Aggies Fostering Hope

We participated in Take Back the Night this year at Texas A&M in support of Sexual Assault Awareness Month! Met some amazingly strong individuals and their pups!

Our team also participated in Vet Ed Day this year! We had lots of future veterinarians practice their fine motor skills by helping Reveille! 👨🏽‍⚕️👩🏻‍⚕️🩺🐾

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The AFH Team had a great time at TVMA this year! Thank you to everyone who took the time to chat with us about what we do and donate to our cause! 💜

Thanks for the shout out! Texas A&M School of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences 💜

Take Back the Night was truly remarkable this year at Texas A&M’s Rec Center with multiple community, service, and student groups that came to support and speak out against domestic violence and support those who have fallen victim. We are so very grateful for the opportunity to be a part of such a touching event. If you missed us, come see us at the next event!

💜Thank you Dr. Karen Snowden for sharing about the role Veterinarians play in Animal Cruelty, Domestic Violence, and 'the LINK' last week!

Aggies Fostering Hope will be hosting a lunch and learn this Friday, April 21st from 12pm - 1pm in VENI 107A. Dr. Karen Snowden will be coming to speak to us about the role of the veterinarian in animal cruelty, domestic violence, and the link between the two.

We will be serving pizza to the first 100 people who attend the meeting. First come, first serve- no signups!

For more information about Aggies Fostering Hope please visit: https://vetmed.tamu.edu/aggies-fostering-hope/

We hope to see you there!

💜We had the opportunity to share our mission at the TVMA conference over the weekend in the Woodlands! Thanks to the TVMA for putting on such a great event and helping our organization reach so many veterinary professionals! We’ll be working to follow-up with more information if we met you at the conference so be watching your emails for that information!

💜Vet Ed Day 2023!! Match the sea animal and win a prize! We had a great time sharing our mission while playing a fun game with the kids! 💜

💜We’re on both Facebook and Instagram! Follow both of our pages to keep up to date with everything we’re doing at Aggies Fostering Hope! 💜

💜Last weekend, we had a table at the TAMU Spring Practice Partner’s event. We were able to share our mission with veterinary students and with the practice partners that traveled in to talk to the veterinary students here!

Here are a few examples of the holiday foods we love which can be harmful to our pets. To learn more holiday safety tips from the ASPCA, check out this page: https://www.aspca.org/pet-care/general-pet-care/holiday-safety-tips

👏🏼Thank you to everyone who joined us for our lunch and learn yesterday! Jesse Ott from Twin City Missions shared some great information with us about domestic violence and the services provided to the BCS area!

📆Aggies Fostering Hope is excited to be hosting a lunch and learn on Monday November 14th at 12 pm. Jesse Ott from Twin City Missions will be coming to the school to talk about the link between domestic abuse and animal cruelty and how we can assist future clients when we recognize this link.

🍕We will be serving cheese and pepperoni pizza for the first 150 students to attend so come hungry!

For more information about Aggies Fostering Hope please visit: https://vetmed.tamu.edu/aggies-fostering-hope/

💜October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Did you know only 15% of domestic violence shelters accept pets? Purina and RedRover teamed up to create the Purple Leash Project to help make more pet-friendly domestic violence shelters across the country, so no one has to choose between their pet or safety. Visit here to learn more: https://www.purina.com/about-purina/purple-leash-project

Spreading awareness and talking to bright undergraduate students intending to join the medical field was a delight this past Saturday. Thank you for having our organization represented at one of the booths at the Texas A&M Biomedical Sciences Fair!

💜We had the opportunity to share our mission with many veterinarians and technicians at Southwest Veterinary Symposium in Fort Worth, Texas this past weekend!! We heard from people who had seen the need for an organization like ours in their community and even the need for this organization in their own lives and the consequences they experienced as they didn’t have access for a place for their pets to go in their situation.

We are at South West Veterinary Symposium this weekend to spread awareness about the LINK. If you are here, stop by and see us.

💜We’re at TAMU Practice Partner’s event today sharing our mission with the students and all the practice partners that traveled in to talk to the veterinary students here!

Today at the Inclusivity Fair we were pleasantly surprised with the amount of support we were shown as we spread awareness 💜

Howdy! 🤠 We recently sent out an important email seeking VET STUDENT foster volunteers for our awesome organization. If you want to give back to your community or just love on someone else’s animals, please sign up to be a foster!

Please contact us with any questions you may have. Thanks and Gig-’em!

This month is national PTSD awareness month so let’s all remember the importance of trauma and the effect it can have on our friends and family. Although we are a resource for women with pets that need immediate help, we can’t forget the long term affects that their situations may pose on their lives thereafter.

📦💜This past month, we teamed up with WVLDI Texas A&M Student Chapter and Green Vets for a clothing drive to benefit Twin City Mission. Veterinary students donated countless bags of clothing and shoes and these officers helped transport it over this week! 👚👕👖👗

Thank you to the Women in Veterinary, Leadership Development Initiative, Green Vets, and Aggies Fostering Hope. Your donation was greatly appreciated.

💜Take Back the Night was an event we participated in today to share with like minded people our mission to help those in domestic violence situations and bring awareness to domestic violence in our community. It was a collaborative event with many students and community leaders that we thoroughly enjoyed💜

👋We’re so excited to attend the first ever Biomedical Sciences Exploration Fair today and talk to prospective health profession students about our mission! Community outreach is a big part of spreading awareness of our program and the link.

We had our meeting last week where Dr. Snowden spoke on how we can impact the link as members of the veterinary community! Part of the way we can have an impact is by spreading the word about AFH so we’re having a social media contest for those that attended the meeting and you’ll be entered in a giveaway for this basket full of goodies! Here’s some examples for inspiration and we’ll add some of our submissions in the comments below⬇️

🩺🐾We're in Round Rock at the Texas Veterinary Medical Association conference sharing our mission with veterinarians from around our state! Educating the veterinary community about the link between domestic violence and animal abuse is a big part of our program and we hope you’ll stop by our booth if you’re at the conference too! 👋

We will be having a meeting on March 7th from 12-1 pm. There will be pizza provided for the first 125 students who RSVP. Dr. Karen Snowden will be coming to speak about “When and What to do if you Suspect Domestic Violence”
During the meeting we will also touch on our open officer positions, details about a goodies basket giveaway, and opportunities for free merch. Hope to see y’all there!