Accessible Veterinary Care: Know How Our Vet Center Funds Community Rescue

Every time you walk through the clinic doors at The Bond Between Vet Center with your beloved pets, you are doing something extraordinary - You support our mission to provide accessible Veterianry Care to our Community.

By choosing us for your pet’s care, you aren’t just giving your own family high-quality veterinary services—you are directly funding our mission to protect animals and support families across our entire community. All proceeds from our Vet Center go right back into our life-saving rescue and support programs.

As pet parents, we all know that access to veterinary care changes everything. But when cost or distance puts essential care out of reach, pet ownership becomes heartbreakingly complex. Families are faced with terrifying barriers when urgent emergencies strike, preventable diseases spread without routine vaccines, unplanned litters multiply, and animals go without essential preventive medications. 

Veterinary care isn’t a luxury—it is the bedrock of keeping families whole and animals safe.

A Story of Hope: 4 Hours for a Second Chance

Over the summer, our team hosted a kitten surrender event at our Minneapolis location to expand vet care and surrender services to community members in need. That day was overflowing with connection as over 200 people stood in line, each carrying their own unique story.

One woman's story in particular stayed with us. She could be seen gently taking six little kittens out of her carrier, one by one, letting them play in the shady grass. She cupped cool water in her hands for them to drink and fussed over every tiny detail.    

When we asked what brought her to surrender kittens she so obviously cherished, she broke down in tears. She spoke about the rural town she calls home and the sheer number of roaming outdoor cats in her community. Among them, one specific stray had become a quiet favorite of her family. She left out fresh food and water every day, and one morning, she discovered the mama cat tucked under an old planter in her garage, resting with six tiny, new kittens.   

"I felt so honored that this mama cat felt safe enough to give birth to her babies in my garage," she shared through tears. "I take that seriously. I’m like their second mom now!"

Like any loving caregiver, she worried about their future. After facing online scams and dead ends trying to rehome them locally, she saw a post about our surrender event.   

"I decided to drive four hours to get here today because I knew I could trust you," she whispered. "I knew you would find these kittens good homes—and I knew you would help me get this mama spayed so she wouldn’t have to go through this again."   

Our team promised her we would care for those six babies, find them families who would treasure them, and ensure mama cat got the care she needed.

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Removing Barriers, Building Community

Moments like that serve as a powerful reminder of the true heart of our work. This is about so much more than finding homes for kittens:

• Removing financial and geographic barriers so families stay together.

• Providing free spay/neuter resources to stop the cycle of overpopulation before it starts.

• Standing by our neighbors to build a compassionate community where both people and animals thrive.

Together We Say Yes: Give to the Max Day 2026

This year, on Thursday, November 19, 2026, our theme for Give to the Max Day is Together We Say Yes.

Give to the Max Day is our most critical fundraising moment of the year. It ensures our clinic and community programs have the resources to keep answering desperate calls for help.

Double Your Impact: Generous partners are matching every gift made for Give to the Max Day, meaning your donation will be doubled dollar-for-dollar.

You already support our mission every time you bring your pets to the Vet Center. This Give to the Max Day, we invite you to take that partnership one step further by making a matched gift to expand accessible veterinary care to every family who needs it.   

Together, we say yes to healing, to hope, and to the bonds that connect us all.