longpants
11-02-2010, 01:15 PM
International Association of Assistance Dog Partners
Help the Blind, Deaf & Disabled and the Dogs they are partnered with
Regrettably IAADP has been hard hit by cutbacks in corporate giving due to the serious economic downturn. We lost two major sponsors in 2009. Determined to persevere, IAADP has tackled the challenge of obtaining a grant of $50,000 through the Pepsi Refresh Project.
A major portion of the grant would go to fund our Veterinary Care Partnership Program which provides financial aid when an assistance dog develops a major medical problem and a disabled person who lives on a very low income can't afford the surgery or other recommended treatment that could enable the dog to recover. This kind of crisis is devastating to the spirit of the disabled owner. We hope you and others will agree IAADP's VCP program to "save a partnership" is very worthy of Pepsi's support. We also are seeking funding to bring our existing website and database into the 21st century, and to enhance our networking newsletter, Partners Forum, which enables disabled persons to share news, ideas, learning experiences and to work together on important advocacy and education initiatives for the assistance dog movement.
You can help IAADP by hitting the link http://www.refresheverything.com/helpthedisabledandtheirdogs to vote for our project. First, click on Register to Vote, .... register ..... (it's easy!), then, vote for our project. Each registered person on the Pepsi Refresh website can return to vote for us once per day for the entire month of November 2010. So, please save this link and vote for us daily! If you help IAADP win these funds, it not only benefits disabled persons with guide, hearing and service dogs, it would also enable IAADP to significantly improve our educational outreach ...
Help the Blind, Deaf & Disabled and the Dogs they are partnered with
Regrettably IAADP has been hard hit by cutbacks in corporate giving due to the serious economic downturn. We lost two major sponsors in 2009. Determined to persevere, IAADP has tackled the challenge of obtaining a grant of $50,000 through the Pepsi Refresh Project.
A major portion of the grant would go to fund our Veterinary Care Partnership Program which provides financial aid when an assistance dog develops a major medical problem and a disabled person who lives on a very low income can't afford the surgery or other recommended treatment that could enable the dog to recover. This kind of crisis is devastating to the spirit of the disabled owner. We hope you and others will agree IAADP's VCP program to "save a partnership" is very worthy of Pepsi's support. We also are seeking funding to bring our existing website and database into the 21st century, and to enhance our networking newsletter, Partners Forum, which enables disabled persons to share news, ideas, learning experiences and to work together on important advocacy and education initiatives for the assistance dog movement.
You can help IAADP by hitting the link http://www.refresheverything.com/helpthedisabledandtheirdogs to vote for our project. First, click on Register to Vote, .... register ..... (it's easy!), then, vote for our project. Each registered person on the Pepsi Refresh website can return to vote for us once per day for the entire month of November 2010. So, please save this link and vote for us daily! If you help IAADP win these funds, it not only benefits disabled persons with guide, hearing and service dogs, it would also enable IAADP to significantly improve our educational outreach ...