Where a Riverside family found financial help to fight its beloved dog’s cancer By David Downey | ddowney@scng.com | The Press-Enterprise PUBLISHED: March 26, 2018 LaHonda Edwards’ 9-year-old mixed breed Labrador retriever and boxer leaps over 6-foot fences, catches a Frisbee in midair and unlocks the family’s sliding glass door. “Every time we go to […]
Read More...Farewell and Thank You to Dog & Cat Cancer Fund
Sadly, Dog & Cat Cancer Fund has closed its doors. DCCF has donated unused funds to the Magic Bullet Fund (MBF). Since 2007, DCCF and MBF often collaborated to jointly provide assistance for a family and their pet. MBF will use the donated funds to pay for cancer treatments for dogs, when the family is […]
Read More...Hope Stoner in the news!
Charity gives hope to family that can’t afford pet’s chemo Burt Constable, the Daily Herald Bob and Diane Stoner of Lombard knew something was amiss with their beloved 8-year-old dog, Hope. Their 2-year-old dog, Grace, kept licking Hope’s face as if she were trying to heal a wound. “We did notice two small lumps […]
Read More...Sheba Najee in the News
Barstow dog fighting cancer By Davina Fisher / For the Desert Dispatch, Posted Oct 24, 2017 at 9:58 AM BARSTOW — Azumah Najee has 30 days to raise funds to help his dog Sheba get medical treatment. The Magic Bullet Foundation — a nonprofit dedicated to providing financial assistance for dogs fighting cancer — is […]
Read More...Sadie Burke in the News
Magic Bullet Fund helps South Plymouth couple treat dog with cancer A charity that helps dogs with cancer came to the aid of a South Plymouth family’s pet on Christmas. By Rich Harbert rharbert@wickedlocal.com Posted Jan 6, 2018 at 10:00 AM PLYMOUTH – It was a Christmas Matt Pennucci and Karen Burke never envisioned. It was a Christmas they […]
Read More...Donations in memory of Colleen and Bella
Colleen’s beloved Bella passed away and broke Colleen’s heart. Three weeks ago, Colleen passed away. Her wishes were that upon her passing, friends and family should make donations to the Magic Bullet Fund rather than sending flowers. We are receiving many generous donations in loving memory of Colleen and Bella, with notification going to Colleen’s […]
Read More...“Help Your Dog Fight Cancer” book proceeds to the fund
The book titled “HELP YOUR DOG FIGHT CANCER” is helping thousands of people take care of their dogs. Helps owners navigate the complicated ins and outs of canine cancer treatment and the emotional ups and downs that go with it. Author Laurie Kaplan, founder of the Magic Bullet Fund, donates proceeds from book sales to […]
Read More...Matching Donations through Benevity
Does your company match donations? If your company participates in a donation-matching program (such as Benevity.org), you can send the Magic Bullet Fund a one-time donation or a recurring monthly donation, and we will receive DOUBLE the amount you donated! Ask your company to match your donations Thank you to our most recent double-donation donors! […]
Read More...Izzy Johnson in the News
Sebastian Dog Receives Help With Cancer Treatment SEBASTIAN, Florida – Sebastian dog, Izzy, will receive medical treatment for cancer thanks to the Magic Bullet Fund. In the United States alone, there are approximately 65 million pet dogs, and roughly 50% of them will have some form of cancer in their lifetime. That means approximately 8,000 […]
Read More...Ms. Coulter donates blog prize
Carleen Coulter was the winner of the 2017 BlogPaws Nose-to-Nose Award for Best Written Blog Post. Carleen directed her winnings to be sent to us, MBF, to help a dog fight lymphoma. What an honor, thank you Carleen! Read Carleen’s prize-winning blog, about her beautiful Ty:
Read More...Laura Pack, in honor of Roscoe
My dog Roscoe is fighting osteosarcoma. We were so grateful that we were able to afford Roscoe’s treatment, but we were always thinking of the terrible choices we would have faced if we were less fortunate. We raised some money by selling T-shirts, and decided to donate it to the Magic Bullet Fund. We want […]
Read More...Millie Emory Bequeathal
In about 2010, after a book signing at Borders in New York City, I packed up my supplies and prepared to drive back to the suburbs. Exhausted. The second printing of “Help Your Dog Fight Cancer” had been released, and I was doing my best to promote it. Before I reached the door, a woman […]
Read More...Lucian Hargrave in the News
Love for Lucian: Poplarville woman raising funds for beloved dog’s cancer treatment By Julia Arenstam Published 7:am Saturday, May 13, 2017 See article online: http://m.picayuneitem.com/2017/05/love-for-lucian-poplarville-woman-raising-funds-for-beloved-dogs-cancer-treatment/ “She picked me; I’m her person;’ Victoria Hargrave, the owner of a 7-year-old Husky with crystal blue eyes, said. In February, Lucian was diagnosed with lymphoma and is currently undergoing […]
Read More...Pearl Steward in the News
Cancer stricken dog receiving help from non-profit, The Magic Bullet Fund By Mark Cavitt, mcavitt@digitalfirstmedia.com, @MarkCavitt on Twitter Posted: 03/28/17, 7:00 AM EDT Pearl has lymphoma and needs help.The six-year-old pitbull mix lives in Commerce Township with her owner, Courtney Steward. Unable to pay for the chemotherapy treatments required to keep Pearl alive, Steward reached […]
Read More...Dogster article about the fund
Does Your Dog Need Cancer Treatment You Can’t Afford? The Magic Bullet Fund Can Help To date, the non-profit organization has helped to raise more than $400,000 for 393 dogs in need of life-saving cancer treatments. Eden Strong | Oct 29th 2015 (To read article online click here) Laurie Kaplan will never forget July 18, […]
Read More...Tripawd Talk Radio Interview
Laurie Kaplan founder of the Magic Bullet Fund Interviewed by Rene Agredano, co-founder of www.Tripawds.com Hear the interview here. (30 minutes)
Read More...Isabelle Cox on WTTV
Posted by Marianne Lyles for WTTV on 9/12/16 Donations become magic bullet for dogs with cancer INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — Pet owners know veterinarian bills are costly, and that price goes up even more when that furry friend is diagnosed with cancer. There is a central Indiana veterinarian office that is helping financially struggling dog owners keep […]
Read More...Dinga Blackwood on KOB4
Rachel Hackbarth June 08, 2016 02:16 PM Click for video A Santa Fe man says his dog may well have saved him. Sam Blackwood says he suffers from depression, anxiety, and PTSD. One month to the day of his previous dog’s death, Blackwood said he found his current dog Dinga, and she helped him to […]
Read More...FYI article about CLONING
ViaGen Pets Announces First Cloned U.S. Kittens and Puppy AUSTIN, Texas…August 1, 2016 — ViaGen Pets has delivered the first American-born cloned puppy, ‘Nubia,’ a spunky Jack Russell Terrier, who is a genetically-identical twin of the owner’s beloved pet. ViaGen Pets is now the only American company offering pet cloning services in full compliance with […]
Read More...Rocky Thornton
The Gazette 2014 Pulitzer Prize Winner Colorado Springs-area dog with cancer finds support from national Magic Bullet Fund By: Kelsey Kendall July 7, 2016 Read online Since 2005, Magic Bullet Fund has helped almost 500 dogs with cancer get the treatment they need to survive, according to Laurie Kaplan, the fund’s founder. One of the […]
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