Giving to the Veterinary Medical Center

Grateful Pet Parent

Contact us

To learn more about how you can make a difference please contact:

Small Animal:
Lauren Craft
Director of Development, Lewis Small Animal Hospital
Phone: 612-626-6501
lcraft@umn.edu  

Will Haugen, Development Officer
Phone: 612-625-7714
hauge442@umn.edu

Large Animal/Equine:
Mindy Means, Senior Development Officer
Phone: 612-626-5482
mkmeans@umn.edu 

Giving areas

A client with her dog talking to a veterinarian
A student caring for a goat
A veterinarian and a student caring for a horse

Honor your pet

Dog and cat in a fieldLewis Small Animal Hospital

Memories Garden
Remember your pet with a personalized brick in our peaceful Memories Garden on campus 

Hospital pet plaques 
Celebrate your pet with a photo and plaque in the Lewis Small Animal Hospital

Two horses in a fieldPiper Equine Hospital

Leatherdale Equine Center Reflection Garden
Your brick will be a beautiful expression of love and remembrance to your dearly departed horse.

Donor plaques
Memorialize your horse on a plaque on one of the Piper Equine Hospital spaces.

Advancing animal care

Strengthened by the generosity of our community and backed by our clinical research, our uniquely specialized and compassionate care is helping Minnesota’s pets live longer, healthier lives. Together, we are advancing veterinary medicine every day.

Meet our grateful patients