{"id":1124,"date":"2024-10-17T15:17:17","date_gmt":"2024-10-17T15:17:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/vcs\/?page_id=1124"},"modified":"2026-08-18T17:00:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T17:00:14","slug":"community-outreach","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/vcs\/academics\/community-outreach\/","title":{"rendered":"Community Outreach"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<div class=\"paragraph-widget paragraph-widget--text-html\">\n\t<div class=\"text-content\">\n\t\t<p>Iowa State University\u2019s College of Veterinary Medicine teams up with area animal welfare organizations to provide free wellness and spay\/neuter care for shelter and rescue animals in the college\u2019s hospital facilities. Participating organizations bring animals to Iowa State where third-year veterinary students, under the supervision of clinicians, provide medical assessments and preventive care, as well as spay\/neuter surgeries as part of their Surgical Education Program.<\/p>\n<p>The program provides students the opportunity to learn about canine and feline preventive care for all life cycles including vaccines and parasite treatment, prevention and productions. This has a significant impact on preparing students for their fourth-year clinical rotations and careers as\u00a0 veterinarians.<\/p>\n<h2><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1250 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/vcs\/wp-content\/uploads\/scotch23-card-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"kitten closeup\" width=\"228\" height=\"228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/vcs\/wp-content\/uploads\/scotch23-card-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/vcs\/wp-content\/uploads\/scotch23-card-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/vcs\/wp-content\/uploads\/scotch23-card.jpg 688w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 228px) 100vw, 228px\" \/>Program Highlights<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>More than 6,000 dogs and cats were provided medical care since the program\u2019s inception in 2016.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/vcs\/academics\/community-outreach\/participating-organizations\/\">24 Iowa organizations<\/a>\u00a0participate\u00a0in the Community Outreach Program<\/li>\n<li>After treatment with the program, pets are returned adoption-ready to our partner organizations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"info-box-gold\">\n<h2><strong>DVM Surgical Training<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The College of Veterinary Medicine teams up with area animal welfare organizations to provide free wellness and spay\/neuter care for animals in the college\u2019s hospital facilities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"paragraph-widget paragraph-widget--link-set\">\n\t<div class=\"link-set\">\n\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"link-set__link iastate22-link-secondary\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t href=\"https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/future-dvm-students\/prospective-student-information\/vm4-species-track-options\/years-1-4\/small-animal-option\/surgical-training\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDVM surgical training <span class=\"arrow\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"paragraph-widget paragraph-widget--blockquote\">\n\t<div class=\"iastate22-blockquote iastate22-blockquote--with-image\">\n\t\t<div class=\"iastate22-blockquote__inner-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"iastate22-blockquote__portrait\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/vcs\/wp-content\/uploads\/scotch24-225x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Student veterinarian in scrubs holding a cat\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/vcs\/wp-content\/uploads\/scotch24-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/vcs\/wp-content\/uploads\/scotch24-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/vcs\/wp-content\/uploads\/scotch24-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/vcs\/wp-content\/uploads\/scotch24-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/vcs\/wp-content\/uploads\/scotch24-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"iastate22-blockquote__text-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"iastate22-blockquote__quote\"><p>This class is about more than just spaying and neutering our patients. It\u2019s about helping them however we can, whether that\u2019s giving them vaccines and monthly preventatives, or treating their infections. It\u2019s a good experience because these are all the things we will be doing when get out into practice.<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"iastate22-blockquote__author\">Izabelle Krupa, Class 2026<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"paragraph-widget paragraph-widget--callout-with-image\">\n\t<div class=\"callout-with-image\">\n\t\t<div class=\"callout-with-image__media\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1244\" height=\"830\" src=\"https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/vcs\/wp-content\/uploads\/communityaudio26-feature-small.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Community Outreach audio equipment being used on canine patient\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/vcs\/wp-content\/uploads\/communityaudio26-feature-small.jpg 1244w, https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/vcs\/wp-content\/uploads\/communityaudio26-feature-small-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/vcs\/wp-content\/uploads\/communityaudio26-feature-small-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/vcs\/wp-content\/uploads\/communityaudio26-feature-small-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1244px) 100vw, 1244px\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"callout-with-image__content text-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Make A Gift<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><p>Show your support of the Community Outreach Program by making an online gift.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"link-set\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"link-set__link iastate22-link-external\" href=\"https:\/\/isu.foundation\/ShelterMedicine\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMake a Gift\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"arrow\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"paragraph-widget paragraph-widget--call-to-action--small\">\n\t<div class=\"call-to-action call-to-action--small\">\n\t\t<div class=\"call-to-action__copy-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<h2\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"call-to-action__headline\">Contact<\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><p>For more information or to enroll your organization, contact Stephanie Peters, Community Outreach Program Specialist.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"iastate22-button-set\">\n\t\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"iastate22-button\" href=\"mailto:slpeters@iastate.edu\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEmail Stephanie<span class=\"arrow\"><\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"paragraph-widget paragraph-widget--text-html\">\n\t<div class=\"text-content\">\n\t\t<h2><strong>Sponsors<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h4><strong>Thank you to our sponsors who have provided assistance for the program<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Hill&#8217;s Pet Nutrition<\/li>\n<li>Purina<\/li>\n<li>IDEXX Laboratories<\/li>\n<li>Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedia, Inc.<\/li>\n<li>Zoetis<\/li>\n<li>Ethicon<\/li>\n<li>Securos<\/li>\n<li>World&#8217;s Best Cat Litter<\/li>\n<li>Boys Foundation<\/li>\n<li>Dave and Jeanne Allbaugh<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":990,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1124","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - 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