Pooches love plunging into the City Pool

Plungers! Fur Kids Foundation wanted to say thank you for supporting the Foundation by attending the Pooch Plunge! We had such a great time with you all, and certainly hope you had a great time as well.  More than 140 dogs attended the Pooch Plunge, and you helped us raise more than $700. Please be sure to check out the photos that were taken in the 2020 Pooch Plunge album on Facebook—feel free to tag yourself in the photos and share the album with your friends and family!

Thank you to Animal Medical Center Of Wyoming and Red Hills Veterinary Hospital for their support of Fur Kids Foundation and Pooch Plunge. We cannot hold events like this without the support of businesses (and people) like them. Please let them know you're thankful for their support of Pooch Plunge when you are in their office next!

Since September 2012, Fur Kids Foundation has helped more than 790 families in Campbell County, Wyoming and granted $153,404.55 in emergency veterinary care. We are proud of the fact that more than 75% of the funds raised help local families afford emergency veterinary care when they need it most. Are you wondering how the money raised is spent?

• $50 helps cover the cost of an emergency veterinary visit
• $100 covers the cost of an emergency veterinary visit, and the cost of medication
• $300 helps to cover the visit, the medication, and other diagnostic tests
• $500 covers all of that, and an emergency overnight stay
• $1,000 helps to cover the cost of an emergency veterinary surgery

You can read about the families with pets that we help in our Success Stories page.

Did you know that FKF is completely volunteer run? That’s right! We do not pay an executive director, or anyone else who helps us, to do any of the work. Sure, volunteers with FKF love animals, but we also want to help people and we care about our community. Many of these volunteers use their professional skills to help the Foundation raise money, reach more people, and help more families afford emergency veterinary care. The amount of time volunteers give is up to them, but is usually between four to 15 hours a month—depending on the event or level they want to be involved. What does a volunteer with FKF do? They:

• help take applications to help local families with emergency veterinary care
• help plan and run events
• hang posters about events in businesses throughout town
• create fundraisers to help raise money
• clean up dog poop to help keep our community safe and clean
• organize storage sheds
• write blogs about topics the animal community would appreciate
• write thank you cards to donors or supporters
• share our posts on social media or talking about the Foundation with friends and family—we’re on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter!
• work on marketing items or other promotional material for events

You can become a volunteer by completing an application here.

Our Pet Photo Contest runs through September 15 and we have a goal to raise $5,000—right now, we’ve raised $570. You can enter your pet into the contest for free at www.gogophotocontest.com/fkf to win a spot in the 2021 Pet Calendar, which will come out in November! You can also vote on other people’s pets here: https://www.gogophotocontest.com/fkf/search. Votes are $1 each, and all donations are tax-deductible; be sure to encourage your family and friends to help your pet’s photo raise money! You can also reserve a calendar day to guarantee a spot for your pet in the calendar on a specific day for $10 here: www.gogophotocontest.com/fkf/calendarday. And, pre-order the calendar for $15; cost includes shipping!

Donations can also be taken online at https://www.furkidsfoundation.org/donate.html. If you can give us $10 a month; it matters – remember, $120 can help us cover the cost of an emergency veterinary case and medication. That's one more family and their beloved pet that we can help keep together. The little things do add up; greatly.

Thank you for supporting Fur Kids Foundation. Thank you for caring about animals and families in your community. Thank you for making pet health a priority. Thank you.