The Mitzvah Fund, Inc

The Mitzvah Fund, Inc We offer veterinary surgery and dentistry to low income seniors, veterans & disabled first responders A Mitzvah is a kindness or a worthy deed. Done selflessly.
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The Mitzvah Fund started in 2006 and became a 501 C3 in 2014. We are a small but mighty group of mostly volunteer veterinary professionals that strive to help the less fortunate. Owning a pet should not have to be a luxury but in today's economy even basic veterinary care can be daunting, especially to senior citizens on fixed incomes. We have helped hundreds of animals. As of February 2022 we hav

e a fully equipped mobile veterinary surgery and dentistry unit based out of Montpelier, VT. On Fridays we see scheduled appointments in downtown Montpelier in front of city hall. We do surgery two days a week out of our home base in East Montpelier. We also try to help rescue organizations that are trying to care for and rehome special needs animals. However, we do not pay other animal hospitals to do work for patients under our care. We currently service only Central Vermont citizens but hope to expand in the future. We will be shvitzing Mitzvahs all over VT in the very near future!

Come see us at the Montpelier Farmers Market. Carat, Andrea and Kara await your arrival!!
08/24/2024

Come see us at the Montpelier Farmers Market. Carat, Andrea and Kara await your arrival!!

Come see us at the Montpelier Farmers Market this am. Carat, Andrea and Kara await your arrival!!
08/24/2024

Come see us at the Montpelier Farmers Market this am. Carat, Andrea and Kara await your arrival!!

Ok folks. We need a village chutzpah effort. Our technician Katie’s heart dog Annie has lung cancer. We are mad and salt...
08/16/2024

Ok folks. We need a village chutzpah effort. Our technician Katie’s heart dog Annie has lung cancer. We are mad and salty. Can everyone send these two a huge shout out and umph of support and kindness please. She is an amazing girl and her two year olds sibling. We love our Katie, Evan and Annie. Send her lots and lots of love please !!

https://www.whole-dog-journal.com/health/gabapentin-for-dogs-what-you-should-know/?MailingID=3170&sc=TC20240814-Sub&st=e...
08/15/2024

https://www.whole-dog-journal.com/health/gabapentin-for-dogs-what-you-should-know/?MailingID=3170&sc=TC20240814-Sub&st=email&utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Gabapentin%20For%20Dogs%3A%20What%20You%20Should%20Know&utm_campaign=TC20240814-Sub

THANK YOU WHOLE DOG JOURNAL for making our thoughts public. PAIN AND ANXIETY SHOULD BE A THING OF THE PAST WITH DOGS AND CATS!!

Veterinarians are prescribing gabapentin in record numbers for canine pain and anxiety. Could it help your dog?

08/03/2024

UPDATE 5:52 PM: All MPD phone lines are now functional.

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August 3, 2024:

Our dispatch center’s non-emergency phone lines are down.

Emergency contact through 911 call centers remains functional.

PLEASE CALL 911 IN AN EMERGENCY

Do not call 911 for non-emergency calls for service. We will provide updates as available.

This woman is awesome!!! Love her and her dog.
08/02/2024

This woman is awesome!!! Love her and her dog.

Soooo. It’s happened again. An evil twist of fate on the exact anniversary of the 2023 disastrous flood. The next few da...
07/11/2024

Soooo. It’s happened again. An evil twist of fate on the exact anniversary of the 2023 disastrous flood. The next few days will be very busy. Many more communities were hit than last year. Our own Dr. Connie is land locked in Worcester.
CVDART has the shelter fully set up at the BOR basement. No animals have come in yet. People have to be able to get out of their homes before seeking shelters so the next few days will be long and busy. I am posting some cute pics for now of patients and family members because the future will probably hold some not so cute pics. Sighhhh Groundhog Day Nightmare 2024.

07/11/2024
Hello to all our friends and followers. With a heavy heart on the eve of the anniversary of the worst flood in our area ...
07/10/2024

Hello to all our friends and followers. With a heavy heart on the eve of the anniversary of the worst flood in our area we are back to facing our biggest fears. We have been put on ALERT from CVDART ( Central Vermont Disaster Animal Response Team) and are ready to respond as needed to any sheltering events in Central VT and surrounding county’s. We are hoping and praying that the next 15 hours will not be a do over of last year. If you are in a flood zone please take yourself and your animals to safety and don’t wait too long to decide to go. If you need help please reach out to VT 211 and they will direct you to the best resources in your area. Feel free to email us at [email protected].
Central VT animal professionals are amazing and we will all come together again and care for our community. Do your part by keeping yourself and your pets safe and avoiding as much risk as possible. Here are some pics from last years efforts. We are so so hoping not to see each other like this again!! Kudos to CVDART, VDART, VT 211, Montpelier PD, CVHS and all of our local social service agencies for coming together in times like these. ❤️❤️

Happy 4th of July!!!! Montpelier parade was a hoot!!! Come see us in Worcester!! We are going to add a follow up vehicl...
07/04/2024

Happy 4th of July!!!! Montpelier parade was a hoot!!! Come see us in Worcester!! We are going to add a follow up vehicle!! Mater the 1957 Dodge Pick up was reborn in Worcester saved from a salvage yard by BRM Performance!!

This poor boy had a terrible thyroidectomy and the a bad dental. 4 hours of anesthesia. He is such a good boy. Send himH...
07/03/2024

This poor boy had a terrible thyroidectomy and the a bad dental. 4 hours of anesthesia. He is such a good boy. Send him
Happy thoughts. Cinnamon is the man!!

4th of July mayhem has commenced. Baby Huey has had his spa day. So so clean. Come see us bring up the rear at the Montp...
07/02/2024

4th of July mayhem has commenced. Baby Huey has had his spa day. So so clean. Come see us bring up the rear at the Montpelier 3rd of July parade and the Worcester 4th of July parade!!!! Thanks so much to our amazing volunteers!! Abby Bruce, Andrea Stander, Pam Everingham and Kara Shannon. You guys are imperative to this mission. So so grateful for all your efforts!!!

Carat is manning the booth at the Montpelier Farmers Market. Come say hi!!! We have treats and harnesses to give away!!
06/29/2024

Carat is manning the booth at the Montpelier Farmers Market. Come say hi!!! We have treats and harnesses to give away!!

Every day we do high risk patients. If we say so ourselves… it’s what we know and enjoy. Today Peteie was our dental for...
06/28/2024

Every day we do high risk patients. If we say so ourselves… it’s what we know and enjoy. Today Peteie was our dental for the day. She had two rounds of bloodwork, X-rays, no murmur or symptoms of heart disease but yet… after two hours of completely uneventful anesthesia she decided to have a really meaningful discussion with the all mighty. I can honestly say that we haven’t had a cardiac arrest like this since my ER days. She was fine and then not ok at all.
Luckily she decided our conversation was a better one than the almighty and she is a hot ticket tonight barking and telling me exactly what she needs. All of our patients are mostly high risk. Dr, Connie and Dr. Kayla work hard to make sure that we have done absolutely everything pre anesthesia to make sure they do well. Because we had labs and bloods is the main reason why we knew this little gem was just having a side effect of her sedation medication. She needed a lot
of them because of her anxiety. Dr Connie and myself trusted each other thru the entire situation and somehow knew that it was going to be ok. We never panicked we just pivoted and adapted. That takes 40 plus years of experience. When we say that this work is meaningful we mean it. Most if not all
of our patients are not an easy peasy anesthetic case. However, we are very blessed to live at a time that anesthesia is not nearly as scary and our patients have such an amazing chance to get better and stay better. Peteie hates the camera and only loves her dad. He is a veteran and a very challenged senior. Please include us in your weekly prayers. We know a higher power assists us every day. However I am Saging the truck as we speak!!! ☺️

Huge shout out to so many awesome Montpelier businesses that are assisting our little non profit!! The Mitzvah Fund woul...
06/20/2024

Huge shout out to so many awesome Montpelier businesses that are assisting our little non profit!!

The Mitzvah Fund would like to make communal dog bowls a thing of the past! Would you go drink water from a glass from the folks that sat before you at a restaurant?? Diseases like Kennel Cough and Canine Influenza are easily spread via communal bowls.

Guys Farm and Yard, Splash, Botanica Florals, 802 Coffee, Capital Cannibus, Woodbury Mountain Toys, Northfield Savings Bank, North Branch Tea Room, City of Montpelier, Onion River Outdoors, & Kellogg Hubbard Library have all joined our effort. Still more to come!

Please keep your dogs home during this extreme heat but when they are walking the streets of Montpelier please use our disposable compostable bowls and water sources thruout the city.

Barre is next! Thanks to Pearl Street Pizza and Mikes Deli for already signing up!!!

Huge shout out to Dr. Buzby’s Toe Grips!!! We use and recommend these for senior dogs and cats that are having mobility ...
06/17/2024

Huge shout out to Dr. Buzby’s Toe Grips!!! We use and recommend these for senior dogs and cats that are having mobility issues and they often donate them to us for our patients! These came in the mail today thanking us for our work!! Great company with an amazing idea. It takes a village to help elderly people and elderly pets. This company gets that!

Sometimes we have an especially good boy. Meet All. (Racing name was All Good). He had a very extensive dental and lost ...
06/13/2024

Sometimes we have an especially good boy. Meet All. (Racing name was All Good). He had a very extensive dental and lost almost all of his upper teeth. Greyhounds have terrible teeth because of so much inbreeding within the racing lines. They are genetically predisposed to horrific dental disease. This poor 11 year old 86 pounder had a rough day yesterday and continues recovering with us tonight. His momma is a veteran. Send All some happy thoughts especially of food. Need this boy to eat! Dental
disease continues to run our lives here at the mitzvah fund.

You know what's super sad... all of my pics for this week are too gross and difficult to show. We are doing our very be...
06/05/2024

You know what's super sad... all of my pics for this week are too gross and difficult to show. We are doing our very best. We are stilll in complete and entire flood mode. Here are super cute pics of my animals. The best I can do at the moment.

Come see us at the farmers market. Carat awaits and ready for tours!!!!
05/24/2024

Come see us at the farmers market. Carat awaits and ready for tours!!!!

We had one of our busiest days of CVCOA Meals on Wheels Clinics 8 out of 8 were complicated cases. 7 out of 8 need den...
05/23/2024

We had one of our busiest days of CVCOA Meals on Wheels Clinics 8 out of 8 were complicated cases. 7 out of 8 need dentals or tumor removals. Seniors suffer daily from the cruel reality of surviving on the absolute minimum. This population needs us so so badly. Nothing is worse than telling someone at a free clinic that their animal has cancer or severe heart disease we had THREE of these Our staff was amazing and even though it was a 14 hour day everyone stayed chipper and kind. Can’t say enough good things about our staff and volunteers We are so so blessed!!!!! Even Carat rose above her grief and comforted so many!!

Come see us in our new tent at at the farmers market!! We are official market folk now!! The vendors and management of C...
05/18/2024

Come see us in our new tent at at the farmers market!! We are official market folk now!! The vendors and management of Capital city Farmers Market let us table here for free and our exceptional supporters. Come see all the fabulous vendors and Carat and Gerry too!!!

Charlize is a lovely senior! Her dad and her are absolute besties. She has been having urinary tract infections since No...
05/07/2024

Charlize is a lovely senior! Her dad and her are absolute besties. She has been having urinary tract infections since November! The cause was so so many bladder stones, sand and sludge in her bladder. She had been partially obstructed for months and still never had an accident in the house. Soon we will know what kind of stones and then a good diet to feed her. She is such a lovely girl. Wish her well on her recovery!!

The most wonderful supporter and kind soul will be at Trapp family Lodge.
04/28/2024

The most wonderful supporter and kind soul will be at Trapp family Lodge.

“Inner Sovereignty” is the first song to be released off our acoustic record to be released this fall. I wrote it with my sister Kip Hollister and it features her lyrical magic. It also features Jeff Poremski on guitars, Rudy Dauth on bass ,John Dunlop on cello and Chad Hollister on guitar , lea...

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Search and rescue is not for the faint of heart. We want to remind everyone to utilize trusted trained resources to trap scared animals. Many mean well but actually put animals at a much higher risk. I have no pictures from the last few hard days. We hope our friends and their families are all safe and we will continue doing what we do. Be kind FIRST ❤️

Some days we have to say whoa and listen to our patients a little louder! Todays patient was a 12 year old girl named Coco. She takes some pretty serious cautions because her opinion is to maybe bite first and talk later. We gave her some happy meds for mom to pre med with and she was awesome at drop off. She needed a large tumor removed over her right eye that was itchy and painful. It was also growing very fast. She was a rescue at 8 years old and mom has had to really put a lot of time and effort into getting her to trust. Soooo… we had to sedate her to be able to do much. Once sedated we took films to find some pretty extreme abnormalities. Rads are going to radiologist because her chest looks very wrong. Mom says she gets winded fairly easily but really only put that together after we expressed our concerns. Little miss also didn’t want to keep her pressures up so it was a bit of a tight rope act there for a while. Tonight she is having a sleep over. She has endured a bath after some unplanned pooping and she has had to deal with other animals which is not her jam! Anywho… this lovely lady had an eyelift, a radical manipedi and a pretty awesome bath. The funniest thing is that she won’t eat if you look at her… she is a doll with a little shake of tude. Our favorite.

Snow's Coming (Again) - Come Get Free Coats for When: Mar 5, 2023, 2:30 to 4:30 PM �Where: Guy's Farm & Yard, Barre Street, Montpelier, VT If your dog (or one you know) is shivering in this latest round of winter weather, please come to The Mitzvah Fund's second FREE dog coat distribution event on Sunday March 5 from 2:30-4:30 in the parking lot at Guy's Feed & Yard in Montpelier. Look for our big blue and white mobile veterinary clinic van.��We have a wide variety of sizes and styles of coats so, if your dog is comfortable around unfamiliar places and people, bring them along for a personal fitting or bring your dog's measurements: The length from where their collar is to the base of their tail and their estimate d weight. If you know someone who has a dog in need of a coat you can also pick up a coat for them - again just bring the dog's measurements.��If you're planning to come to the event, please RSVP TO: [email protected] so we can let you know if there is any change of plans. With all this unpredictable weather, you just never know! THANK YOU TO GUY'S and our other collection site partners, North Branch Cafe and Central VT Humane Society as well as everyone who donated coats in February. Chase our real leader even had to get in on the coat sorting!

Happy New Year from all of us at the Mitzvah Fund. We are so grateful for your interest and on going support of our cause!

Come join us at the Montpelier Farmers Market. Sadie and Gerry are here for your entertainment with Maxine in tow!!

Anyone have a nursing momma cat that might be game to take on 6 …. about two week old babies. Just found under a shed in Worcester. Momma cat no where to be found and these guys are hungry and thin. We have started feeding of course but there is nothing like a momma. If you have any leads on a momma please PM me. If you feel like being a momma cat for 2-3 weeks and have experience bottle feeding please PM me. Please only experienced folks. This is a labor of love and you really need to enjoy this every two hour feeding and pooping thing! ❤️😍

Good times today at the Worcester, VT 4th of July Parade. Getting our mission out to folks is really important. Chase the kitty hung out on the treatment table and got pet by a bunch of kids. Folks learned about our mobile surgery truck and loved seeing all the cool stuff inside. Thanks to Pam Everingham and Abby Bruce for helping us bathe the beast! Thanks to Barb who helped organize the inside so folks could come and go easier. Very fun day!! Happy 4th everyone!!

Finnster’s Comeback
Finnster’s Comeback

This week we have been super busy with really sick in need animals. This is Finnster. He came in matted to the skin and in desperate need of every tooth being removed. His owners are seniors and had no resources or options they knew of until they found us. Finny still has a long rode ahead. He has some painful lesions from the mats and may have a nasal fistula because all of the good bone was eaten away from his dental disease. We will post more detailed pics on our website but for know Happy Passover and Happy Easter from all of us and Finnster!

Finnster’s coneback!
Finnster’s coneback!

This week we have been super busy with really sick in need animals. This is Finnster. He came in matted to the skin and in desperate need of every tooth being removed. His owners are seniors and had no resources or options they knew of until they found us. Finny still has a long rode ahead. He has some painful lesions from the mats and may have a nasal fistula because all of the good bone was eaten away from his dental disease. We will post more detailed pics on our website but for know Happy Passover and Happy Easter from all of us and Finnster!

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A Mitzvah is a random act of kindness or a worthy deed.

The Mitzvah Fund started in 2006 and became a 501 C3 in 2013. We are a small but mighty group of volunteer veterinary professionals that strive to help the less fortunate. Owning a pet should not have to be a luxury but in today's economy even basic veterinary care can be daunting, especially to senior citizens on fixed incomes. We have helped hundreds of animals. Since we no longer work out of our own animal hospital we are very fortunate to have teamed up with Stonecliff Veterinary Surgical Center in Montpelier, VT. On Fridays we rent their facility and provide veterinary surgical and dentistry options for qualifying senior citizens and rescue organizations that are trying to care for and rehome special need animals. We currently service only Central Vermont seniors but hope to expand in the future.

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