While many children dream of becoming a veterinarian when they are young, only a few follow this path due to the academic rigors and emotional challenges that come from working with animals. Knowing the anatomy of everything from a mouse to an elephant is no small feat and is something that Dr. Allison Bechtel, a Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School graduate, has accomplished.
âGetting into veterinary school is very competitive as there are only 32 accredited programs across the country which is vastly different from the amount of accredited human medical schools, [which is] 155,â said Bechtel.
She attended veterinary school at University of Illinois University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine from 2014 to 2018. This was followed by a one-year small animal rotating internship at VCA Alameda East in Denver, Colo., and another one-year small animal medicine internship at VCA West Coast in Fountain Valley, Calif. She began her Small Animal Internal Medicine Re
Acts of charity and giving back, like everything else, have been impacted by COVID-19. Though, the overall impact is not necessarily negative.
With so much turmoil in the world, people are looking for ways to help â on both a national and local level â and statistics are showing increases in charitable donations. The Fundraising Effectiveness Project â made up of the Association of Fundraising Professionals and the Center on Nonprofits and Philanthropy at the Urban Institute â found that charitable giving was up 7.5 percent in the second quarter of 2020, as shown by a study released in October.
Additionally, Giving Tuesday â the 8-year-old campaign designed to encourage people to donate money annually to charities on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving â saw a 25 percent increase in donations over last year.