ARL partnership with Boston Senior House Care expands to seven places
This previous week, the Animal Rescue League of Boston’s (ARL) Welness Waggin’ made a cease at a Dorchester condominium growth to offer greater than a dozen pet house owners with low-cost pet wellness providers.
The most recent cease expands ARL’s rising checklist of senior housing developments the group visits repeatedly via an ongoing partnership with Boston Senior House Care.
For a lot of pet house owners in Boston, accessibility to providers is a serious barrier to sustaining total pet well being, nonetheless, ARL’s Wellness Waggin’ is only one program that carry providers on to the place they’re wanted most, to assist pet overcome most of these boundaries.
Parking exterior the Franklin Discipline Aged Group Middle, greater than a dozen pet house owners dwelling within the Franklin Discipline flats have been capable of simply make the most of the low-cost, high-quality providers the Wellness Waggin’ gives.
For 10 {dollars}, pets obtain a short veterinary examination, rabies and distemper vaccines, flea remedy and microchip, if wanted.
These providers would price lots of in a standard veterinary clinic setting.
This latest cease for the Wellness Waggin’ is a part of an ongoing partnership with Boston Senior House Care, a nonprofit group devoted to connecting older adults, people with disabilities, and households all through Better Boston, with social providers and assets to reside safely and independently.
ARL started its partnership with the group in 2018, and now has seven websites all through neighborhoods in Boston to offer senior pet house owners with primary providers and pet provides.
These wellness occasions supply an exquisite alternative for ARL to attach with senior pet house owners in Boston, and to offer providers which can be accessible simply steps from their door.
How You Can Assist
ARL continues to develop its providers to achieve extra pet house owners in want, nonetheless we can not do that work alone.
Greater than 35% of ARL’s funding arrives in December – now could be a vital time to provide to make sure we’re prepared to assist animals and the individuals who love them in the present day and within the new 12 months.
ARL doesn’t obtain any authorities grants or public funding and depends solely on the donations of people such as you to maintain animals completely happy and wholesome– YOU make our essential work attainable.
