory Tree pays a                                      innovation
       heartfelt tribute to a pet, who is gone
       but not forgotten. For our tree's fifth                                  Do you want to be more involved
       anniversary this year, we share the                                      in our pioneering work? If so,
       story behind one of its newest leaves.                                   consider becoming an RVC Patron!
                                            The RVC Cardiology Team and Cardio-
                                            thoracic Service with our Memory Tree  Through an annual gift of £500
                                                                                you’ll be able to vote on which
                                           This year the funds from our Memory   projects the RVC Patron Fund
                                           Tree will go towards a portable      will support. You’ll see first-hand
                                           echocardiography (ECG) machine.      how donations make an impact.
                                           For the first time, cardiac ultrasounds   So far, our Patrons have supported
                                           will be able to be performed in      our Blood Donor Service, canine
                                           clinic and in an operating theatre   cancer research and purchased
                                           simultaneously. You can dedicate a   pioneering hospital equipment. This
                                           leaf for a beloved pet from £10 a    year the RVC Small Animal Referrals
                                           month – helping even more pets get  Hospital received a new fluoroscopy
                                           the critical care they need.         unit, funded by the Patrons Fund,
                                                                                to help diagnose challenging
                                                                                cases seen by our Emergency and
                                           Tailwaggers                          Surgical Services. It is thanks to our
                                                                                Patrons that we remain a Centre of
                                           help keep                            Clinical Excellence with the highest
                                                                                standards of patient care, teaching,
                                                                                and research. Talk to us today to find
                                           tails wagging                        out more about Patronage.


                                           Our Tailwaggers are a vital part of
                                           our community – where pets help      Our Raffle
                                           pets. This year, funds raised by
                                           Blood Donor Service to buy tracking  goes digital!
                                           our Tailwaggers have enabled our

                                           devices to monitor our blood donors.
                                           This will help them to better advise   You’re now able to buy raffle tickets
                                           owners on how to care for their pets   online! You can even pay for the
        Chrissie                           after donating.                      paper tickets you’ve returned in the
                                           Your pet can become a Tailwagger     post. Don’t worry, you’ll still be able
       Julie and Paul lost their cat Chrissie on   for £5 a month. All our members   to pay for tickets the traditional way
                                                                                too. With our Spring Raffle raising
       New Year's Eve. They tell us,       receive an ‘I help my pals’ tag and   over £10,000 we’re hoping to make
                                           behind the scenes updates about how
       "Chrissie was such a gift; beautiful,   you are making a difference.     Autumn’s Raffle even more successful
       affectionate and great fun! It was                                       with more options to play. We can’t
       devastating to lose her. We feel                                         thank everyone enough for taking part
       her loss every day but have great                                        or for sharing our raffle with friends
       memories. Putting a leaf on the                                          and family. To all our raffle players,
       tree is our way of saying thank you.                                     we wish you the best of luck!
       Thank you, Chrissie, for the incredible
       gift you gave us every day.



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