Alaska Rural Veterinary Outreach, Inc.

04/18/2025

Urgent -Foster needed April 18 or 19
This shy, very friendly 2-year male dog came from a very remote community to Anchorage. He has a wounded leg that needs veterinary care in Anchorage (before returning home to his loving family). His foster arrangement fell through at the very last minute and we are scrambling to find a foster for him, starting Friday April 18 or Saturday April 19. He is an intact male dog who gets along well with other dogs and with people. The foster would be needed for approx 8 days, then the dog would return home.

04/14/2025

Our patients at our Glennallen Clinic came from as far the Nabesna Road and Chitina, travelling with their families about 2 hours to come for veterinary services. From our FVAS volunteers, "this clinic is covering a huge area for a huge impact. Thank you to ARVO and Copper Valley Electric from FVAS and City of Valdez."
THANK YOU Friends of the Valdez Animal Shelter for this fantastic opportunity.

04/14/2025

Our 2nd clinic of 2025 has finished up just this morning! THANK YOU to the Friends of the Valdez Animal Shelter for making us so welcome in Glennallen, Alaska! We had the chance to meet about 60 pets from the Copper River Valley area and their families! So many wonderful BIG dogs, little dogs, puppies, cats and kittens. THANK YOU to the Valdez Animal Shelter for courtesy microchips available! THANK YOU to the Copper Valley Electric Association for the use of your lineman's warehouse space for our clinic and housing. A final thank you to our volunteer vets and techs who contributed their skills and time. Dr. Becky Sawyer, Dr. Greg Closter, Dr. Emily Clinton, Dr. Sara Zimmerman we appreciate you! And our techs: Lori Kauffman, Julia Harry, Kim Shogren, Celeste Morales and Kayla Moffat! Hats off to you all!

04/11/2025

Please help! Donations requested!
Dear all! Can you please help us? King, the injured husky, requires intensive medical care at Pet ER. He is a beloved pet who was hit by a car. His injuries include pelvic fractures and fluid/blood in his lungs. With proper medical care, we are hoping to be able to save his life. His medical bill is getting very high, too much for his owner to pay, and also too much for ARVO to take responsibility for. If you are able to, please call Pet ER directly and contribute to the bill for his care. Please let them know you are calling to help "King". Thank you for any help that you are able to offer. God bless you...

PET Emergency Treatment
2320 E. Dowling Rd., Anchorage, AK, 99507
(907) 274-5636
(Open 24 hrs)

(Off course, you may also donate at www.akrvo.org... THANK YOU)

04/11/2025

UPDATE: KING returned home!
We all were worried if he would survive... but after just a few days at Pet ER, he had recovered significantly and started walking and eating again! It is almost a miracle!
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR ALL OF YOUR POSITIVE THOUGHTS, WELL-WISHES, AND DONATIONS! YOU HELPED SAVE A PRECIOUS LIFE!

04/02/2025

Dog Food Drive!
Please help us feed hungry dogs in rural Alaska! We want to ship as much kibble (and cans) to 2 remote Northwestern communities.
Drop off location:
Southside Animal Hospital and Wellness Center
Our friends at the Southside Animal Hospital and Wellness Center will gladly accept food donations.
On behalf of the many dogs who need our help, THANK YOU!

03/19/2025

Pick.Click.Give

Dear Friends! March 31 is the deadline to file for Pick.Click.Give. Please consider donating to ARVO.
Your donation will help us provide free/low-cost veterinary services in remote Alaskan communities including spay/neuter surgeries. Spay/neuter is the MOST EFFECTIVE and ONLY HUMANE method to reduce the high number of unwanted puppies and suffering stray dogs. Our Helping Hand program helps dog owners with injured pets. In the name of all the animals that need our help - THANK YOU FOR YOUR DONATION.
https://www.pickclickgive.org/index.cfm/pfdorgs.info/Alaska-Rural-Veterinary-Outreach-ARVO

03/19/2025

Happy Story!
Thank you, Friends of Pets - Anchorage!
Times can feel difficult and challenging. We all have personal struggles and some of us worry quite a bit about world issues. And the task of rescuing all these animals in need can feel overwhelming!! So today, I just want to share with you this story with a happy ending: This pup found herself at the pound in a remote community and was scheduled to be put down. A good Samaritan contacted ARVO. She got on her freedom flight with NAC and will be available for adoption through Friends of Pets. Thank you, FOP, for accepting this precious girl and giving her the chance for a very happy life!

03/17/2025

Our 2025 clinics are underway and we have been providing veterinary care for several beloved pets through our Helping Hand program. We could not provide this critical support to pets and their owners in remote Alaska communities without our generous supporters.

Alaska residents: please keep us in mind when filing your PFD.

Pick.Click.Give. allows Alaskans to share their Permanent Fund Dividend with causes they care about. Your donation - big or small - goes directly to your chosen non profit.

03/16/2025

Help feed Alaska's Rural Pets!
We have teamed up with PetZoo and The Honest Kitchen to help feed Alaska's rural pets. Now through April 30th buying select The Honest Kitchen products at your local PetZoo helps support dogs and cats in need.
Buy. Give. Make a difference.

03/09/2025

Many thanks to Denise Abel and Kim Shogren, LVT for coming out and helping with surgery packs today! 36 packs ready for the autoclave! Kim went to Nome with us last weekend and was ready for more! Thank you both for your willingness to help out behind the scenes on a sunny Saturday!

03/03/2025

Our first rural clinic of 2025 is complete! Thanks to PAWS of Nome we were able to travel to Nome and complete 36 surgeries! Our team was so upbeat and happy at the airport, successful all around! Pics are coming in to give us all a snapshot! Thank you to our DVMs and Techs for being willing to give up a weekend to help rural pets!

03/02/2025

Our first clinic of the year is successfully underway in Nome in coordination with PAWS of Nome.
The clinic team has completed 36 surgeries so far!
We are grateful to all of our supporters, including our volunteer veterinary professionals, who make these clinics possible!

02/14/2025

We are grateful to all of our volunteers and supporters.

Reminder to Alaska residents that it's not too late to contribute though the Alaksa PFD pick.click.give. Every donation regardless of amount helps us to improve the lives of more animals in rural Alaska.

For more information:
https://www.pickclickgive.org/how-to-pick-click-give/

On behalf of the animals, we thank you!

02/14/2025

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_YS6L5sHG5HEBlJ_iTy87IFFV_Pv4z82/view?usp=sharing

02/11/2025

Meet our Operations Manager, Lori Kauffman!

Lori Kauffman, born and raised in Anchorage, began volunteering for ARVO in 2022, bringing her skills as a veterinary technician to our rural clinics. As the board was preparing for founder and (now past) President Sally Clampitt’s coming retirement, Lori jumped at the opportunity to get more involved with ARVO by supporting this transition as ARVO’s part-time administrative assistant. Lori has since successfully been taking on a myriad of “behind the scenes” tasks that Sally was formerly responsible for.

Lori has been instrumental in ARVO’s ability to move forward without Sally’s leadership. She brings fresh insight and her varied experience, including her role as president (and founder) of the non-profit Alaska Crocodilian Rescue, to support not only the continuity of ARVO’s programs, but also to help us grow and increase our efficiency, moving our clinics towards online appointment scheduling, for example. As such, we have recently converted her position to Operations Manager to better capture all that she brings to ARVO.

Lori continues to volunteer her time above and beyond her part-time ARVO position, not to mention her full time job as a veterinary technician with Southside Animal Hospital, including contributing her expertise to clinics (Lori has participated in every 2024 clinic!).

We so appreciate Lori’s support of ARVO’s mission!

02/10/2025

Thank you Dr. Greg Closter for your dedication to ARVO as our Lead DVM and Medical Director!

Dr. Closter has travelled with us to 19 clinics since 2015! We are grateful for his steady leadership, commitment to patient care, and calm master skills as a surgeon and mentor! He is stepping back from his role on our board as his plate is pretty full but will still be with us on at least 3 clinics this season.

Thank you Dr. Closter for your willingness to triage patients from all over Alaska whose families have reached out with a question. Thank you as well for the incoming dogs you've been able to foster and congratulations to your adopted pets and fosters! We as ARVO are grateful for your service.