Mission Animal Hospital

Mission Animal Hospital's Mission is to make veterinary care accessible so all families can live their best life with their pet. We envision a world where every pet has a family and every family has a vet. Because pets are part of our families.as a nonprofit veterinary Hospital, we provide urgent care, wellness care, and surgery to low-income families and other pet owners. In 2022, Mission served 7,817 families, saw 23,281 pet visits, and provided approximately $1,900,000 in subsidized veterinary care to families in need.in 2022, Mission expanded our programming in two key areas: diversity initiatives and client services. As part of our efforts to improve diversity in the field, we entered into a unique partnership this year with cristo rey jesuit high school and the Minnesota veterinary medical association (mvma) to create our junior vets program in 2022. This program brings cristo rey high school students from diverse backgrounds into our Hospital to gain hands-on work experience in the field of veterinary medicine. Through the course of the school year, each student spends 1-2 days per week working directly alongside our medical teams, inspiring them to consider a future career in veterinary medicine. Also in 2022, Mission Animal Hospital launched our social work program in response to the journey we see our clients take when pets are sick or injured. Our social work program is instrumental in helping clients navigate medical and financial decisions, provides grief counseling when needed, and refers families to social services resources such as food or housing assistance.