February 2023 Carol House Quick Fix Pet Clinic News | | |
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Happy Valentine's Day from our furry family to yours!!!
February is a month of LOVE
and around here, we LOVE our pets!
Working TOGETHER we can
provide low cost spay/neuter and wellness services to make life better for all the dogs and cats in the
St. Louis and surrounding areas!
We are so appreciative of all of our donors and volunteers who help make this clinic PAWS-ible!!!
We wish you
a VERY
Happy
Valentine's Day!
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Click Here: Valentine's Day Video
to see our Happy Valentine's Day Greeting! We hope you have a LOVELY day with your pet!
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IMPORTANT DATES -- COME JOIN US!
March 24th at 10:30am will be the Ribbon Cutting
for our new Clinic in Rolla!
May 10 -- GiveSTL Day
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STL Surgery = 836
Rolla Surgery = 271
STL Wellness = 222
Rolla Wellness = 40
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A Note from Nancy - Our Development Director
I am excited to be part of the Carol House Quick Fix Pet Clinic team serving as the Development Director. My job is to promote this wonderful organization and educate the community on the need to spay and neuter pets to help reduce the pet population. Through creating videos and writing up lots of informative news in the monthly E-Newsletter I’ll be sharing many wonderful stories about what the amazing veterinarians, vet techs and office staff are doing here in St. Louis and Rolla to take care of family’s precious dogs and cats. We thank you all for YOUR part in donating time, money and needed supplies, sharing our FB posts, and attending our fundraisers. We are BETTER TOGETHER!
We are SO very grateful for your support this past year--Click here for the 2022 Statistics Recap Video:
CHQFPC 2022 Stats in Review
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Thank you for helping support our Rock-N-Roll Bingo!
This fundraiser was a HUGE success! We had 283 excited supporters there and raised $9,300 to be split between CHQFPC and our partner BARC.
We gratefully thank our Business Sponsors
featured each round:
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Packed house of 280+ people | |
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Lots of donated baskets
to bid on
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Also, we are VERY thankful for all
the people and businesses that
gave $25 gift cards:
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Sqwires Restaurant located in Lafayette Square at 1415 S. 18th St, 63104. They have an AMAZING menu! Check out them out at https://sqwires.com | |
Dewey’s’ pizza is delicious and they ALWAYS give us gift cards. Order your family pizza today at www.deweyspizza.com | |
Treats Unleashed creates delicious treats, & has fun toys and cool outfits for your pets! Many St. Louis locations. www.treats-unleashed.com | |
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Thank you
Theresa Mullen
for this "PAWSOME" doggie gift
basket for
the prize
for our
"Dead of Alive" round. He was
one happy WINNER!!!
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Thank YOU for all these DONATIONS! Whoo-Hoo!! | |
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Meet our AMAZING Board of Directors at Carol House Quick Fix Pet Clinic! They work so hard, keep us organized and donate a lot of time, energy and funds. From the left we have our wonderful Executive Director- Wendy Heckman,
Jan Braswell, Lisa Langeneckert - Board Vice President,
Dave Sharp, David Barkey,
Brook Dubman - Board President, Kris Pals and Teri Seiler.
Not pictured Kate Awbrey - Board Secretary and Treasurer.
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Angie Duhr serves as our Office Manager and has been working at the Carol House Quick Fix Pet Clinic for over 10 years! She does a lot of the “behind the scenes” work for us by taking care of all of our banking needs, and contacts our vendors for supplies. She does lots of paperwork to keep us all organized! She is an RVT - Registered Veterinary Technician and also assists in surgery. | |
As Office Manager Angie wears many hats... registering clients as they come in | |
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Assisting in surgery
as needed
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Organizing the front office staff and
making LOTS of phone calls for us!
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In her spare time Angie enjoys puzzles, watching TV and movies, and playing video games with her husband Bill. They love to take his Bronco and her Jeep off-roading as much as they can. She enjoys her pets- 4 cats and a dog. We are so grateful to have Angie as our Office Manager and a part of the Carol House Family!!!!
Click here for Angie's Staff Spotlight Video: Angie's Staff Spotlight Video
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Bill and Angie with Kirby | |
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Two of her four cats:
Marvel & Elliott
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This E-Newsletter is proudly sponsored by Helix Realty!
We thank them for their generous support! If your business wishes to
sponsor an E-Newsletter contact Nancy Stallard at
[email protected]
or by calling 314-771-7387
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Helix Realty is a family owned business. We only manage properties we own and are committed to giving you personal service and great places to live and work.
We strive for, and have, a diverse population of extraordinary people. Our goal is to offer you a comfortable and friendly environment. Always PET friendly!
Serving U-City Loop, Central West End, Maplewood, Richmond Heights, Clayton, both office and residential properties.
Call 314-367-7646
Click for their website:
Helix Realty Website:
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Would you like to make an
in-kind donation this month?
Meet Brandon! This energetic young man came to our Carol House Quick Fix Pet Clinic with his cat Carl. Previously he brought in his cat OJ (pictured here) But the awesome thing is that Brandon and his mom Brandy knew about our “Needs List” and bought an extra bottle of laundry detergent at the store to bring in. AWESOME! So, I encourage you all today to “Be like Brandon!” Next time you go to the store, grab just ONE extra roll of Paper Towels, Toilet Paper, Liquid laundry detergent, Bleach, White copy paper, or 13-gallon trash bags. If everyone coming into our clinic brought just ONE item, we’d NEVER have to spend a donation dime on these daily supplies ever again! And keeping our surgery costs low helps more families afford to spay and neuter their pets... which keeps the pet population low… so who would have EVER thought that a bottle of laundry detergent could DO SO MUCH!?! (Or a roll of toilet paper for that matter!) So thank you Brandon and Brandy…and all of you who donate to our cause.
We are BETTER TOGETHER! www.CarolHousePetClinic.org
You can help fill our donation bin by dropping items off at the clinic or by purchasing items from our
(click below)
Amazon Wishlist
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Click the video link below to hear why Suzanne loves to donate to our Clinic!!!
Thank you Suzanne for your support!
Video-Donate Items to CHQFPC
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February Raffles:
Valentines Day and National Spay Month
A $5 donation= 1 entry, and a $20 donation= 5 entries!
Your donation goes directly to services provided at
Carol House Quick Fix Pet Clinic!
Visit the clinic to purchase a raffle entry, donate on Facebook,
or visit the link: PayPal Link Enter as many times as you like!
Next drawing will be held on Tuesday February 28th, 2023 at 11:00am.
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WOW! Look at this Valentine’s Day basket! We are so VERY grateful to Diane Solan (one of our clients pictured w/ her dog Carlos age 7 -adopted from the APA) for buying all these wonderful goodies AND making this beautiful basket for us! It contained a pair of “Warmies” that are microwavable socks, a Steve Madden pink wristlet, Valentine’s Day socks for you AND your pet, chocolate for you, treats for your cat and dog, and more! We held this drawing on 2/10 and raised
$350 in donations!
Thank you Diane!
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Then for the second half of February we are raffling off 2 items to celebrate National Spay Month!
Bonnie Howerton, who has brought several pets to us to care for, has donated a “Simply Clean Automatic Litter Box” from Chewy's! AND our clinic is offering ONE FREE SPAY! WOW! To get a chance to WIN this handy contraption for a clean litter box for YOUR cat, and a FREE SPAY for a cat or dog,
ENTER TODAY!!
On line at www.stlspayneuter.org/donate-now
or come by the clinic at 1218
S. Jefferson Ave. Each ticket entry is just $5, and when you donate, you help our “SNF Fund” – Special Needs Fund which helps our clients that need a little assistance with their pet’s care or surgeries.
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The
Valentine's Day Basket went to ANN CAPLES!
Congratulations!
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Our upcoming raffle themes are :
March – Easter Basket – Sponsored by Realtor Gary Hollern web: tinyurl.com/4x8vhubz
April – Mother’s Day Basket- $50 Victoria Secret gift card and Kate Spade Bag (worth $100)
May – Father’s Day Basket – 2 Cardinals Baseball Game Tickets
June – Summer Fun! – 4 Six Flags Tickets
July – Beat the Heat – 4 day passes to be INSIDE at Climb So iLL
If you or your business would like to donate
$100 worth of gift cards, items or tickets to a St. Louis experience,
or donate $100 so we can create a gift basket in house, we will feature your business card in that E-Newsletter with a clickable link to your website!
We also accept ALL types of gift cards
(Of any size! We'll take your extras you don't want from Christmas!)
You can drop them off at our clinic or mail them to us at:
Carol House Quick Fix Pet Clinic, 1218 S. Jefferson Ave,
St. Louis, MO, 63104.
Thank you for your support!!!
Visit the clinic to purchase a raffle entry, or donate on Facebook,
or visit the link: PayPal Link Enter as many times as you like!
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Community Connections
Our Outreach team had the pleasure of working with Kiera and her dogs, Daisy, Cisco and Zumma Princess.
Daisy and the puppies were spayed and neutered in December 2022 with the puppies coming back for boosters twice in January of 2023. Look how they've grown! The Outreach team is dedicated to helping keep families and pets together, and keeping them healthy!
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Cisco and Zumma Princess at
8 weeks in for alterations
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Cisco & Zumma Princess
in the Christmas spirit
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Cisco and Zumma Princess back
for boosters in January 2023
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Our low cost wellness exams allow families to bring puppies back to complete their vaccine series...and gives us the chance to give them some more LOVE!!!
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Partnerships: We're excited to announce an amazing partnership with Humana! Clients attending our wellness clinic, who have a Medicare and/or military veteran card, can be eligible for financial support at their visit and have the opportunity to connect with the on-site representative to find out more about health care benefits available through Humana. We're grateful to have Rosalind Lomax (Humana representative and Carol House Quick Fix Pet Clinic client) on board to support our clients and their pets.
You can contact Rosalind at [email protected]
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Walk-In Wellness Clinic
Our wellness clinics are walk-in ONLY. Wellness clinics may vary from week to week. Please check the calendar on our website for the most up to date wellness clinic schedule. Wellness clinic limits may vary
Click here to view the STL calendar
For Rolla Wellness information
please call (573) 465-3099
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A Rolla Review
We are just so proud to announce we have EXPANDED our clinic to a second site: Rolla!
We have been working in this rural area for a few years and it just seemed the right time to open a "Satellite Clinic" there. It opened on August 24, 2022 for wellness services and began spays/neuters October 18, 2022. There are 5 staff members, and we will have our Ribbon Cutting Ceremony there on March 24th at 10am. Join us and see the new clinic (and meet Carl-the Clinic Cat!) located at
13561 S. US Highway 63, Rolla, MO 65401
Phone: 573-465-3099
Email: [email protected]
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3 Cheers for our Volunteers!
This fun group volunteered for us at the New Year for the Strays Trivia Night. Our clinic received part of the proceeds from that evening.
Lisa Langeneckert, who is one of our Board Members, sold tickets for the Lottery Tree. If you want to volunteer for us, let Nancy know at: [email protected]. We have needs at events, simple office work and
assistance with laundry at the clinic.
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Angie our Office Manager and her husband Bill were score
sheet runners
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Nancy Stallard our Development Director and new volunteer Karen Ward sold 50/50 tickets | |
Derek Cohn has been a long time volunteer here for us, and did many jobs at Trivia Night! | | |
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We want YOU to join our TEAM!
At Carol House Pet Clinic, we have a FUN staff and do quality work that impacts our community in a POSITIVE way!!! Click below to see details & apply!
Click here for Best Benefits or to Apply!
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How to make a Cat Shelter-
with Bonnie The Cat Lady
St. Louis winters are tough on outdoor pets. Bonnie – our “Community Cat Coordinator" demonstrates how to create a CAT SHELTER to keep community cats warm!
You only need 5 materials to make these, and you can click here to watch the video of her making 2 shelters.
Cat Shelter Video
Materials needed are: A cooler (Styrofoam or hard shell) caulk, duct tape, a knife or 6” hole saw to cut the hole, and clean straw to put inside. I learned to NOT put hay, blankets or paper inside because these materials can absorb water and freeze, which makes the cooler cold. Also, I learned this: HAY is food, STRAW is bedding! Bonnie is so wise and dedicated to keeping our community cats warm, and she also helps catch feral cats and brings them in for spay/neutering services.
Bonnie is AMAZING!!
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The BEST part of our day!!!
Seeing pets reunited with their families after surgery is truly a joyous time in our clinic!
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Done with your NEWSPAPER??
We are running low on newspaper in St. Louis and in Rolla! If you have newspaper that you are able to donate, it can be dropped of at either location:
1218 S. Jefferson, St. Louis, MO, 63104
or
The Rolla Clinic 13561 S US Highway 63,
Rolla, MO, 65401.
Thank you!
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By using our PayPal Giving Fund 100% of your donation goes directly to Carol House Quick Fix Pet Clinic!
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Thank YOU for giving to help keep the dogs and cats in our community healthy and safe! | |
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Shop our Wishlists... We appreciate our donors!!! | |
We are thankful for our past SPONSORS!!! | | |
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Tom & Teri Seiler
Bebb Asphalt
George and Jayne Blue
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