What's it all about?
At Roses Fund we are sensitive to the fact that it takes more than love to save a life, and all animals deserve a chance. We will financially assist, to the best of our ability, pet owners and Good Samaritans that have an animal with a good prognosis for a healthy life, but are at a financial loss.
Our goal is to help make that difficult decision come from your heart, not from your pocket.
No one should ever have to choose between medical care and euthanizing their pet..
When there is a situation where the pet or found animal has a good chance of being well but the owner or Good Samaritan can’t afford it; this fund will cover the cost. The veterinarian will call the fund and the check would go directly to the practice. The veterinarian will call the fund after the owner has used his/her own resources and applied for a care card at the office.
We will then assist the owner in anyway we can to pay the bill.
Why the name Roses Fund:
On June First I was driving and saw a car go around something white in the road. I saw as I approached that it was a cat injured and bleeding but alive. The driver who hit her must have seen her as the car that went around did also.
I stopped and drove right to the closest emergency veterinarian practice. On registration they asked her name, I didn’t know, but since the secretary had on pink scrubs I called the cat Rose. They said she had a broken leg but also some head trauma, so her prognosis was guarded. They asked what I wanted to do, so I decided to have them give her pain medication and stabilize the leg and give her some time and also look for the owners.
That night I spoke with the veterinarian who said she was stable, the breathing was better and the neurological issues seemed to be resolving.
At 1AM I got a call from the vet saying that they were very sorry but Rose had just passed on. I kept thinking that at least she died warm and cared for, not in the street being hit again, or in pain as the driver left her.
I never did find her owner, even though I left my number everywhere, put up her picture and even went door to door in the neighborhood where I found her.
Many asked me why I would spend so much money on a cat that I had found, and the answer has always been that if anything ever happened to my pets, that is how I would hope someone would care for them. And it was the right thing to do.
I decided to call this Roses Fund, so that this lost cat’s death will serve to help others.
Thank you again,
Felecia Bernstein -
Mailing Address P.O. Box 24, Avon by the Sea, NJ 07717 Phone Number 877-505-4234
Email- ROSESFUND@AOL.COM
Web Address: WWW. ROSESFUND.COM or WWW.ROSESFUND.ORG
TAX ID: 26-2784508
ROSES FUND REFLECTS THE DEEP SHARED-VISION AND VALUES OF EVERYONE WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION THEREFORE ALL BOARD OF DIRECTORS, ADVISORS AND VOLUNTEERS DO NOT RECEIVE COMPENSATION.
100% OF ALL MONIES COLLECTED GO TOWARD HELPING ANIMALS AND AND THEIR OWNERS
ROSES FUND FOR ANIMALS INC.,
A NON PROFIT CORPORATION UNDER TITLE 15A2-8 OF THE NEW JERSEY DOMESTIC NONPROFIT CORPORATION ACT.
RECOGNIZED AS A TAX EXEMPT PUBLIC CHARITY
UNDER SECTION 501 (C) 3 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE.
ALL CONTRIBUTIONS ARE TAX DEDUCTIBLE UNDER SECTION 170 OF THE CODE
