ARL partnership with Boston Senior Dwelling 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 improvement to offer greater than a dozen pet homeowners with low-cost pet wellness providers.
The latest cease expands ARL’s rising record of senior housing developments the group visits commonly via an ongoing partnership with Boston Senior Dwelling Care.
For a lot of pet homeowners in Boston, accessibility to providers is a significant barrier to sustaining general 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 obstacles.
Parking exterior the Franklin Subject Aged Group Middle, greater than a dozen pet homeowners residing within the Franklin Subject residences have been in a position to simply benefit from the low-cost, high-quality providers the Wellness Waggin’ gives.
For 10 {dollars}, pets obtain a short veterinary examination, rabies and distemper vaccines, flea therapy and microchip, if wanted.
These providers would value a whole bunch in a conventional veterinary clinic setting.
This latest cease for the Wellness Waggin’ is a part of an ongoing partnership with Boston Senior Dwelling Care, a nonprofit group devoted to connecting older adults, people with disabilities, and households all through Higher Boston, with social providers and sources to stay 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 homeowners with fundamental providers and pet provides.
These wellness occasions supply an exquisite alternative for ARL to attach with senior pet homeowners in Boston, and to offer providers which might be accessible simply steps from their door.
How You Can Assist
ARL continues to increase its providers to achieve extra pet homeowners in want, nonetheless we can’t do that work alone.
Greater than 35% of ARL’s funding arrives in December – now’s a essential time to present to make sure we’re prepared to assist animals and the individuals who love them right now and within the new yr.
ARL doesn’t obtain any authorities grants or public funding and depends solely on the donations of people such as you to maintain animals glad and wholesome– YOU make our essential work doable.
