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 PHS
currently uses the Placencia Village Community Center for its monthly
clinics.
Unfortunately, the Community
Center is often a less than ideal location because of lack of hot
water and adequate lighting, scheduling conflicts and often
conflicting Community Center uses that include the Village's day care
center, polling place, and community events locale. (For more
information, see our Why a New Clinic page.)
Plus, PHS holds little hope of
purchasing its own property. The cost of acquiring property on
the narrow Peninsula is prohibitive, and becoming more prohibitive
every day as foreign investors drive up land prices.
How You
Can Help
In 2006 we
established the PHS Building to raise $55,000BZ to build and furnish
a facility for the Placencia Humane Society. Thanks to the
generosity of many people, we have already raised over $6000BZ.
Resolving
our early challenge of locating a site, the Placencia Village
Council and the Rotary Club have made land available to us in the
new airport complex where units for fire and rescue as well as
emergency medical care will be housed.
With the
site established, we are now gearing up to meet our financial goal.
PHS needs to raise BZ$55,000 (US$27,500)
to construct a concrete block building containing a surgery/ examining
room, a waiting room/office and a small apartment for a visiting
veterinarian,
including electrical wiring, lighting, plumbing, tiled floor, hot and
cold water, covered verandah for additional waiting
area, ceiling fans, stairs and septic tank.
In addition, another BZ$10,000 (US$5,000)
is needed to purchase a surgical table, refrigerator for medicines,
office equipment (2 desks, filing cabinet, office chair, waiting room
chairs), construction of an enclosed area for surgery recovery for
pets, toilet, sink, and lighting fixtures.
Through the generous donation of Marcia
and Peter Fox who have contributed BZ$1,000 to kick-off the PHS
Building Fund,
PHS has raised BZ$6,000 toward the total cost of BZ$65,000 (US$32,500)
to provide Placencia residents and pets with a permanent location for
veterinary care.
Donors who contribute BZ$500 or more
will have their names inscribed on a plaque to be mounted at the new
Clinic.
Donations may be made by personal check
payable to the Placencia Humane Society and mailed to:
Building Fund
Placencia Humane Society
General Delivery
Placencia Village, Belize
Donations may also be made by Visa or
MasterCard.
However, our Belize bank requires a
faxed authorization when the card holder is not present in Belize.
Therefore, please print, fill out, sign and fax back to us a
Credit Card Authorization Form
to our US fax number of 1-501-637-6206. (Your fax will
automatically be forwarded to us in Belize.)
Be sure to designate on the form that
your donation is to be used for the Placencia Humane Society Building
Fund.
You may also scan in the completed and
signed forms and email them to us at
info@placencia-pets.org.
Acknowledgement
of Donation: Your donation will be acknowledged via
email, so make sure to include your email address on the form if you
have one.
We'll email an acknowledgement to you as
soon as we receive your check, fax or email. (We'll also email a
copy of your credit card receipt if you use MasterCard or Visa for
your membership dues.)
In addition, all donations will be gratefully
acknowledged on this Website.
Thank you!!!!!!!
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