WHY PARTICIPATE?
- Receive a Visa Gift Card for participating
- Access to pet food and supplies
- Access to low-cost or free veterinary care
- The information we learn will be used to improve pet services and veterinary care in your community.
WHO CAN PARTICIPATE?
- Anyone over the age of 18
- Current and/or previous pet owners
- Live in Prentis Park, Portsmouth
- Live in Berkley, Norfolk
PROJECT FUNDED BY:
WHO WE’VE HELPED
We partner with Mercy Drops Dream Center to distribute pet food and supplies in the Prentis Park area of Portsmouth. At a recent Adopt-A-Block in Dale Homes, we met a community member who was moving into a new place and was faced with having to surrender his pet because he could not afford the $400 pet deposit or the medical care required by the leasing office. We helped by paying the pet deposit thanks to a grant from the Barbara Upton Wilson Charitable Fund of the Hampton Roads Community Foundation, and a CHS volunteer transported his cat, Rolls Royce, to our veterinary clinic for neuter and vaccines. The owner is thrilled that he was able to keep his cat and we continue to support him by providing cat food and supplies.
Health & Wellness Fair in Calvert Square with Laila, CHS Outreach & Research Coordinator
Oralie, CHS Volunteer, and Shoshana, CHS Community Engagement Manager, at Mercy Drops’ Adopt-A-Block in Dale Homes
Handing out pet food and supplies at the Jordan Newby Food Hub in Norfolk
Oralie, CHS Volunteer, at Mercy Drops’ Adopt-A-Block in Dale Homes
Oralie, CHS Volunteer, at Mercy Drops’ Adopt-A-Block in Dale Homes
Tammy, CHS Volunteer, at the Young Terrace Food Hub