Veterinary care for service animals of veterans, retired working dogs, and more.
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Lance Corporal Colton Rusk & Eli
Eli’s Fund is a 501(c)3 non-profit dedicated to supporting veterans and their service animals.
Our Services:
Veterinary care for retired working dogs
We provide veterinary medical care for retired Military Working Dogs (MWD), Police Dogs and Border Patrol Dogs.
Veterinary care for service animals of veterans
We provide veterinary medical care for service animals of veterans who are medically retired due to service related injuries, including PTSD
Service dogs for veterans
We provide service dogs for veterans where it is determined that a service animal might benefit the treatment for that veteran.
Extraordinary veterinary medical expenses
We help to cover extraordinary veterinary medical expenses for pets of active duty personnel. Every day or ordinary procedures like vaccination, worming, etc. are not provided.
If you or a veteran you know needs immediate assistance, please contact us.
Help Us Help Veterans & Their Service Animals
Service animals play a vital role in the lives of our nation’s servicemen and women. Eli’s Fund was founded to help our veterans heal and thrive in civilian life by providing veterinary care for service animals of veterans and retired military animals.
Colton’s & Eli’s Story
A bond like no other and a legacy that will live forever, LCpl Colton Rusk and Eli are heroes that inspire all of us. Colton loved helping his fellow Marines but becoming a dog handler and getting Eli put them at the tip of the spear. With as many stories that Colton and Eli have, it’s hard writing a bio. Two separate sayings come to mind. “What’s mine is also his” and “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.” Kathy Rusk, Colton’s mom said, “How do I let people know how special my son was? Colton would have loved being able to help his brothers.” He is able to help others through this organization, and I don’t think I need to speak about how special he is because that goes without saying. Colton and Eli are the heart and soul of this organization. I hope we can become one tenth of the man Colton Rusk was.
