Our Crowdfunding Groups
Iowa State University faculty, alumni, veterinary students, and community volunteers who organize and carry out the Crow Creek Reservation Service Trip invite you to contribute to their project. Members of the team have traveled to Fort Thompson, South Dakota, every year for the last ten years to offer veterinary services to tribal members of the Crow Creek Reservation. Veterinary services are not easily accessible or affordable to many animal owners on the reservation. Most years, 250-300 animals will be seen during the small animal and equine clinics. When the project first began, it was common for dogs to present with heartworm, mange, and tick infestations. Now, our veterinarians who provide veterinary services for the trip have noticed a marked decrease in the incidence of these medical problems.
Members of the Crow Creek Reservation look forward to the yearly veterinary trip as an event to meet with veterinarians and veterinary students, discuss their pet’s health concerns, have their pets vaccinated, and have dogs and cats spayed and neutered. At the community's rodeo grounds, a group of veterinarians and veterinary students work with community horse owners to provide preventative health care to their horses.
In the last few years, this service trip has become part of a two-week fourth-year veterinary student rotation, Clinical Practice in Diverse Communities. Participating students will spend time organizing equipment for the small animal and equine veterinary clinics at Fort Thompson before the trip. They will devote time to learning about working in diverse communities and studying Lakota history and cultural traditions.
photos by Patricia Howard
Your $15 donation will help provide a collar and leash for a dog or cat during our clinic.
Your $30 dollar donation will help provide topical flea and tick treatment for a dog or cat during our clinic.
Your $50 donation will help provide a colt wellness exam and surgery during our clinic.
Your $100 donation will help provide a wellness exam and surgery to cat or dog during our clinic.
Your $250 donation will help us purchase a new scale to weigh small animal patients during our clinic.
Your $500 donation will help us purchase a new surgery table for small animal surgeries during our clinic.