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Help Us Defeat Cancer
When a family hears the word “cancer,” fear often comes first. At the Animal Cancer Care and Research Center, we work every day to replace that fear with hope. Our team walks alongside each patient and family, using advanced technologies that target treatment more precisely with fewer side effects. Because pets develop many of the same cancers we do, often on a faster timeline, every patient we treat and every discovery we make also moves us closer to answers for people. A transformational $15 million gift from Karen Waldron and Shawn Ricci has expanded what’s possible, but our journey is just beginning. Your support helps more families get access to care they might not otherwise receive and fuels research that can change outcomes for animals and people alike.
Support the ACCRC
Support the Animal Cancer Care and Research Center by directing your gift to the Annual Fund, sustaining the center’s most pressing needs, or to the Research Fund, fueling research that benefits both animals and people.
Animal Cancer Center Compassionate Care Fund
The Compassionate Care Fund provides financial assistance to companion animals at the center whose owner may not be able to afford live-saving treatment on their own.
The Beatrix Manning Excellence Fund
Your gift to the Beatrix Manning Excellence Fund supports cancer care, cutting‑edge research, and the next generation of veterinary specialists at Virginia Tech’s ACCRC.
Joanne Tuohy Research Support
Help advance powerful new cancer treatments. By supporting Dr. Tuohy’s research using histotripsy and other cutting-edge technologies as tumor ablation techniques combined with novel immunotherapies, you drive innovative therapies to improve the lives of dogs with cancer today, and future hope for human patients.
Visit the the Make a Gift page for more information on college priorities, ways to give beyond cash, featured donor highlights, and more!
To support any of the highlighted support areas, you can follow the direct giving links provided. To support others funds online, you can follow the below instructions.
- Go to the secure Virginia Tech Online Giving page. This page will open in a new browser window so you may refer back to these instructions by minimizing the giving window.
- The "Select an area" dropbox will be prepopulated with "College of Veterinary Medicine.
- Use the "Select a fund" dropbox to select the fund you would like to support. If you wish to support a fund not listed, please select "Other" and a "Designation" box will appear where you can enter the fund name.
- Download and print our Gift Contribution Form (PDF)
- Make your check payable to "Virginia Tech Foundation, Inc."
- Send the completed form and your check to:
College of Veterinary Medicine
Development Office
225 Duck Pond Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24061
- Bronze Member - $50,000
- Silver Member - $100,000
- Gold Member - $250,000
- Platinum Member - $500,000
- Diamond Member - $1M or more
Individual Naming Opportunities
Gifts may be made as outright gifts, multi-year pledges, gifts from donor-advised funds, or stock transfers.
| Description of Space | Naming Opportunity |
|---|---|
| Intermediate Care Unit | $2 million |
| Medical Oncology Professorship | $1 million+ |
| Radiation Oncology Professorship | $1 million+ |
| Surgical Oncology Professorship | $1 million+ |
| Medical Oncology Service | $1 million |
| Radiation Oncology Service | $1 million |
| Surgical Oncology Service | $1 million |
| Surgical Suite | $750,000 |
| Waiting Area (2) | $500,000 |
| Lab | $500,000 |
| Canine Rest Area Patio | $250,000 |
| Dog Runs (2) | $200,000 |
| Conference Room | $200,000 |
| Treatment Room (2) | $150,000 |
| Exam Room (4) | $150,000 |
| Resident Training Room | $100,000 |
Read Tracks Magazine
This special edition of TRACKS focuses on the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine's Animal Cancer Care and Research Center in Roanoke, Virginia.
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Karen Waldron, Shawn Ricci donate $15 million to Animal Cancer Care and Research Center , articleThe largest-ever non-estate gift donated to the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine will fund additional faculty and staff, and allow the cancer center to accept more pet patients while conducting research that benefits animals and humans.
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She earned a Ph.D. in the spring, enters as a first-year student in the fall , articleWith enough research accolades to be among the faculty, Elliana Vickers looks to grow in patient care as a student and fulfill a lifelong dream to be a veterinarian.
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Beloved pet cat in clinical remission from cancer with new radiation application, Petco Love support , articleVirginia Tech’s Animal Cancer Care and Research Center in Roanoke applied a treatment shown to have good results on dogs to a cat much loved by his dedicated caretaker.
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We invite you to reach out to one of our team members if you are interested in naming opportunities or have any questions.
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Maggie Meikle , bioDirector of Major Gifts ▪︎ mjmeikle@vt.edu ▪︎ 540-231-4259
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Sandra Torget , bioAssistant Dean of Advancement ▪︎ storget@vt.edu ▪︎ 540-231-4716
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Mark Elghossain , bioAssociate Director of Major Gifts ▪︎ markelgo@vt.edu ▪︎ 540-597-0008