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Veterinary Emergency Funding Mission

If your pet had an emergency, would you be able to pay for it? Veterinary emergency care can be very costly and most emergency hospitals require payment up front. Lack of sufficient funds can leave an owner faced with euthanasia for a beloved companion. The Veterinary Emergency Funding Mission (VEFM) helps locate these funds.

The Calendars are Ready !December 29 2008

Despite various printing challenges, the VEFM 2009 Calendar is finally ready. For any donation to VEFM of $20 or more, we will send you a calendar, with free shipping!. For orders of three or more calendars, the donation is $17 each, with free shipping.


In addition to pictures of pets, the calendar includes stories of animals who had close-calls, and information about toxic plants and household substances.


To donate (and to order calendars), go to our web site: www.vefm.org.

Entry Deadline is Approaching For the 2009 VEFM Calendar Photo ContestNovember 17 2008

For our first fundraising project, we are holding a photo contest for a 2009 calendar for VEFM. The theme is "Your Stories," about an emergency trip to your vet's or to an emergency hospital. The photo you submit does not need to be specifically related to the story, but should be of the same animal.

Additional details are in the October 27 blog post:
http://vefm.blogspot.com/2008/10/pet-photo-contest-for-vefm-calendar.html
The deadline for entries for the 2009 calendar is December 1, 2008. You may enter up to 10
times.

Pet Photo Contest--For VEFM calendar--Give us your Photos and your StoriesOctober 27 2008

We have now filed all the paperwork to be an official corporation in the state of Massachusetts. We are just waiting for official recognition to be able to file for 501(C)3 status. As soon as we formally become a non-profit organization, we want to be all ready to jump into fundraising.

Our first fundraising project is a calendar. The theme is "Your Stories."


Please submit a photo of your pet, along with the story of an emergency that your pet has faced.

Photos will be judged on clarity, composition, and appeal.
Stories will be judged on how well they fit in with theme of VEFM's mission.
The final choices of the winning photos and stories are made at the discretion of VEFM.
Photos and manuscripts cannot be returned and become the property of VEFM.
VEFM reserves the right to modify or edit pictures and stories.

Here's how to submit your entries:

Convert photos to jpeg format (no bmp format, please), with a minimum resolution of 300 pixels/inch, and maximum size 4 inches by 4 inches. Send them via e-mail to http:/

If You are Wondering, "How Can I Help?".....Keep Reading.....!October 21 2008

Many of you may be thinking, "What a great idea, but how can I help?" The best way to answer that question is for us to ask you how your own personal strengths might contribute to VEFM. For example, if your talent is communication and you have a background in the veterinary field, you might want to be a case advocate. If you have skills in phone communication, there would be plenty of opportunity to take phone phone calls. If you are creative and a good organizer, perhaps fund-raising would be a good place to help. There are many talents and plenty of places to use them. Initially, all help will need to be on a volunteer basis, but we plan to have a small number of paid positions opening up within the next few months. The job descriptions will be posted on our web site: http://VEFM.org

We Have a Web SiteOctober 12 2008

We are busily setting up the official web site for VEFM: http://www.vefm.org . The web site is still undergoing construction, but you will soon be able to find job descriptions of the volunteer positions that are available.