Mission Statement:
The Broward County Veterinary Medical Association (BCVMA) is an organization of veterinarians dedicated to providing the community with animal hospitals of the highest quality of service and care for pets.
The BCVMA was established to promote the highest professional relationship among its members and the public. Providing programs that further the professional education of veterinarians is part of the BCVMA’s objectives, in an atmosphere of friendship, cooperation, and good fellowship.
BCVMA Sponsors:
The BCVMA thanks it's sponsors for the generous financial contributions and support of our organization.
American Veterinary Medical Foundation
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The AVMA and the AVMF have been monitoring the situation in Japan closely following the recent magnitude 9.0 earthquake and subsequent tsunami which has devastated the small island nation. Our hearts and thoughts go out to the people of Japan.
While the AVMA/AVMF's emergency preparedness and response program, the Veterinary Medical Assistance Team (VMAT) program, is primarily focused on United States response, we are in communication with our response partners to determine if and how the AVMA and AVMF may be able to assist in the Japanese animal response efforts. These partners are national and international organizations active in animal emergency response with whom we have collaborated on international efforts previously—most recently through the Animal Relief Coalition for Haiti which has, working with the Haitian government, treated over 54,000 animals in a year-long effort.
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As with Haiti, the current focus in Japan surrounds the humanitarian efforts in providing human search and rescue, food, clean water, shelter and medical attention to survivors. We anticipate the animal response efforts will increase in the next few days to weeks and likely will continue for some time.
We ask that you consider helping AVMA/AVMF in its preparation efforts by supporting the AVMF Animal Disaster Relief and Reimbursement Fund (ADRR) www.avmf.org/donate.
The AVMF Animal Disaster Relief and Reimbursement Fund is a vehicle that supports animals in time of disaster. The AVMF offers many opportunities to states, associations, organizations, VMAT and veterinarians to help them to be the most prepared in these situations to care for animals before, during and after a disaster.
As information becomes available on efforts and/or need for our efforts in Japan, the AVMF will post this on its website at http://www.avmf.org/japan
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Kids In Distress Event
BCVMA to partner with Purina to help Kids In Distress
Come the holidays this year, there will be a few more smiles around the local children's home in Wilton
Manors. BCVMA is proud to partner with Nestle-Purina in donating bicycles to elementary-aged
children at the shelter.
Bikes are an often requested holiday gift for kids in the shelter around the holidays, says Meg
Formoso, DVM. Formoso, a member of the association's executive board, established the relationship
with Kids In Distress by initiating the annual Let's Be Vets educational visit. We are happy to be the
link that allows Purina to help children in our community. Anything that can done for them helps.
Purina is supplying the bikes as part of their annual team building meeting to be held in Fort Lauderdale
at the end of October.
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