WisCARES, a program that supports veterinary care for HIV people in southern Wisconsin

Dear classmates and friends,

Please join BSVSA and LGVMA in supporting recent grad, Dr. William Gilles in his graduation effort in riding in the Wisconsin AIDS Ride. Dr. Gilles is a founding member of Broad Spectrum Veterinary Student Association and was awarded an LGVMA 2012 Veterianry Student Leadership Award (sponsored by Zoetis and Hills Pet Nutrition). Liam used this $1500 grant to help found WisCARES, a program that supports veterinary care for HIV people in southern Wisconsin. Please help Liam go over his fundraising goal! Congratulations Liam.

Here is a note from Liam:

     In case you didn't know, I'm riding in the Wisconsin ACT Ride this summer. It's a 300 mile, 4 day bike ride raising money for the Aids Network, an organization that provides social, medical, dental and other services to HIV positive individuals living in southern Wisconsin. This is also the organization that has been extremely helpful in getting WisCARES up and running and has worked closely with me and some other veterinary professionals to get better access to veterinary care for HIV positive people in the area.

The ride is next week, and I'm still deep in fund raising - any small amount you could give would be extremely helpful! Or even a word of encouragement - it might get pretty hot and brutal out there. If you do want to contribute a bit, the link to my site is as follows:

http://actride.kintera.org/faf/donorReg/donorPledge.asp?ievent=1035609&lis=1&kntae1035609=F69C9E7123E842ED93D04721EE56F1FE&supId=378437739

I always said I would bike it when I finished vet school (I have volunteered for crew the past few years) and here I am!

Thanks for considering it and all your support in everything over the years, each one of you has made this profession mean more than I thought it could to be involved in

Liam