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Host Peter McCully chats with Alison Stanley, a veterinarian technician, and Karen Kamachi, the thrift store manager from RAPS, the Regional Animal Protection Society Animal Hospital in Richmond, a full service, not-for-profit veterinary clinic.
RAPS funds medical services through donations and its91Ƶ thrift stores, now the focus of a TV show, 91ƵPets and Pickers91Ƶ.
The staff at the Animal Hospital work tirelessly to offer low-income pet family91Ƶs access to top healthcare. To fund these treatments, RAPS has a unique solution: their thrift stores.
91ƵWhen people think not-for-profit, they think we91Ƶre a very low-cost veterinary clinic,91Ƶ says Stanley. 91ƵThat91Ƶs not the case. We are average cost. Any owner can apply for financial assistance. We have a subsidy program, and we also have payment plan programs.91Ƶ
An energetic and dedicated group of animal loving 91Ƶpickers91Ƶ comb through donated mystery bins containing abandoned storage locker items, all money raised goes to pay for vet care and lifesaving surgeries.
It91Ƶs a one-of-a-kind 91Ƶpets and pickers91Ƶ relationship with an uplifting mission: to help animals and their people.
Kamachi says that donations at the thrift store have gone up considerably since the show began airing.
91ƵI91Ƶve had people from all over North America send me stuff in the mail. I have had jewelry, stamps, I91Ƶve had money come from all over North America because they saw 91ƵPets and Pickers. And our general quality of donations has gone up because now people know what we do.91Ƶ
Marty Kramer - former rock and roll tour and road manager for musicians including Neil Young, The Guess Who, Burton Cummings and now is their star volunteer and journeyman picker for RAPS.
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