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 partner@petsforpatriots.org

★ Call 877-4-PET CADET (877-473-8223)

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FETCH! LET’S GET STARTED