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Eye to Eye Sculpture
The“Eye-to-Eye” statue that was
commissioned by Dr. David Ramsey
in 2009 to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the ACVO is now available to ACVO Diplomates to purchase. The original statue, created
by sculptor Jim Gion, was featured
on the cover of the AVMA Journal.
Dr. Ramsey then donated the
sculpture to the ACVO Vision for
Animals Foundation auction where
it fetched a price of over $5,000
(buyer name excluded for privacy).
Mr. Gion has offered to provide a
limited number of maquette, or
miniature statues. ACVO diplomates have the opportunity
purchase a limited edition “Eye-to-Eye” sculpture (approximately 50)
at a reduced rate which includes a donation to the VAF. Mr. Gion
has offered to produce these on order without expense to the
ACVO or the Foundation. The maquettes will be available in both male and female versions. To pre-order your maquette, please complete this form and fax or mail the the ACVO office.
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Female maquette
 
Male maquette |
| BSC Honorarium Donations |
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Years prior to the inception of the Vision for Animals Foundation, when the ACVO was gathering funds in the "Magrane Fund", the Basic Science Course was the first and most consistent significant donors to the VAF. The Foundation and its grant recipients owe a great debt of gratitude to the individual speakers who have chosen to collectively donate their speaker honorariums for 2-3 weeks of work. They can choose to donate their time to both educate ACVO residents and primary care veterinarians in veterinary ophthalmology and to financially benefit the VAF.
Over the past seven years the BSC speakers have donated more than $69,000. The BSC is held every other year. Prior donations have been made since the 1990s. Total donated funds are estimated to be $150,000-$200,000. More information about the BSC. |
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| ACVO Diplomate Donations & Pet Letters |
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| Many American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologist (ACVO) Diplomates continue to support the Foundation through either general annual donations and/or the pet letter program. General donations are those of any denomination given at any time annually. The pet letter program consists of a donation to the VAF in the name of a pet that the clinic wishes to honor, sometimes due to expiration of the animal. A letter and Foundation brochure is then mailed to the pet's owner to alert them of the donation. Please contact the VAF office if you would be interested in participating in this program. |
| Print a multi-donor form to order pet letters for clients (pdf). |
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| Annual Auction Fundraiser |
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| Since 2002, a successful annual VAF fundraiser has been a silent auction held at the ACVO conference. Diplomates of the College, company vendors and guests make both industry item and private donations to be auctioned off. Typically this raises approximately $10,000 annually. If you would like to make a donation please contact the VAF office or bring an item to the annual conference. |
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| Thank you to everyone who participated in 2009! Over $11,000 was raised at the silent auction at the 2009 ACVO Conference in Chicago, IL. |
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| Public Donations |
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| The VAF board of directors grant recipients are grateful for the growing support of public donations. These donation have only begun to be solicited in the past couple years, primarily through the web site and through pet letters purchased for them by their veterinary ophthalmologist. To date, public donations account for $41,309.00 over four years. Please help us increase these donations by making a tax deductible donation today via our secure online donation form. |
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| CERF Program Donations |
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| Letter from Foundation President Dr. Brad Nadelstein regarding CERF Program Donations |
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| Educational Grants |
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| The VAF is soliciting donations from endowed Foundations in 2009. There is a possibility to gain significant funding from private foundations that focus on funding medical research. In early 2009 one Foundation, which asked to remain unnamed, donated $40,000 to the VAF. We are hopeful that these types of donations will increase over the coming years. |
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| Please make a tax deductible donation to the Vision for Animals Foundation today (secure, online link) |
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