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A service dog for Owen, a medical corps veteran in Fresno

A medical corps veteran in Fresno needs help with a trained service dog and handler course after leaving service with a service-related knee injury.

🇺🇸 93798, Fresno, California, United States5,591 views
Owen J. Sims
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Fresno
Ivy served four years in the medical corps and was discharged in 2024 with a service-related knee injury. She has been waiting seven months for support, and meanwhile is sleeping at a brother's place. The plan: a trained service dog and handler course. The quote comes to $4,400. Ivy is receiving counseling through the veterans' clinic and is committed to recovery. Structure and a stable place to live are the missing pieces. Money will be paid to the training provider and the landlord directly. Where the $4,400 goes: • Training provider fees: $2,000 • Housing deposit and first month: $1,500 • Transport to appointments: $410 • Essential household items: $490 Even a small gift gets used right away and I'll thank you myself.
#veterans#service#recovery

Updates from Owen

  1. Good news. Because of your gifts ($2,747 in total) we've started the first stage. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.

  2. Thank you all. We're at 83% now ($3,660). I'm honestly stunned. I met with the provider and confirmed the amounts.

  3. Thank you all. We're at 19% now ($833). I'm honestly stunned. I made the first payment toward essential household items.

Donations

RecentTop gifts
  • Ahmed Ali Jatoi 🇵🇰 · $68.50
  • Fani Mahendra 🇮🇩 · $5

    “Hope it all works out. My mother told me about this one. - Medan”

  • Chinedu Kingsley Nwankwo 🇳🇬 · $25
  • Lincoln Spencer 🇺🇸 · $20
  • Wendy W. Cortez 🇺🇸 · $25
  • Amparo E. Ruiz 🇲🇽 · $10
  • Danielle B. Kim 🇺🇸 · $100
  • Anonymous 🇮🇩 · $10
  • Tameka N. Burke 🇯🇲 · $10
  • Nuria W. Benítez 🇨🇴 · $20
  • Abigail W. Ortega 🇺🇸 · $15
  • Cristina S. Quintero 🇲🇽 · $25
  • Stéphane Bonnet 🇫🇷 · $5

    “Thought of Ivy all day after reading this. - Paris”

  • Anonymous 🇵🇭 · $100
  • Hauwa Bola Eze 🇳🇬 · $10

    “Blessings. Thought of Ivy all day after reading this. - Onitsha”

  • Sebastián T. Mora 🇲🇽 · $10
  • Riley G. Vasquez 🇺🇸 · $10
  • Anonymous 🇦🇷 · $68.50
  • Tariq Babar Memon 🇵🇰 · $50

    “Keep your head up. Thought of Ivy all day after reading this. - Lahore”

  • Anonymous 🇮🇳 · $75

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  • Kinsley B. CooperPhoto verified

    hope things get better soon. Shared this with my family. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money. Take care.

    • Aubree G. Watson

      Praying for you. Shared this with my family. We're a small family in Wudil but we're thinking of you.

      • Rowan M. Jackson

        Hope things get better soon. Shared it with a few friends. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust. Blessings.

        • Daniel N. Richardson

          So sorry you're going through this, Owen. Shared it with a few friends. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money

          • Samuel E. Magsaysay

            good luck, Owen. Gave what I could, wish it was more. Thinking of Fresno

            $5,679 raised of $4,400

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