Disaster Relief Information

Monetary Donations

You can help veterinarians, staff and animals recover by donating to the Friends of NCVMA Foundation. Indicate Disaster Relief in the funding area to ensure money goes to help those affected by recent disasters in North Carolina on the coast and in the mountains. Donate here: –> DONATE TO THE FRIENDS OF NCVMA NOW <–

Large Animal Assistance

The NC Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is helping to connect farmers who have lost their feed supply during the disaster with others who have hay or feed to donate. If you have a need or are able to assist livestock producers through housing animals and/or providing feed or supplies, please complete this form: 2024 Hurricane Helene Livestock Assistance Form

Status of WNC Veterinary Facilities

We are using a list of veterinary facilities in the affected counties provided by the NCVMB and are updating the status of facilities as we get word. This is a work in progress as a service and we are trying to keep it as updated as possible despite the difficulty communicating with many shelters. We recommend contacting a clinic before traveling to ensure they are open as the situation of a facility can change very quickly: WNC Veterinary Facilities NCVMA Status List

NCVMB Pharmacy Guidance on General Maintenance Prescriptions

General maintenance prescriptions for animals under the care of a veterinarian located in the disaster area may be refilled at any veterinary facility under the following conditions:

This does not apply to controlled substance medications.

• The veterinarian refilling the prescription has the discretion to refill the prescription or not.
•  The person presenting the prescription must provide proof that the medication has refills available.
• The facility refilling the prescription should keep detailed documentation.
• The facility refilling the prescription must notify the prescriber that a refill has been done.  (Recommend email)

RESOURCES

NCVMA Disaster Relief Grants

This grant program is directed towards NCVMA members who own a practice (hospital or mobile unit) affected by a natural disaster/catastrophic event. While these hospitals or mobile units are covered by insurance, we know that this insurance does not cover everything, and comes with a deductible to be paid. To alleviate some of the stress of recovery, NCVMA has developed this grant program to help pay the insurance deductible.

Friends of NCVMA Disaster Grants

We are currently soliciting funds to provide a broader-based grant for those in the veterinary community to recover from this storm. Guidelines will be developed and announced soon.