March 29, 2024

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Never Knowingly Pets

Angels on Earth | COMO Magazine

Armani’s Angels assists assist pet homeowners in the cure of ill or wounded pets.

A neighbor’s dog attacked a sweet, long-haired Chihuahua.

When Rosco, in need of surgery, pictures, and antibiotics, and his operator have been unable to pay for his medical payments, Rosco was 1 of the 1st animals to acquire guidance from Armani’s Angels.

Armani’s Angels was started by Jessica Robertson, a full-time loan officer at Flat Department Dwelling Loans. The nonprofit was named soon after Armani, Jessica’s “discount puppy” she acquired as a gift from her mother soon after a challenging separation.

In Oct 2013, Jessica arrived household to come across her property broken into and Armani seriously crushed. The burglar hit the 20-pound Cockapoo pet with a hammer he made use of to break open a safe. The extent of Armani’s injuries to begin with led veterinarians to assume he experienced been shot.

“I explained, ‘Do whichever you can,’” Jessica recollects.

Jessica stayed by Armani’s side for 12 days. In the course of that time, she observed how quite a few pet entrepreneurs couldn’t afford to pay for health care for their animals. Jessica recollects a young pair screaming in agony mainly because they did not have the dollars for euthanasia for their pit bull puppy dog. A single veterinarian compensated the invoice.

“I noticed so a lot of individuals that were being just heartbroken — the tears, the screams, the agony that individuals had been heading by means of — for the reason that they could not manage the remedy for their animal,” Jessica states.

Armani lived for a 12 months and a 50 % subsequent the incident prior to he died owing to similar troubles. Jessica suggests she invested about $40,000 on Armani’s healthcare expenses by the time he passed absent. The first 12 times at the veterinary hospital charge Jessica nearly $15,000.

“For quite a few people, that amount of cash is not anything at all they can fathom,” Jessica states.

A calendar year after Armani’s demise, hope for pet proprietors emerged in the type of Armani’s Angels. The nonprofit is devoted to elevating cash to aid pet house owners in treating sick or wounded pets.

“Our goal is to assistance bridge the gap for what the house owners simply cannot pay for to help get therapy started,” Jessica says.  

Assisting Pets in Missouri

Armani’s Angels has helped far more than 250 animals in Missouri due to the fact 2015. In its second yr, the nonprofit aided 12 animals by 2018, that selection had developed to 87 annually. In 2019, Armani’s Angels made the decision to reduce the scope of their initiatives.

“We were handing out funds also freely,” Jessica claims. “It’s tough simply because who are we to say this pet deserves it much more than the other? But at the finish of the day, we never have unlimited resources. We rely a whole lot additional on the veterinarians to assess the need of the animal than we did when we started off.”

Currently, the nonprofit organization features money help to emergency circumstances. Jessica says several of the scenarios Armani’s Angels can help have animals that have possibly been domestically abused, attacked by one more animal, or hit by a automobile. Quite a few of these animals want amputation, surgical procedures, shots, or antibiotics.

Rosco is between the hundreds of animals Armani’s Angels has aided. Dipstick, a rescued puppy dog, is an additional — he experienced to have crisis surgery to get rid of bladder stones that had obstructed his urethra. At risk for kidney failure, Armani’s Angels covered the bulk of Dipstick’s surgical expenditures and all of his post-operative treatment. Other pets — Zuzu, Milo, Daphne, and numerous extra — have turn out to be results stories mainly because of Armani’s Angels.

“Armani sacrificed his daily life for quite a few mainly because, without him, this business wouldn’t be below, and we would not have been equipped to enable as lots of animals as we have,” Jessica states.

Increasing to Kansas Metropolis

Armani’s Angels expanded into the Kansas Town area in 2018 and has due to the fact stuffed their kennel to enable treatment for unwell and wounded pets on each sides of the point out line. 

 “Expanding into Kansas Town has opened a whole lot of doors for Armani’s Angels. We are achieving extra pet owners than at any time before,” Jessica claims.

The Kansas Town chapter operates below Armani’s Angels but has its very own board users and creates and hosts their possess fundraising events, these as the A Par for a Paw occasion. They also accumulate their personal specific donations.

Long term Plans

Armani’s Angels wishes to keep touching the hearts of pet house owners and give for their fiscal needs though expanding the nonprofit throughout the map.

“We want to carry on attaining our mission of helping sick and wounded animals,” Jessica says, mentioning that she would like to discover a countrywide donor to assistance Armani’s Angels. “We would love to have numerous branches if we can grow our recent methods.”

The end result of fundraisers sponsored by nearby enterprises and particular person donations has made Armani’s Angels’ mission a reality. The nonprofit has been a saving grace for preserving animals alive and trying to keep family members alongside one another. For Jessica, the corporation has aided her move earlier Armani’s dying.

“Armani would want goodness to appear from his existence, and I believe Armani’s Angels has been that goodness,” Jessica states. “I’m so fortunate that I was his mom and that horrible predicament happened to me simply because I had the resources, and I was in a position to commence this business that has turned that tragedy into one thing wonderful.” 

Armani’s Angels
80 S. Hwy UU
[email protected]
www.armanisangels.org


Mission Statement:
Armani’s Angels is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit business devoted to boosting money to assist in the treatment of sick or injured animals.

Founded:
2015

Board Members:
Jessica Robertson
Zoe Hughley Beasley
Amanda Smith
Boonie Trickey
Sarah Messer
Tara Courtney
Kristen Hanson
Jennifer Lincoln
Julie Wilford-Gold
Adrienne Jacober