The Father's Day Council Tucson honored Dr. Warfield as a 2008 Father of The Year.  Dr. Warfield is deserving of this prestigious award for his exemplary contributions to our community, his family and business.  Congratulations, Dr. Warfield!  We are proud to have you as our leader!

Dr. Gillooly is training for an Olympic distance triathlon to take place on September 14th, 2008.  Dr. Gillooly's goal is to raise $5,000 to benefit the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society which will go directly toward cancer research, education and to the ultimate goal of finding a cure.  Please help to show Dr. Gillooly and The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society your support.  Donations can be made from http://pages.teamintraining.org/dm/nattri08/kgillooly.  Go Dr. Gillooly!!!

In 2004, Ericka initiated a food drive within our hospital, challenging our staff to raise 500 pounds of food.  Our staff eagerly accepted her challenge and surpassed her goal by collecting 1,400 pounds of food!  Not only was Ericka impressed by the staff's accomplishment, but also our administration, local food bank, and most importantly, our community.  Realizing the staff's uncontainable spirit, Ericka has continued to stage The Veterinary Food Drive annually, challenging veterinary hospitals all over the state of Arizona to rise to the challenge.  As of 2007, The Veterinary Food Drive has contributed over 21,500 pounds of food to surrounding communities.  To date, the food contributions made by the staff of Valley Animal Hospital has far surpassed that of our "challengers".  Ericka would like to thank the staff for their generosity and charisma, Valley Animal Hospital for their sponsorship, and most notably, Ericka would like to thank Brendan DeSmet for his many hours spent helping organize, collect and package this enormous amount of food.  Valley Animal Hospital is very proud of our staff and is eager to sponsor the Veterinary Food Drive for years to come.  If you would like to make a food or monetary donation to the Tucson Community Food bank, please bring it to us during this year's Veterinary Food Drive from September 22nd through October 2nd.